Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-02-19
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 news to Diaz that Diaz had won they were fired upon by his outposts and six or eight were killed.
 From the first it had been known that General Blanquet was unwilling to fight He had complete command over his men which numbered about 1000. He arrived at the Palace yes terday ostensi6ly to relieve the re- serves who were sent into the field.
 Madero at the time of his arrest, was broken in spirit and could no longer make optimistic statements in the face of an inevitable fate. One of his strongest divisions ha ddesert- ed him during the day. marching out of the capital. He intercepted the flight of his force, chased them back to the National Palace and had them summarily executed.
 After six hours of fighting, General Huerta this afternoon made an at tempt to communicate with Diaz and his action precipitated sharp bat tie, in which the rebels dealt out terrific fire of smal arms. Huerta's purpose in wishing to communicate with the rebel chief obviously was not known or there would have been no firing. It is believed that Huerta at this hour desired to make his peace with Diaz and arrange for the over throw of his own chief, Madero.
 Order to Cease Firing.
 Shortly after o'clock the order to cease firing brought the battle to close. General Banquet had been at the National Palace since yeterday, when h eled his followers into the city, reaffirming his loyalty to Ma dero and listening to patriotic speech by Huerta in front of the pal ace. That Blanquet and Huerta con- spired to surrender to Diaz in such manner that they could save them selves, regardless of Madero's fate, is not doubted. ,...
 Although Huerta failed to personally communicate with DiaZ this after noon, his emmisaries succeeded in arranging a meeting with representa- tives of the rebel leader and the coup d. etat was then decided upon. Shortly afterward Blanquet siezed Madero and all the members of his of ficial family and made them prison CTS in the home of Diaz.
 MaderO Wanted to Hold On. Madero, earlier in the day, had of- fered to force his cabinet and the vice president to resign, he to retain the presidency. This offer was promptly rejected by Diaz.
 Firing continued practically all last night, both the rebel and federal positions. In the total darkness, how ever, it was impossible to ascertain whether any advantage had been gained by either side. In the fighting of the early morning the government troops again obtained possession of the Young Mems Christian Assocla- tion building which had been in the hands of the rebels since the second days fighting.
 t During Hull in the fighting rebel battery was placed in position to the ! west of Nizza street, within block of the United States embassy and an- other one four blocks to the east ot the embassy. At this time the gov ernment officials were believed to be preparing to use dynamite grenades and mortars throwing dynamite shells. At g o'clock however the silence was unbroken. Shortly before 10 o'clock the rebel artillery resumed activity, firing intermittenly in the direction of the Palace. Fifteen minutes later all the big guns on both sides were belch- ing forth fierce fire and the battle was on at it's hottest.
 Palace in Danger.
 The Palace itself was threatened by an attack of small force of reD- els making a sortie but they were beaten back after a fierce skirmlsh. The fighting became particularly vlc- ious in the vicinity of the American embassy and several bullets penetrat- ed the embassy walls, doing slight l damage. A large number of federals were killed in the vicinity of the em- NrnnVNDe :