The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-07
JUARlIz REVOLT
Dtusksn ha|centeE's S:sgger Abag;
Streets, bat City Is Traf gail
SEYERAL ARE KILLED

IG FLlahl ARE AlAA! u
, Some Americans Are Among Those
Held as Refugees Are
Afraid to Go in Streets, Believing
the Danger to Be Great-Raee
Track is Closed by Manager.
A dispatch from Ell Paso, Texas,
says daylight found Juarez, Mexico,
dazed from the effects Of night
OF debauch following the revolt last
. night Of 800 former followers OF
President Madero o: Mexico. Desul-
| tory firing practically had ceasr but
intoxicated malcontents &C 1tinued to
stagger about the streets locting sa-
; looms, stores and private residences.
; Unconfrmed reports placed the cas-
ualties among Americans at two dead
and three wounded.
Troops c and D., Of the Fourth Uni
ted States cavalry, under command
of Col. E. q. Steeyer, guarded the
international bridge across the Rie
Grande Throughout. the night, troop
A and machine gun platoon having
returned to Fort Bliss shortly before
midnight. Americans were prevent
ed from crossing to Mexican soil and
neutrality laws were atrietly en-
forced.
Capt. Salvador Corranza, who
seemed to be in command Of a part
Of the discontented garrison. when
asked If his men had transferred
their allegiance to Emiliano Zapata
said he did not know He added that
he did not believe Gen. Pascual Oroz-
co would attempt to subdue them and
declared they would defend tho town,
if attacked.
eve want Orozco for Governor Of
Chihuahua" he said eve admire
Abraham Gonzales, former Governor,
and now in Senior Nadero's cabinet,
but we believe he will stay IL Mexico
City, and We want Orozco to succeed
him"
The revolutionists. continued In
possession Of the custom house, but
no attempt was made to carry out the
threat made last night to dynamite
the vault and secure the government
funds.
A full report Of the outbreak will
be forwarded to the State Department
at Washington by American Consul
IT. J.. Edwards at Juarez. All tele-
graph wires we're cut as soon as the
rioting started last night, and efforts
to confirm the report that 500 loyal
Maderists had left chihuahua for
Juarez to Quell the rioting were un-
availing.
A report reached Ell Paso early to-
day that the insurrectos had broken
into the Banco Minero, but it was
not believed the vault had been dyna-
mited as tnreatenad last night
Fifteen persons, including four
Americans, three men and woman,
are In lDrisoned in the Casino saloon,
Juarez, and have been without food
since yesterday afternoon, according
to a telephone message from one OF
tho Americans. The informant add
ed looting continues. The refugees
are afraid to venture on the streets,
but are not believed to be in great
danger.
An unconfrmed telephone report
from the manager ot the bull ring in
Juarez, states that Gen. OroZco is in
command Of 600 soldiers en- route
from chihuahua, and is expected to
arrive in Juarez an@ minu-e. This
information is said 20 have been re-
ceived by the Juarez police.
Col. Edgar z. Steeyer, with two
troops Of the Fourth cavalry, pstroll-
ed the American side Of the Rio
Grande and declined to permit Amer
leans to cross to the Mexican banks.
AS all Americans are refused ad-
mittance to Juarez, Matt Winn, race
track manager, formally announced
that the races would be postponed
until tomorrow, the same set OF en-
tries to hold for Fridays races.
Eight persons were killed and nine
wounded il Jusrez during :he nlgnt'
according to careful count this morn
,1s. One Of the dead was C'apr!ana
Torres, an insurrecto. Tie o1ners
lave not teen identified.
The mutineers burned all the Pc
pers in the Jail ana the court ad1oln-
! Ing after freeing the prisoners. Coz.
Fstrada. commandant OF the troops
~ the time Of the mutiny, and Col.
Gallo. chief OF police, who were I'M
nrisoned last night, are now at lib
erty.
Mariana Rcdiguez, assistant chief
of police, is locked in the military
barracks, charged with having killed
Torres. Among the prisoners lib
Grated when the ia:l was broken op-
on was George Monroe. just extra
dited from Ell Paso on the charge OF
having murdered Jess Burtchell at
tho Juarez race track a year ago.