The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-02-14


of the Uprising After Being Re-
leased from Prison by the Rebels
Assault on Palace
United States Intervention in the
civil war in the republic of Mexico
that has made battlefield in the
streets of the capital, resulting al
ready in $50 deaths, became almost
certainty Monday when the embassy
buildings of the United States were
fired upon
Several shots entered the apart
ments of the ambassador and his as
sistants, who were anxiousiy watch.
ing the progress of the battle be.
tween President Madero and Felix
Diaz, the rebel general
From just what quarter or just
what faction the firing came could
not be determined in the confusion.
One United States citizen, E. L.
Ramsey, formerly of Galveston, Tex,
was seriously wounded in the fighting.
Previously. appeals had been made
to both Madero and Diaz for protec-
ton for American citizens, and both
had replied that they were not suf-
ficiently in control to guarantee it.
Madero Returns to Capital.
President MaderO is back in the
capital after leaving it for several
hours to confer with General Blan-
quet, who arrived from the south with
his forces. General Felix Diaz, with
his two thousand or more armed
rebels, is safely ensconced in the fed
eral arsenal building
One aggressive move has been
taken by the hard-driven Maderists.
The government sent a force to at
tack the arsenal, but the federals
were repulsed with heavy losses by
the machine gun, rifle and artillery
fire.
When President Madero and his
minister fled from the national pal
ace it was believed they had gone to
Chapultepec, though some said he was
heading for the coast. General Huer-
ia has been left in charge of the loyal
force in the palace.
General Angeles, from Cuernavaca,
and Colonel Vasconceles, from Chalco,
have been ordered to the capital
Over Two Hundred Killed.
The capital of Mexico became a
battlefield. Two hundred and more
were killed by noon and the wounded
are said to total several hundred
Among the dead are three Ameri-
cans, two women and one man. In
the desperate fighting of the morning
more than 500 were wounded. The
Plaza Constitution and the streets
leading to the Alameda are strewn
with the dead and wounded.
Fighting in the streets of the CAPT
tai opened in the morning at 5
o'clock, when part of the federal
troops in the capital rose in mutiny,
first attacking the military prison and
releasing General Felix Diaz and Gen
eral Bernardo Reyes. Diaz immedi-
ately took command of the mutinous
troops and led them in an assault
upon the national palace, where Pres
ident Francisco l. Madero was at that
time asleep. Part of the guards at
the palace remained loyal and Ma
dero took command in person and
led them through the streets.
General Felix Diaz, who is now the
supreme leader of the rebels in the
capital, was under sentence of death
by military court martial for his re-
cent attempt at rebellion at Vera
Cruz.
General Reyes was in Jail waiting
trial for attempting to start a revolu
tion in Nuevo Leon about a year ago.
One rumor has it that General Reyes
was shot in the fighting. but it lacks
confirmation. The city is in such a
turmoil that rumors of all sorts are
flying. Many are confirmed and many
are disaproved Where the loyal
troops hold sway, martial law pre-
walls and nobody is permitted to
pass The telegraph offices are un-
der guard.
The greatest anxiety prevails as to
the action Diaz may take in summon
ing the troops under Zapata into the
city. 1t has always been Zapatists
that have wrought the greatest havoc
during the revolutions against Por-
firio Diaz as well as Madero.
If they are brought into the city
reign of terror is feared. Their COM
manders it is admitted will not be
able to control them once they see
victory and a massacre might be ex
pected to follow.