OCR Text |
Show STATE GUARDS FIRE INTO SPECIAL TRAINS MER1DA, Yucatan, Sept 13. Eight inon were killed and 1G wounded wound-ed when the state guards fired into, a special train of exxcurslonlsts com-Ing com-Ing to join the manifestation last night for Francisco I. Mndnro. According Ac-cording to the authorities, the pxeurs-loniMs pxeurs-loniMs were to blame. An Indulgence In too much Intoxicant-; had lifted the enthusiasm on tlic iralu to n hlgli pitch. ' As the train, loaded to ita cnpaclty, was entering the city, the vlBitojrs saw the guards, and,, it", is said, began firing, killing a child. Immediately Im-mediately tbe guards returned the fire. On acount of the crowded condition con-dition of the coaches, almost overv bullet hit a passenger. Although this encounter resulted in tbe most fatalities, fatal-ities, it was but one of a series of disorders that marked Madero's entertainment. en-tertainment. The manifestation was organized by supporters of Moreno Canton, the opposition candidate for goernor. Karly In the afternoon the Moronisms began arriving In special trains. Hetwcen this faction and tbe PInlslas feeling Is bitter. Following the manifestations of last night, numerous num-erous disorders occurred before the special trains bore from the city the visitors. |