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Show p BULLETS POURED INTO ! STBEEMCIIT OF HIGO Byeral Persons Killed and Btay Wounded by Sol-I Sol-I diers and Police 1 ' TBREA'K is caused by DELAY IN RESIGNATIONS BHj Bmonstratioos at Other Places; Troops Fire on M,ob at Zacate-I: Zacate-I: cas, Killing Four ' BjxiCO CITY. May 24. For Hlurs tonight this city was in Rands of a moh until a rain-Biiiorc rain-Biiiorc effective than police Roldicrs, caused the dispersal Ko'st of them. At midnight, Bfcr, a remnant, keeping step beating of tin pails and Big no attention to the clowns' clown-s' coiitimiecl the demonstra-Kc'arei'iilly demonstra-Kc'arei'iilly watched by police rice soldiers fired on the mob, Hurst lime at the Zccalo. the Hqunrc in front of the national Kb, and again to disperse u , Rjrliich had stoned the build-H?Pc1'Picd build-H?Pc1'Picd by El Imparcial and Hon fire. ' HjbJng.Iike aecurnev "is to bo ob-8.' ob-8.' tonight -with reference to the Her of the dead. Estimates run HJeveu to eighteen, inclndinp'-'tihree Bracn, itid to liavo been beaten to flic mob-jtllstunates mob-jtllstunates of Dead. Vary. K'lmparcial, which continued to Hre for publication despite the ut-f ' Jfroade on Iho building, goes so Hktn piace the estimates at thirty Knotty "t the Zoealo. c; police at midnight estimated Iho -in the Zoealo at five or six and Kvounflcil at between forty and tfunconfirined rumor has it that a HUibiAnt of Figueroa 's ro-volution-Htforisc from Cuernavaca is at Bieiia, about fifteen miles from the Business Suspendecl. Hthls city business was suspended at Bit. By 11 o'cloi-k tonight tlic street BJfSVcral of which had been stoned. Bplrunnlng. Not a single laxlcabor Bas to he seen .elements favored the demonslra- tor the 11 rst lime In weeks rain Brt Tail In the early evening. The mf withheld their burden until 10 Wlh the downpour the crowds. BMn Uwi aggregate numbered thou-.'began thou-.'began to disappear rapidly and at only n Imud of n. hundred or so piM marching. "til Diaz, wlm has reserved quar-M quar-M Hamburg liner due tn sail from Cruz on the .;st d:iy of tbe month, "5" .very ill despite recent optim-gTilulal optim-gTilulal reports He is receiving ab-ly ab-ly Ho, visitors. j?ayy guard will be maintained in Bj0' Hie presidential residence ghoul the night. by the announcement ihat Brt,1. Diaz and Vlee President Cor-BPUII Cor-BPUII not resign before tomorrow, Jwrs in (ho gullerlos of tlie chsun-WflCDutios chsun-WflCDutios precipitated tho riot. 3 o'clock tonlyht the mob en-fClJ en-fClJ practically no opposition and fily 'ittlo rest riot ion was nerea-Bfgl'cmtiny nerea-Bfgl'cmtiny "vivas" for Madero. they Mr? the streets or the capital, but KJJ1 an orderly fashion except for B&vi'ia,i. bistancos of vandalism were nncrt by t)ie thousands of march-'5J. march-'5J. who Joined In shouts of "Or- Kjailed to Heed Warning. '?)ock It appeared that the W-tB dispersing. The main body BET?" broken Into smaller proups. but K.11 some of these had prown ftr nnetrnt)v,! bi the bis plaza in ff Palaco. and tbe police de-Jieu de-Jieu that the time b:id come for Ewneasnr'e- The Hbuutlng, pres-Kori. pres-Kori. n,ass ot humanitv was wnrned Kr iV bul a confidence born of Ei "atrnent -.triy jn ino evening MPJ !f,m 10 retelvc with derision the mi! ' the police Kj?jV.rt told to disperse aain and KhVini ,,n attenlltion to tlie order. touis of ridicule wrre turned into Kn aiw,,ih quickly, for the un of nfx ,,an.d 'he foldlers were llirow-llvin llirow-llvin lhelr "lidBt a ball of bullets, tauir "'"'"liloil In a mad rush over Kw c? of1lIe rload and wounded. The mitutn . .tK ,p"Hnp from Mi Zoealo tPor ln w,t Hcelnp men and worn-Wnm, worn-Wnm, i w minutes "tlie puns of tbe Kb ti wero stilled, but a repather-Khftii repather-Khftii K,ret corners of the now Kanir rnrced as well as frightened me;i,, r 'idero rsultoi! In anotlior Blrc ,,!Ir,,,r,l W,H- Sharpor and longer Krm.il? 'hf hoolln Tlio mob tied. BSrnnnLirV a" trndltlouK of Mexico Ka ir .,lllul "t vet Intlmiiinted the Bfo.Vii ''F, "0,Ml where they were wlll-Kw"1 wlll-Kw"1 Tl1" (e of tin- Iron hd iwfakcnlns,- and In spite of the death Kthnn"",,, t,)0 rioters failed to do ffi" fitter Into mlnbtturc mobs. Kir ,.UI K f01' tadcp. :tn.J y.llnp for Knt. ""f''11 ' the present j;ov- Wf- Din- vary Siclr. Ki n'n!ll,Kt (,r u Prcshl.-nt Dhis Klitv rk ,K',, tt Minted on KVnnii,, , ?. "ft' i nofin t Ii.-i t despite re- Ktlo. 