The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-09
But General Madero Refuses
TO Command the Rebels
HE HAS LOST HIS CONTROL
Captain Linderfelt, An American, Who
Commanded the Men Who First At
tackled Juarez, was Killed To-day
With Others of His Command.

FL Paso, Texas, May o-Continuous
firing to-day indicates that the rebels
are pressing closely the advantage which
they gained yesterday by forcing the
federals from their trenches and the out
lying Notifications near Juarez. The
rebels are using the machine guns spar
ingly, while the federals poured shells
into the insurrecto outposts. The small
band of rebels which precipitated the en-
gagement have driven the federals well
into the town.
The decision to attack the federal
forces was made after the ENJOYS, sent
shortly after midnight to General Nav
AFRO, returned, saying that he refused to
surrender.
The federals have renewed their heavy
firing and bullets passed near the inn
migration station General Madero has
left his headquarters for the front. He
wishes to survey the progress OF the bat
tie, but viii not be in active command.
Captain Linderfelt, the American who
commanded the small body of men who
first attacked JuareZ, was killed, to-
gether with five others of command.
The entire rebel army broke camp dur
ing the night and up to noon to-day
were rapidly swarming into Juarez. The
prospects of rebel success depend on the
ability of the federals to use their twelve
machine guns.
General Madero admitted to-day he
had given consent to a general attack
on JuareZ.
Privates Emilio Garcia and Cassidy Of
the American legations, who are with
the insurrectos, came here this morning
They stated that Is Americans had al
ready been killed and wounded, and the
rebel losses would probably reach $50
killed and wounded and that the federal
loss was more than double that.
This morning Colonel Steever, in
charge of the United States trops, is
sued orders not to permit any provisions
to be taken across to the insuTectos.
Bullets have poured into III Paso since
the attack began this morning but the
United States troops kept sghtseers
away from the river front. The efforts
of go-betweens to stop the fighting have
failed because of the difficulty OF hand
ling the insurrectos, who have already
entered Juarez. General Navarro told
General Madero over the telephone to.
day that he would have consented to an
armistice if the insurreetos had evaeuat-
ed the town, but the rebel chief had by
that time given orders for general at
tack.
Five Killed on American Side
Yesterdays casualties of the nsur-
rectos and federals are not known, but
five persons on the American side of
the line We're killed and at least twelve
were wounded Thousands Of people in
El Paso dotted roof tops or lined the
river banks in direct line of the fire.
Colonel Steever of the 4th United States
cavalry protested to both armies against
the fire into American territory and it
lessened considerably thereafter.
Nearly LOCO American troops were
massed on the border, keeping crowds
back and ready to respond to any or
ders from Washington.
The fight lasted until dark and fur
nished many thrilling spectacle, as
we'll as continuous terror for Americans
living along the river bank About a
dozen insurrectos were seen to emerge
from the barren hills around Juarez
early in The day. They skullxed along
through the shrubbery toward the fed
eral outposts, firing repeatedly at a
squad of federals cooped up in an adobe
house.
AT the first few shots, two fcderaIs
toppled over. Soon the federals aban-
doned their trenches and the rebels fired
intermittently for a few hours without
advancing. About ) o'clock the fed
erals brought their artillery into ac-
tion and heavy cannonading began The
federals gauged their fire well and not
only shot shrapnel into the insurrecto
advance, but far into the outlying forces
of the insurrecto camp near "Peace
Grove" where the peace commissioners
were to have met yesterday.
The insmrectos. however, used the
river bank for protection as the federals
had been ordered not to shoot into FL
Paso. The rebels came as far as the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway
bridge, which Joins Juraez and FL Paso,
driving the federals back into town and
taking possession of the customs houses.
Carrying the fight into Juarez, the
rebels entered the town and for four
hours kept up continuous fire. Insur-
recto reinforeements reached the bridge
later in the afternoon. but did not fire.
They withdrew at night under orders
from their chiefs.
Not a few Americans were among
those who entered Juarez. The first
person killed on the American side Of
the lien was Antonio Garcia, who was
standing by the side of the Associated
Press correspondent about 200 wards
from the advancing insurreotos across
the river.
woman sitting on porch several /
blocks within the city was hit in the |
wrist and the abdomen by two bullets.
About o'clock last night, two Amer |
leans were killed near the Santa Fe /
bridge The name of one is supposed to |
be Camp. and his home is said TO be 1
in Nebraska, while the other had on his |
person memorandum reading aR. II. |
Ferguson. Troop +. Bird cavalry. San
Francisco" The names Of the others /
killed have not been learned.
Glen Chesman of Shreveport. La. Mrs.
Joseph Moorehead. Edmund Heaton and /
Louis Villalobas of Ohio were among (
those wounded. but not fatally.
In the main insurrect0 camp confu- 4
sion reigned. Orders were given for I
general attack but they were counter I
manded. Il was argued u some OF the 4
rebel chiefs that since a small detach- I
ment had made such progress, it was