Taes was to call all the Maharlikas from Tondo to Bulacan, rally the men of Laguna and Komintang. All the conspirators agreed to send Magat Salamat to the Calamianes (islands north of Palawan) to invite the Sultan of Brunei to send a fleet that would join the Sulus and launch an attack against Maynilad from the sea in conjunction with the Filipino chiefs' assault on land. It would have been a good plan climaxed by an epic battle had it not been for a turncoat who betrayed the conspiracy and reported it to the Spanish authorities.
Dito ay muling silang nagtipon pagkaraan nang 2 araw sa bakuran naman ni Juan Ramos anak ni "Tandang Sora" - Melchora Aquino. Napagkaisahan nilang simulan na ang himagsikan, buwan ng Agosto 1896, isinabay sa kapistahan ng patron ng mga patalim, San Bartolome ng Malabon. Pinunit nila ang kanilang mga “cedula” at sumigaw na hindi na sila magpapailalim sa Espanya kailanman. Kinabukasan sila ay lumipat sa bahay ni Tandang Sora upang hindi mapansin ng mga taga Balintawak ang nangyayari.