The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-02-15

chief, notified the rebel leader that ii
he would surrender with all of his
troops he would he consid"r.'cIy
treated Diaz received the envoy III the
presence Of Gen Mnndragon, lie told
the messenger TO inform Madcru that b."
would give no mercy and that he .N-
pected none. that the fighting would he
to the death.
DiRs opens Firc Again.
shortly aft.rward at 80 y VI eA-
aCtlN, piaz opened tir" with heavy guns
His batteries in In" tN"nidd Il" san
Francisco and n,ighborinr streets
he'd great shells III the direction OF
the National Palace. while from the root
of the arsenal he directed a fir" against
Federal battery of four f.ld guns that
had been planted under cover Of ddrh-
ness IN the t'aS'p Il" E"fJrull a short
distance away from Ia" damaged raj
road station The ARTILLERY .nIag"mon,
Of IN" carly morning resulted Ia Little
say" damage TO bulld.nES tn" t"d'I-
ais. huN.ng tst"d N. amazing accuracy
of Monuragon's gun crews, kept Il re
Sp"ctdhl" distance. attempting merely To-
dislodgc the DiaZ batteries in IN. dv,-
nu"S east uf the Alameda and to- pound
N" walls Of the arsenal with solid shot.
About y. NJ. u messenger on aois"-
back arrived at the arSend. from The
National Palace. He bore wha, Madero
insisted VAS the Government last word.
Tnis tim" the President informed 'ae
rebel commander that since he had re
n!."d 10 a message by firing on lie
pa.aCe he need expect no consideration
or mercy and that he would h" shot
II captured unless 70 stopped firing on
non -co,nhatants
Madero said that DIaz was nEht.n2
ba!harously and that he would be
treated as barbarian II the revolt
was crushed. To this message Dilz re-
turned no answer whatever. His guns
redoubled their operations and shells
| began To urop in far removed sections
OF the city. For nearly 'wu hours the
bonn hardment was terrific. tn" roar
OF the heavy guns was dea!oning and
there was an incessant Spa'ter OF ma
chine gun fire Diaz's gunncrs had OBJ
tained fine range on the palace and the
shells were reducing one corner OF the
larges, building TO ruins
Those IN Churches In Danger.
In this severe hombardment he
| churches, where many thousands had
taken refuge, We're exposed to danger.
| \ rebel shell tore through the wall of
| convent five blocks TO the eastward
| OF the National Palace and killed and
! injured number ~ people. including
several nuns. The report was that
seven nuns had been killed and that
| fifteen women and children We're among
the dead. The Federals We're suffering
| heavily at that time because of the ac-
curacy of Dia2s guns,
| At 10 A. NJ. the situation was such
that council Of the Cabinet decided
to blow up four blocks of buildings
| between the palace and the arsenal in
order to give the Madero gunners an
uuobstIucted line of fire Gen. Huerta
represented to the Cabinet that the
attack had been u failure because the
| Federal artillerymen had not been able
to find an unobstructed range and that,
| with short trajectory, mortar shells
could he dropped within tn" arsenal,
A company Of Federais, protected hy
machine guns. issued from the palace
AT II A. NJ. Later heavy detonations
were heard, and II was reported that
/ the Madrro engineers were destroying a
block In the 'apuchinas near the
palace
The blocks which the Government
, determined To destroy wer" made up
mostly of residences lying east OF the
rebel position, These houses were built
, wall to wall aud had been densely
populated. ny Mad"ro's orders the in
habi,ants had been driven from them
ON "Wednesday and Thursday at the
point OF the bayone,, When the dyna
mite began to rend these houses the
distrc, had been entirely deserted by
citizens
DaH evidently discovered the tactics
of the Maderistas, because at II ;3l
\ NJ he was concentrating his artl-
| lerN fire ON this section, 1t was re-
ported nj the GoN"rumcnt cable station
that the rcbcls had killed and injured
Federal soldiers employed in blowing uI
residences
The mother Of Harry Greenfield, ~