The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-02-14

hour in shcllins the Diaz fortress II
turned out that Alfonso Miranda with
800 Of his guerriilas had come into the
centre of the city to AID the rebel com
mand-r and rnat Miranda had at
tackled and routed a small force Of
Federal infantry. At tn" sam" time.
west Of the Alameda. Federal deserters
fired on their former comrades. The
Workmanship ~ Mirarda's men was
So effective that the entire Fedora
movement against Diaz presently ceased
and at about midnight firing stopped
Ientirely.
| Hut the worst OF the nights trouble
was not past. once in the heart of the
city Mrdnda's half savage men wei
| coined the chance to loot and burn
Their wild cries were heard until early
morning, when they Withdrew, appar-
emily TO the south.
| IIft> americans Guard Embassy.
| All night the legations IN the colonia
| Roma and tolonid Juar"H We're strongly
guarded hv picked men. volunteers from
the foreign residence colonies who knew
how to handle rifles
| Fifty Americans guarded the Ameri-
can Embassy all night, and the British
Legation was guarded and patroled by
thirty Englishmen. who let II I've known
that they would shoot down any Mexi
cans who attempted TO approach the
legation. Baron Won IIintze was equally
energetic in his arrangements As mat
ters stand the lives OF the foreign resi-
dents are protected only by the firmness
Of their Ministers and bv the courage
Of volunteers. Each foreign colony IS
protected by legion Of IT'S own people
new terror came in the night
when II was reported that hundreds OF
prisoners were escaping from Belen
prison. Gen. Diaz on Wednesday morn
ing released 5000 of the prisoners, bu
did not free all Of them. Those tina
escaped last night took advantage o.
the destruction wrought by the Fedora
canon and Of the lack Of guards 4
Federal battery posted near the churci
OF RI Salto de Aqua opened fire on th'
escaping prisoners and killed sixty o
them That was about midnight Al
most Immediately machine guns from
the roof OF the arsenal replied 10 th'
Federals' fire, scattered the Fedora Is
killed fifty Of them and wounded ms n,
more This was the last fighting .
the night
American Club Partly Wrecked.
AS on Wednesday. the American col
ony was in the shell swep, distric'
, Toward noon a shell crashed throuE,
/. the walls OF the American club an
cXlOded. wr.Cking the interior. Tn
. club was empty at the time. The cahl
Office was struck time after time b.
, shrapnel and bullets. The operator
: and few newspaper correspondent
1 worked behind barred doors and iro
shuttered windows.
4 D.az's immediately reply to the morn
z ing attack was bombardmcnt of III
q National Palace. Shells from his 81
|, inch guns struck the buildings Of III
I palace many times and caused immcns
|. destruction. one shell burst at tn
, main entrance Of the palace where
4 company OF infantrymen were postc
and killed twenty of them. Gen. Mon
dragon. in charge of Gen. Diaz's ar
tillery had the range perfectly. Tnles
-. Diaz is soon disodged it is almost Ger
=, tain that the great National Palace vi
be a mass OF ruins
Diax Advances Batteries.
n In the early afternoon Gen DiaZ ha
d become so confident that he pushed fol-
y ward his batteries. one by one he drov
= the Madero forces backward and seize
e most of the strategic points they ha
e occupied in the past three days
e the meantime he continued an inCe.
It SAINT bombardment OF the National Pa
d ace. The shells swept over the Ci,
" in immense arches, many exploding b,
fore they reached their objective poir
II and scattering a rain of shrapnel ov,
ID a great area. At one time in Il
II afternoon the palace caught Are. II,
x the blaze was cXtinguished promptly
IT The British Consulate has been und,
l. fire most OF the day despite the veh'
ment protests Of the British Ministc
Mr.. Stronge. to President Madcro. TT
Minister demanded that Madero reno,
h "A battery from the vicinity of the Coz
l. sulate. but Madero declined to do $
m The big Hotel Iardin at the Avenic
l. Seis de Soptembre and the Avenida Sa
n .IIIan de .ttran was struck with "a sol