The Washington herald., 1913-02-19
ARREST MADER0;
HUERTA GOES IN
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saries succeeded in arranging a meetins
with representatives of the rebel leader
and the coup d'etat was then decided
upon. Shortly afterward. Blanquet seiz.
ed Madero and all the members of his OF.
ficial family and made them prisoners In
the name of Diaz.
Madero earlier in the day had offered
to force his cabinet and the Vice Presi-
dent to resign, he to retain the Presi-
dency. This offer was promptly rejected
by Diaz.
Fight All Night.
Firing continued practically all of last
night from both the rebel and Federal
positions. In the total darkness, how
ever, II 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 Association Building.
which had been In the hands of the
rebels since the second days fighting
During lull In the fighting a rebel
battery was placed in a position to the
West Of Nizza Street within a block of
the United States Embassys' and another
one four blocks to the east of the en-
bassy. At this time the government lead
ers were believed to be preparing to
use tSndinlte kTdnhQeS ana lnOrtarS
throwing dynamite shells.
Up to nearly Q o'clock, however, the
silence remained unbroken. Shortly be-
fore 10 o'clock the rebel artillery re-
sumed activity. firing intermittently in
the direction OF the palace. Fifteen min
utes later all the big guns on both sides
were belching forth a fierce fire and the
battle was on at its hottest.
American Wounded.
1t was during 1his firing that Silas F.
an elderly American, who has
charge OF an important chemical
works here was wounded by three bull
lets in the rigat forearm. He was walk
ing down Colima Street when he ran into
the middle of a skirmish between de-
tachments of rebels and Federals.
The palace itself was threatened with
an attack by strong force of rebels
making l. sortie. but they were beaten
back after a fierce skirmish.
The lighting became particularly vicious
in the vicinity of the American En-
bassy and several bullets penetrated the
walls, doing slight damage A
large number of Federals were killed In
the vicinity OF the embassy.
At ! o'clock another respite occurred
in the fighting only TO be broken a half
hour later by rain OF shells from the
reDclS rapd-lTers. Again all the guns
OF the belliEerents were brought into
play and until 4 O'Clock. when the bugles
the order to cease firing, the
fighting was continuous.
FcdcraIs OutfOught.
The rebels have clearly outfousht the
at every turn. They had ex-
tended their lines steadily and forced
back the Federals until the latter held
only few advantageous points beyond
the confines of the national palace.
An announcement came late in the
afternoon that President Madcro had
agreed to the appointment of Il President
Id interim and caused widespread rejoic-
nE. The position Of the government was
weakening and the troops
we're rapidly becoming demoralized. The
prayed that the end of the
lighting might At last be at hand.
Then came the offer from Madero to
Diaz to bring about the resignation OF
Vice President Pine Suaroz and the en-
ire cabinet, on the condition that
Iadero remain in office.
4 band OF lootcrs was caught during
he afternoon and summarily executed in
he outlying districts. Several stores and
esidences were sacked by hungry mobs.
'ut there was nothing like systemic loot
nG, both Federals and rebel soldiers do
ng their utmost to hold the Mexican
oncbombatants in check.