'ilKllc "fflclal reports of his g-JU"e DKmldi'iit Ii-ih shown sv- H Coatinuccl on Page Two I CROWDS FIBED UPDF I II CITY OF 11X160 Three Persons Killed and Many Wounded During a Madero Demonstration. Continued From Page One. nal degrees of fever for the last ttvo ' Ifo declined (o sec nil visitors-. Inelud-Hj Inelud-Hj 'nc members of Hie diplomatic corps, and takes nothing but liriuld nourishment, j Madame Diaz told ;i visitor (his nftor- noon I hat ihc president's principal diet was warm milk. His condition is con-sldercd con-sldercd serious by members of his family. Tho presidential palace was crowded with visitors, mostly personal friends, who had called to pay .their respects and to show their loyalty in the hours of the decline of his power. There worn not chairs enough in tho palace for them, and thev stood on the stairways, in the parlors and lined the corridors. Almost, at the beginning of the demonstration the American" embassador. Henry Lane "WU-son. "WU-son. entered the palace to pay his rc-spects rc-spects to the president. Ho chatted for some time with Madame Diaz, the latter expressinc he.r regrets that the. president was too sick to receive visitors. The call lasted twenty minutes. When the embassador emerged ho found troops lined up In front or the palace and niount-j niount-j cd police at both ends of the block. Troops Guard the Palace. The troops which did the shooting rc-inforced rc-inforced the police laU-r. The shouts of the mob. crvlncr "Viva Madero" and ."Death to Diaz," could plainly bo heard by the American embassador, although ihev did not penetrate so far as the prcsi-dent's prcsi-dent's bedchamber save when some care-less care-less servant allowed the door to remain open for a moment. The embassador's molor car moved witli difficulty. During its progress at different times grimy hands were thrust inside and the diplomat was saluted with "Vava el Ernbajaclor" (Llvo the ombasso- tmmm , , . . Telegraphic reports wore received to-kW to-kW night stating that demonstrations are in progress at Tehuantepec. Guadalajara and Zacatccas. The federal governor of Jalisco. Manuel Cuesta Gallardo. was driven out. At Zacatccas the troops fired on the mob. killing four. Other details arc lacking. Eoginning of tho Biot. The demonstrants gathered In crowds ranging from 200 to 2000. Their numbers Ht were constantly augmented and while thero had been no reports of physical violence, citizens considered tho situa-tion situa-tion grave and predicted serious oonse- A dramatic Incident occurred when one of the crowds came shouting up Avenlda Pan Francisco, encountering a police srpjad. The mob compelled the police to dismount and while holding their caps in their hands to shout "Viva Madero!" No H one escaped litis command and as indl- eating the temper of citizens generally the cry was usually clven freely. Tiie swarms of cabs usually about the streets disappeared as If by magic. Taxi-cab Taxi-cab and automobile drivers likewise Hj sough: safely. Many of the cabs were commandered by the demonstrants. In the early part of the outburst piob- Hj ably 70 per cent wero boys and youths, with a sprinkling of women. Their num-hers num-hers were Increased 'aler by many men. It was noticeable that a large percentage of these were not of the peon class, but Hl from their garb, business and profcsslou- Bore Picture of Madero. 1 A tvplcal mob was. that which r'epcat- B edly moved through Avenlda San Fran- j Cisco, numbering about 1000. In the vaii- H suard an immense lithograph of Madero, H fastened to a wooden cross... was carried. Next came the Mexican flag, carried by j (lie men on foot, and following (his was 1 borne an enlarged photograph of Ma- H dero fastened to a broom While tiie crowd was passing the end H of fadenas street, in which is the prcsl- 1 dent's residence. Embassador Wilson ap- H preached from the other end of the street In his automobile and entered the house. B The demonstration started from the BVJ eliapiber of deputies after that body had BVJ been In session more than one hour and when it became known that the rcsigna-j rcsigna-j tlons of President Diaz and Vice Piesi- 1 dent Corral were not to be presented lo- 1 iay The chamber was crowded to Its capacity. 1 Several men and boys appeared bear- 1 ing printed sheets declaring General Diaz 1 had refused to resign. This was a sig- nal for an outburst of Indignation. The j shouting i -ailed out the sergcant-al-arms and assistants and the balconies were Thev took up the cry. "Viva Madero," 1 and for a time stood about the chamber shouting and waving their hals. Then H from sotnewherc appeared the nucleus of H the later procession, consisting of sev- B aral coaches filled with men and boys, carrying pictures of Madero. Ld by Young Woman, H When the crowd started on its march It was led by a coach in which stood a young woman of the better class. She waved a Mexican flag and urged the B men about her to a greater pitcli of ex- B citement. Besido her stood a young man holding aloft a large framed picture of Madero. About the city they made their wav, 1 growing in numbers with every square 1 traversed. They made a wide uetour and attempted to include in their line of 1 march the residence of the president. At the first notice of the gathering crowd two armed squads of mounted police were rushed to the