Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-03


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closed and have so remained. Foreign
ers as well as Mexicans kept close to
their homes.
At o'clock Tuesday huge mobs be-
gan forming in the neighborhood OF
the National palace.
~e Secure Arms
The streets were cleared of all save
the rioters. With cries of ito the arm
stores, there are no police!" the
crowds ran from the open plaza to the
places designated on the Avenida 10th
OF September, Here the leaders forced
doors of one 70 the largest establish
ments selling arms and ammunition
and handed out the weapons to the
waiting throngs. With these the riot
ers rushed down the streets, firing as
they went. The telephone lines con-
Meeting the city with the suburbs had
been busily working and the zapata
forces on the outskirts were asked to
come into the city without regard for
the arrangements they had made with
the northerners The Zapata troops re-
sponded promptly.
Meanwhile the students Of the city
selves and dispense the mobs if no as
sistance came from the besieging sol
diers on the outside. The crowds
heard of these preparations and broke
up into small parties, spreading out
over the entire city.
Depredations Confined
When the Zapata forces entered
Mexico City, the students armed with
all sorts of weapons, already had TAX
en- possession of the principal streets.
These manifestations awed the mob,
who confined themselves to breaking
into small stores along unfTequented
streets. Terror was added to the sit
uation by the fact that the men or
Gen. Blanco's1 command. in their hur-
ry to get out of harms way, held up
coaches and unhitched horses or broke
into public and private stables ana
seized any animal that would enable
them to escape. During these opera
lions considerable firing was going on
Eduardo Iturbide, governor of the fed
eral district under the Carbajal re-
vime. offered his services and led in
the REORGANIZATION of the police force. |
calling on all former army officers and !
soldiers for that purpose. Senior itur-
bide worked in conjunction with Coz |
Saldana, of the Zapata forces, and by |
10 o'clock that night 200 foot and 100 |
horses of these volunteers We're pa
trolling the streets. BY midnight CON-
pIete quiet and order prevailed in the |
down Town districts. In the succeed |
ing days, more of Zapata's troops en-
tered the capital and a former provis- |
.ional government was brought into exSj
istence and general order was pre-
served. \
zapata interviewed
Gen. zapata and his brother entered |
the city on Friday The revolutionary |
header was interviewed as he sat on the |
floor of the barracks in San Lazaro
drinking bottle of beer and surrounded |
sy a group of admirers. He said he was
working in accord with Gen. villa and ne
was willing to abide by the decisions OF
the Aguascalientes convention. He SEEM |
ed very uneasy in the large city and. att
er refusing to visit the National Palace |
left the capital on Sunday.
Much fear was occasioned by Zapata's
visit, due to the action Of his soldiers
who, on learning of his presence in the
city, began volley firing in the great
plaza which is shirted by the cathedral
and the National and Municipal Palaces.
This firing began at dusk the evening OF
Nov. q and resulted in the shutting up
of all establishments, both public and
private, until the cause Of 1t was learned.
Firenen kkiIled
Excellent order is now being preserved
in the city. but owing TO lamentabie
error II fremen were killed Thursday |
night These men answered fire alarm |
in the factory district, and when the "a |
pata soldiers saw the engine and hook !
and ladder companies charging through |
the streets they mistook the apparatus |
for rapid fire guns and artillery and
poured volley after volley into the de-
fenceiess fire fighters before the mistake
could be pointed out. Seven of the fire.
men were killed outright and four more
died on the way TO the hospital. Many
of the firemen were wounded
Yesterday the advance guard of the