The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-10

of federals and the cadet corps, ths
cavalry was welcomed and some OF
the palace guard joined the revolt
and all INDUCED In shouts of ''Vivs
Diaz.'
Lfberate Prisoners.
Machine guns had been mounted
on the roof OF the palace, and many
soldiers were crowded into the towers
of the cathedral, and all of them ap,
parently In sympathy with Diaz. The
First cavalry commander to arrive
surveying the situation at the palace
and believing 1t strongly enough
guarded. ordered his regiment to pro.
coed to the penftentiary and there de.
manded the Immediate release oi
Generals Felix Diaz and Bernardo
Reyes. Both OF these men were then
taken to the palace by the troops
followed by huge crowds shouting for
Diaz and Reyes, and Death to Ma
dero."
Their arrival at the palace wal
OF common people thronging con.
tinuaiiy into the Zocalo Plaza on the
east side of which stands the govern
mental buildings. The cavalry, about
five hundred strong, and the infantry
men lined up the full length OF the
palace almost seven hundred feet
Other troops were lying on the paving
in skirmish order. A body of mount
ed police were stationed at the south
end OF the palace. where Diaz stood
watching.
General Reyes is Slain.
Suddenly the south door of the
palace known as the presidents door.
flashed open and from within came
the report of a rife. !.
At the same moment General
Reyes. standing near Diaz, crumpled
into a heap. He had been shot
through the head and died instantly.
His death WIS the signal for a gem
erai fight. In an instant the machine
guns on the roof OF the Cathedral be-
gun splitting their hall of lead and
steel, and simultaneously the artillery.
which had approached from the
south. began an attack on the cavalry.
The, mob in the streets swung about
and beat hasty retreat tor any kind
of shelter. In a minute or two the
Zocalo Plaza was flied with the dead
and dying Everywhere pool of
blood marked the place where bullets
had found a mark and where the
shrapnel and the solid shot of the
field guns worked carnage.
Your correspondent was In front of
the national palace when the firing
began. He ran across the plaza with
other thousands OF scurrying men,
women and children. scores of whom
fell in their fight to cover.
Two Hundred Killed.
1t liz conservativoly estimated that
two hundred were killed In the Zocalo
Plaza. and five hundred wounded.
Outside the plaza rcsembied sham
battle. The battle favored the fed
erals. who, not keeping faith with
Diaz. turned the machine guns on the
troops below
Diaz with the remnant OF cavalry.
the Ghapnltepec cadets and sother Cas-,
dets, some ~ssp rants, and q few other.
soldiers escaped. and made their way
to the artillery barracks. and the
arsenal. which is on the plaza Des
Arms. Street care pass there going
to Chapultepec and the residence
section. The American colony In but
Ave blocks away.
At the arsenal another fierce battle
resulted and 1t is reported was cap
tured by the rebels. The federals had
possession of the barracks, and short
~ thereafter truce followed. Dur
Ing this Diaz rode the street, calling
for volunteers to overthrow the gov
eminent
Madero Takes 1t Calmly.
President Madero took the revolu-
ion calmly. Showing absolutely no
fear or excitement. he went from
his house in an automobile to San
Juan de Letran. where he conferred
with General Huerta. who remains
loyal to the government. Madero |
made a fervent address, and pleaded
With the people tor order. He final !
y went out on the streets unescorted, |
mounted on large white horse. and |
deliberately rode through San Fran |
,isco street to the national palace in |
he Zocaio Plaza. That he had not |
ost his nerve was apparent to ALL
AS he went ON his way he way
lowing and smiling. a. IL II was Just |
m ordinary gala occasion. Soldiers |
Who had been shouting for Diaz pre- /
ented arms as the president passed
hem. Madero was followed by an
immense mob shouting Viva Ma
lero, and "vivi Gobierne constitu-
ional,"
Madero at once established himself
n the national palace, which was still
'uarded by a force OF loyal troops,
nd large numbers Of irregulars. and
battalion or two of police. This
fas the situation late In the after
oon.
Miners Have Dynamite.
Reliable reports reached here this
fternoon saving TINT four hundfed