vicinity and posted on each end of the block. When the crowd approached the guards H were placed four deep. Feeble efforts H were made by the shouting marchers, who. up to this time, were in the best B of humor, to turn their steps toward .the H presidential residence, but evidently they thouglit better of It and contented tlicm-B tlicm-B selves with waving their banners In that H direction, shouting "Renuncla, renuncla" (Resign, resign), and the usual plaudits B for Madero. B While this contingent, was making its H -way about town, several other similar ag- H gregations sprang up and started lnde- H pendent tours. Tho original demonstra- H tion started soon after 5 o'clock and by H nightfall there were at least four sepa- j rate bands in action. Marched Through Center of City, r.eaving tho vicinity of the president's residence the original crowd marched B tiirough the ccn.ter of the cltv and h'cad- B od back to the chamber of deputies. It was a heterogeneous crowd. Behind the oach with the girl walked a street ven-B ven-B fler carrying a half dozen "plumeros" I bamboo poles with tufts of feathers at the end for dustincr ceilings. To the end H she had fixe:! a lithograph of Madero. Coat-hen loadcil until the springs were lent double, witli here and there a wom- mi crowded in among the men and boys, H followed. With blankets over their .i oulders they tramped and shouted side H side with smartly dressed young fcl-i o'a; One of the latter, observing an Sincriean newspaper man trudging along 'i t!e crowdH. shouted to him over the dm 'Now win m dn you think tho people H want for president?" "There would seem to be np question," 1 the reply, H "Then tell tt to your country. Tell wmr people what you are seeing today. J The people want M.idero." 1 From tiie windows along the way hand- i-lapping and cliecrs answered the shouts from the streets. Here and there a plc- J lure of the people's new idol was waved W and the crowds went wild. H Squads of mounted police trailed the varkuiH detachments, but offered no op- uusitlnu to their progress. Mob Urged -to Be Moderate. Hj Foreseeing the tragic possibilities in M he dcmoiistratlon, Alfred Roblcs Domin- I tucz. Madero,' s representative, at the be- ilnning of the disorders, secured the pub- W Icatlon of a plea for moderation. J In an extra of the IC1 Heraldo in the natn.e of Madero he urged the people to j resort to no violence, assuring them that he had persona knowledge that the rcs- H Ignatlon uf JJla, and Corral would bo offered tomorrow. That they wore not offered today Is officially announced as-due as-due to a tochplenl delay in getting that of Corral in; proper lecal form- Copies of this extra wero distributed to the mob free of cost but tho story which appeared to Interest them more than the statomont of Domlncucr. was. that of the failure of Diaz and Corral to resign. They shouted their approval of El Heraldo. which is an Aniorlean-1 Aniorlean-1 owned paper, but continued wiLh their marching and shouting. About. S:30 It was evident, that part of the crowd which had endeavored to restrain re-strain the rioters was losing control. Passing along the portals at the. zocalo, whore there are dozens of stalls at which arc sold cakos and candles, the crowd accidentally overturned one or two. Up to that limo the temper of the crowd was still such that It could apologizo to the small merchants, but within a few minutes stones were being be-ing thrown here and there despite the oft-shouted demand for order. "Within an hour their path could be roughly traced by broken windows in business houses. American Company Damaged. Ono of the buildings to suffer considerable consid-erable damage was that occupied by the Tampico News company, an American mercantile house. A cordon of police was thrown about tho place to prevent looting. loot-ing. Tho mob obtained tho stones for Its use from the zocalo. where there are a few piles of broken rock that was to be used In laying new macadam and along the lejigtji of., tho three blocks of Callc. Bo! Tvar.--where workmen have opened a ditch for laying new pipe. From this source they obtained a lot of cobblestones. cobble-stones. Just around' the corner from this street is the building of 121 Inipurcial. a government govern-ment newspaper, and there was perhaps tlio first evidence of lawlessness when the crowd began stoning. Following the dispcr-sal of the main body of the mob there marched down one street and up another, a crowd of a totally different character. This wis a "students' demonstration." marching "company front" like soldiers. The young men. who were well dressed and betraying every evidence of belonging belong-ing to the better class, were singing the Mexican national hymn, the singing of which is prohibited by law unless official sanction Is secured and rarely Is It se-secured se-secured except upon official occasions. |