The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-02-19
MANY PEOPLE DEAD
ANOTHER BATTLE FOUGHT II QII
OF MEXICO
LARGER GUNS ARE USED

LARGER GUNS ARE USED
The Bonhardmeas Is More TeRriae
Than on Former Occasion, and tie
Oad City Is Swept in Every Diree.
ssoa By Solid Shot and Bursting
sAen From Great Gums.
| Mexico City was torn asurde7
again Wednesday by shot and shell.
and many people were killed aud
wounded. 1t was not until 8 O'Clock
Wednesday night that the fire In all
quarters ceased. Gen. Felix Diaz, IN
command Of the rebel forces fortified
and entrenched in and around tho
arsenal, had held his ground against
the Federa!s. He had done more
than this. He had subjected the city
to more terrific bombardment than
that OF Tuesday. He had enlarged
his zone Of action and had sent forces
| against the National Palace. Diaz Ia
using larger guns than he did On
Tuesday.
| But Nadero was optimistic. Thrt'-
out the bombardment and the almost
continuous rattle of machine guns
and rifles. the President went about
! his work in the palace apparently un-
perturbed. He took counsel frequent
ly with the finance minister, Drnesto
Madero. From time to time he was
In conversation with Gen. Huerto,
the eommander-in-chisf, regarding
plans Of attack His courage was
great, his confidence remarkable.
Over at the arsenal Gen. Diaz calm
~ directed the operations. He char
aeterized them as solely defensive.
he, too, was optimistic
The Number Of dead and wound
ed cannot even be estimated, but It
Is large. For two hours during the
forenoon the rebel gunners rained
shot and she'll at the lofty structures
Of the city, from the roofs Of which
Federal sharpshooters and machine
I, gun men attempted to rake the In
surgents in the trenches and behind
the barricades Of the arsenal. Shells
from the heavy guns we're well tim
ed. the explosions throwing perhaps
hundreds Of thousands Of bullets into
the roofs, efteetually clearing. for
time at least, these buildings of the
picked men from the Federal troopa.
Some Of the rebel shells and not
few rifle bullets reached the va
tional Palace, but none believed tha,
Diaz seriously contemplates at the
present time an attack on Madero'e
headquarters. Nadero has promised
to make a combined assault on the
rebels position but the operation Of
Wednesday indicate that Diaz has
much in reserve.
From early morning the sharp
crack of rifles OF the crash OF cannon
could be heard in some quarter OF
the city almost every minute Of tae
day, sometimes close, sometimes teR
distant. Diplomatic representatives
Of four Powers protested and al
armistice was arraSsed so that an
envoy from these diplomats could
ezter the rebel lines and confer with
Diaz. But, doubtless, owing to in
ability Of the Federal commander to
control all points in his lines, this
envoy was fired upon, although rid
ing under a white flag.
The bombardnent, which was ter
rife Tuesday. reached climax We'd
nesday morning, when Diaz shelled
the very centre Of the business dis
trtcts in An. effort to silence the can
non OF tho Government and drive
from the roofs of the taller build
irEs the Federal sharpsnooters and
the men operating the machine guns
THIS smothering action directed from
the arsenal continued for moro than
two hours. Shrapnel fell Ike hail
and occasionally bursting shells tore
holes IN the sides OF the buildings.
Meanwhile the FIRE from the opposite
direction rendered the far-out resi-
dence district uninhabitable. az wei
as the big apartment building known
"A Gore Court, on Third Roma st
Americans again Wednesday suf-
fered during the height Of the bat
tie. Mrs. H. W. Holmes, the wife OF
an employee Of Dun's Agency. was
killed, and Mrs. Percy Grifiths, the
wife OF an employee OF the street
railway company, was mortali9
wounded, both Of her legs being
shot OF. Ms. Holmes and Mrs. Crit
fths were preparing dinner In their
kitchen in an apartment building
close to the arsenal, when a she'll
from the Federal lines burst through
the walls, instantly killing MIS-.
Holmes and leaving Mrs. Grihiths IN
a dying condition. Bland was walk
ing along Independence avenue
when he was struck by a rihe ball,
apparently from the Federal lines
Not doubling intentions OF the
Government to resume the action on
an augmented scale, and reminded
from moment to moment BY the de"
, sultory and scattering firing from
both sides that the homes IN almost
| every quarter Of the city would be
! rendered unsafe, foreigners. parieu-
| larly Americans, British and Ter
| mans, sent throughout "Wednesday
| sfternon automobiles under Tn,.e
| haes to collect the women and cn'''
d,en and transfer them to the sec
t,on around the American embassy
which IS considered relatively 'tes