El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-01

day night and made q flying run down
the Mexican National to burn the first
bridge on the line, located about i
kilometers south Of Juarez and one OF
the first bridges burned during the Ma
derista revolutions around Juarez.
WIRES ALL CUT.
The Mexican National telegraph lines
were cut some time during the night
Wednesday and no information can be
obtained from that source regarding
the troop movement from Chihuahua TO
JuareA.
Carlo KeEeIseib, manager OF the TEL
eEraph offices In Juarez, reports that
the revOIutiOnists ran all the telegraph
operators and himself out Of the teIe-
graph office wednesday night about
eight o'clock and that he does not know
whether the wires have been cut or
not. Just before the mufineers broke
into the telegraph office he received
a message from chihuahua that 500
federal troops were on their way to
Juarez.
LYNCHING REPORT DENIED.
Il was reported that chief of DO
lice Gallo had been hanged in front
Of the Jail, but this report proved un-
true.
1t is denied by the mutineers,
who declare that they released Gale
and also Col. Estrada. EhO until the
mutiny was the military commander In
Juarez. Both these men were locked
mp when the mutiny broke Wednesday
night but the mutineers say they were
released during the night and permit
TO take no part In. the disturbance on
either side.
RACE HORSES UNDISTURBED.
Announcement OF the temporary sus-
pension Of the Juarez races was made
At 10 o'clock Thursday. No horses
were disturbed at the Juarez track and
the men who are staying with their
hOrses have not been moiested.
A band of drunken revOItosOs
marched past the race track early
Thursday morning shouting and sing
ing. They all appeared 10 be drinking
and were headed east.
ASKS TO KEEP AMERICANS AWAY.
Capt. Bias CULLEN, self appointed
commander OF the maIeOntents who
were stationed along the Mexican side
Of the river, came to the American side
at 500 Thursday morning and requested
the American officials to keep the peO-
pie back from the line and not permit
anyone to cross the bridges for fear Of
their being hit by stray bullets during
the intermittent firing which continued
during the early part Of the morning.
UPRISINGS ELSEWHERE.
Capt. CULLEN confirms reports of The
Herald that eight are dead. He says he
has received news Of a similar uprising
in TOrreOn and chihuahua. The fight
ing, he said, Is for the principles of
the revolution; the Mexicans do not
want the men on top in office to have
50 much power or be in a position to
rob them. The ones responsible for the
uprising want MADEIRA TO resign. but
they have no one in particular that
they want TO put in his place.
REFUGEES IN BAR.
The American refugees who were in
the Casino saloon on Gale Concrete
street during the reign of terror We'd
nesday night. left about o'clock thIs
morning for the American side. In
Guided In the 15 refugees who spent
the night in the saloon were four
Americans, including one woman.
TRAIN HELD IN JUAREZ.
When the train was held up in Jua-
rex, after IL had started south Wednes-
day night. conductor James Mason
wanted to bring the Mexican National
train back to FL Paso. but the band
OF armed men would not permit him to
do 50 and he and the passengers disem-
barked and came over to the American
side.
The train crew WIS made up Of con-
duetor Mason, engineer AIareon. brake
men Reavis and Hernandez.
CATTLE HELD UP.
Somewhere down the Mexican raIIroad
80 carloads Of cattle are being held nm
by the insurreetOs. They were shipped
from the lower part Of chihuahua to
the Cameron Cattle company, and were
expected to arrive In Fl asO today.
MAIL NOT MOLEsTED.
The postOffice is doing business as
though nothing had happened.
A wagon load Of United states mail
was taken over from FL PasO to the
Mexican officials in the Juarez post
office, by David Mcknight and c. G.
Gibson, of the United states postal
service. They were not interfered with
in any way.
LETTER FROM OROZCOF
One of the subIIeutenants Of the mall
contents told Homer Scott Thursday
morning that the trouble was the d.
rect result OF a letter which was re-
ceived from OrozeO, the hero OF all Ma
derista soldiers, written two days be
fore in Mexico City. This Iette told
his former followers. accor,i.ns to re-
port that he was through with the
MaderO government 4Ad that he was
going to cast ms lot with zRpata in
the hills to the south of Mexico City.
THE FIREBRAND.
such a letter. coming at the time
when the Juarez garrison was STEPPED
in discomfort. was too much for the
shallow mental balance OF the peOn sol
diery and the discharge of some drunk