The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-09
JUAREZ ATTACKED
BY INSURGENTS
Battle Lasts All Day, With
Heavy Losses, and Will Be
Resumed This Morning.
Continued From Page One.

shirt was plainly visible as he pressed
| two federals toppled over Soon the fed
| erals abandoned their trenches and the
rebels fred intermittently for a few
hours without advancing. At last about
) o'clock in the afternoon, the federals
brought their artillery into action and
| a heavy cannonadiug began. The fed
erals gagged their fire we'll and not only
shot shcapne Into the insurrecto advance
guard, but far into the outlying forces OF
the ipsurrecto camp near Peace Grove. =
where the peace commission was to have
met today.
The insurrectos. however. took advan-
tage Of the river bank and used It for
protection, as the federals had been or
dered not to shoe; into El Paso. They
which Joins IuareS and FL Paso. driving
the federals back into town and taking
possession Of the customhouses. carry
ing the fight into Juarez The rebels en-
tered the town and for four hours kept
up a continuous fire there.
1nsurrecto reinforcements reached the
fire. They withdrew at night under or
ders from their chiefs. Not a few
Americans were among those who en-
tered JuareZ.
The first person killed on the American
side of the line was Antonio Garcia. who
was standing by tho side OF the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent. about 200
yards from the advancing insurrectos
porch several blocks within the city re-
ceived a bullet in her wrist and another
in her abdomen,
About o'clock tonight two unknown
americans we're killed near the Santa
Fe bridge. The name Of one is supposed
to he Camp and his home is said TO he
in Nebraska while the other had on his
nerson memorandum reading "R. II.
Ferguson, troop +. Third cavalry, San
Francisco" The names of the others
killed have not been learned
Ton, ,AfS Ny,o
Joseph Moorhead. Edmund Heaton and
those Wounded hut not fatally.
There was occasional firing tonight
into J1arez but General Navarro was in
compile te command.
In the main insurrecto camp today
confusion reigned, Orders were given for
general attack. but they were coun-
ternanded. II was argued by some Of
the chiefs that since a small detachment
had made such progress, IL was the duty
Of the remainder OF the army to rein
force them.
General Madero wavered in his deci-
sion. but finally decided 10 stand by his
promise OF last night not 10 attack the
city
Flags Of truce suffered grossly during
the day an insurrecto who bore one be-
Ing shot from his horse. Those who
were trying 10 persuade General Madcro
TO make general attack, IL Is said, re-
ported that the fcderals had fred on the
truce bearer. but this has not been con-
hrmed
AT 9;15 O'Clock an automobile carry
ing flag of truce started from the Ma
dero Headquarters for JuareZ. General
Navarro was willing during the day at
any hour TO grant an armistice, but the
insurrectos ignored all efforts In that
direction
Five Americans. four OF them in the
rebel army and one a Chicago man who
was caught on the Mexican side when
the fighting started. came TO the middle
OF the Santa Fee bridge and asked per-
mission tonight To bring some rebel
wounded across. The request was de-
MED.
The men were j. r. Crump OF Idaho,
who seemed 10 be the leader OF the rebel
squad; John F; Moriarity Of Holyoke,
l.. Michaels. who said he was a member
OF company |. Twenty third infantry and
was discharged here in December. and
was sight seeing In Juarez and got
caught there. Jones was permitted to
como across.
They ali talked freely and said there
which the federals had abandoned. and
that the rebels could and would take
the town If they only had reinforce
ments to help them get out in case of
a surprise. They said the federals held
the jail. the bull -rine and the church. but
they can be disloged II determined at
tack is made. The Americans say not
an American has been hurt among the
rebels yet. and they all deplore the fact
that they could get no renlforcements
Captain Nolan OF the Twenty third
United States cavalry received a report
from his men near the Globe mills north
west OF FL Paso tonight that a shrapnel
shell from the federal guns burst among
squad Of rebels on the mesa opposite
the Globe mills and literally had torn
number of them TO pieces
Cassidy. a member OF the American
legion with the insurrecto army reached
the insurrecto camp tonight at 730 and
declared that during the afternoon about
seventy insurrectos bearing a white flag
were met In Commercio street by a band
of federals bearing a white flag and that
the federals fired into them with a ma
chine-gun and the destruction was ter
rifle.
He said X. e Linderfelt, a former
United States army sergeant, commando ed i.
the Americans and that he led them on
charge on the bull-ring this afternoon,
captured two flags and then had 10 re-
treat. Cassidy is from ST. Joseph. Mo.
Ernesto Franco OF Mexico City was
shot and slightly wounded in the head
on the Mexican side OF the river, but
was not allowed to cross into the United
States. The American soldiers turned
him back shortly after o'clock tonight
and are allowing no wounded TO be
brought 10 this side,
Dr. Avon Mathesieus said he expected
TO go to Juarez to treat the wounded
He says there are no physicians in
Juarez since the attack One man was
given permission to go to Juarez and
set his children and return with them,