Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-02-14
Fighting In MEXICO.
Opposing Factions In Grapple Of
Death.

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Death.
DIAz BOMBARDS. NATIONAL PALACE
Civil War Now on in Earnest-strset'
Of the Ancient City Run in Blood
Americans kiIIsd-Madero Dsclare'
That He Will Not Yield.
] Mexico City, Feb. 12.-Mexico's capi.
tai was torn asunder again today BY
shot and shell. 1t was not until
o'clock tonight that the fire in all quar-.
ters ceased.
Gen. Felix Diaz: In command Of the
rebel forces, fortified and entrenched
In and around the arsenal, has held his
ground against the federals. He had
done more than this. He had subject
ed the city to q more terrible bonn
bardment than that Of yesterday. He
had widened his zone Of action and
had sent forces against the national
palace. .rE n, r-
Throughout the bombardment and
almost continuous rattle Of machine
guns and rifles, the president went
about his work in the palace apparent
ly unperturbed. He took counsel fire.
quently with the finance minister, En-
nesto Madero; from time to time ne
was In conversation with Gen. Huerta,
the commander -in-chief regarding
plans Of attack. His courage was great
his confidence remarkable. Over at
the arsenal, Gen. Diez calmly directed
the operations. He characterized them
as solidly defensive. He, too. was OPP
timistic.
Flee to Safety.
Anticipating an early resumption OF
hostilities tomorrow. more than 500
Americans fed tonight from home to
temporary abodes in the outskirts Of
the city, where the danger from the
fire will be minimized.
Ambassador Wilson, being informed
from the national palace that the gov
ernment planned crushing blow, de-
termined to save the Americans II
possible and rented numerous houses,
to which, under flags of truce, agents
Of the embassy hurried In automobiles
as many women and children as would
agree to be transported.
the fugitive foreigners filled with hor-
ror by the frightful bombardment OF
the past two days, needed little urging.
The casualties are estimated at not
less than 800 dead and 1900 injured in
the two days. fighting. Two American
women are dead, shot to pieces by a
shell. They were Mrs. H. w. Holmes
and Mrs. Percy Griffith. Several
Americans have been wounded. But
the total number of native non-com-
batants injured was undoubtedly small.
Experience Ii fast teaching the citi-
zens to keep out Of the line OF fire
when possible.
The report from the Diaz headquar-
ters that his losses have been negligt-
BILE are received with some doubts.
About 10 o'clock tonight there was q
sharp active fire for q few minutes by
q federal battery against the rebel po-
sition but at II o'clock the city was
tranquil with all the street lights out.
, Casualties Unknown. sls'
The number of dead and wounded
can not even be estimated, but 1t Is
large. For two hours during the fore
noon the rebel gunners rained shot and
shell at the lofty structures Of the city
from the roofs Of which federal sharp
shooters and machine gun men had at
tempted to rake the insurgents in the
trenches and behind the barricades OF
the arsenal.
Shells from the heavy guns were
we'll timed, the explosions throwing
perhaps hundreds Of thousands Of bull
lets into the roofs, effectually clearing
the buildings of the picked men OF the
federal troops.
"a lal aII n1 q
few bullets reached the national pal
ace but none did serious damage. II
Is not believed that Diaz seriously con-
templates at the present time an at
tack on Madero's headquarters.
Madero has promised to make a COM
bined assault on the rebel position to-
morrow but the operations Of today In
dicated that Diaz has much in reserve
On the first day Of the battle 1t was
the government forces that burned
their powder.
Rebels More Aggressive.
Today 1t was the rebels turn to be
aggressive. Diaz brought forth heavier
guns than he had used before. The
threatening features Of the day were
the appearance In the outskirts OF the
city of Zapatistas who harrassed the
government troops and the release from
the Belam jail Of several thousand
prisoners. Some Of the latter have
Joined the rebel ranks but others are
foot free and may turn to looting.
The American ambassador and the
ministers Of Great Britain Germany and
Spain made protests to both Maderc
and Diaz against the "barbarous and
inhuman warfare" but their protests
have been in vain. A brief armistice
was arranged for visit Of the diplo.
mats to the president and to the rebe
commander, but in general the contin-
uity of the days operations was In.
terrupted but slightly. The whir OF
the machine guns was seldom silen,
and there was at no time long inter-
val between cannon blasts.
British Legation in Danger.
The British legation was under the
rebel fire for time, but the Ameri.
can embassy Is considered to be IN 9
comparatively safe district. For thi!
reason women and children are being
brought to that section and an Amer.
lean guard patrols them. During
lull in the fighting, automobiles flying
white flags were sent to various quar-
ters Of the city by the Americans
Germans and British, to collect women
and children Of all nationalities and
they will be housed in the building.
near the embassy.
At $50 tonight the firing had grown
very light. Only at rare intervals die
the booming Of cannon remind the
people that the conflict had not end
ed. ..
In their positions the federal sol.
diers are resting on their arms anC
here and there are small squads CIV
ling trouble to their officers because Of
liquor which makes them inclined tc
shoot without orders.
AS yet the native residents do no
know that possibly American ma
rines may be landed, as the new!
from Washington arrived too lat
for publication. Owing to MARTA
law and the enforced refusal Of the
telegraph management to accept mes
sages freely, no reliable Information
has been received concerning the sit
uation in other parts Of Mexicao, al
though 1t Is reported that mutinies are
threatened in various cities, from
which the central government Is sale
to have drawn the police to assist ir
crushing Diaz-
Fight All Day