The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-20


This the Prominent EccIesiastics
vigorously Deny-LabOr TrOu-
bIes Causing Much Annoyance to
Business Men In Manila.
LONDON, Sept. 20.-The Manila cor
respondent of the Times says:
THE insurgents, urged by constant
rumOrs Of the intention of America to
re-establish Spanish rule in the archi-
pelago, continues actively recruiting
their army. Hundreds of natives are
enlisting daily, and troops are being
drilled everywhere. Great diligence is
manifesting in initiating the American
formation and manual, single and vol
ley firing. Entertainments in certain
positions are being strengthened, and
vlgilant line of pickets is kept outside
the suburbs.
AT the same time the attitude Of
the insurgents is much more friendly
than it was before the evacuation.
Several thousand rifles have recent
ly been landed, and five new Maxims
have also been received. The provin-
cial leaders are paying into the insur-
gent treasury a certain portion Of the
fund captured from converts, profess
sing to reserve the remainder for the
payment of their troops. BY this
means they keep practically independ-
ent Of the central authority, preserving
the integrity of their own command. A
general occupying one rich province
sent to Aguinaldo $35, 900 in cash last
week.
The agitation among the insurgents
is stimulated by the clerical party,
which uses every effort to influence the
natives against American occupation.
Evidence to this effect is absolutely
trustworthy, although Archbishop Do
zal and other prominent ecclesiastics
strenuously deny all knowledge of such
action, and sOlemnly disclaim personal
participation in it.
LABOR TROUBLES.
Strikes in all industries are becom-
ing more extensive daily, and the labor
question is fast growing serious. The
Americans unwisely continue to pay
nearly three times the usual wages,
causing discomfort to spread rapidly
in every class Of workmen. All manu-
facturers are much hampered, the
tramWays are frequently stopped, and
railway operations are seriously Grip
pied, and a discOntinuance of the serv-
ice is threatened The strikers natur-
ally drift into the insurgent ranks, and
consequently labor disturbances are
not discouraged by the leaders.
THE news from Washington that the
battleships Iowa and Oregon have been
ordered here and that sixty thousand
tons Of coal would be shipped imme-
diately, is interpreted by the Americans
as proof of the intention Of the gov
ernment to hold the island Of Luzon
Nothing important is reported from
the insurgent congress, which holds
sessions daily at Malolos. The chief
element of cohesion is confessedIy the
fear of the return Of Spanish domina-
ton. If the insurgents should receive
assurances of a permanent foreign or
ganization, I believe the downfall of
the insurrectionary government would
be speedy.
THE Spanish prisoners are now con-
fined vigorously within the limits Of the
walled town. There is much over
crowding in the small area and it is
impossible in the crowded quarters fn
the absence of the proper appliances
to improve the present unsatisfactory
sanitary conditions. The urgent neces-
sity for removing the prisoners is fully
recognized by the authorities, but no
remedy is in sight and the health of
the American troops and the prisoners
is seriously threatened. Nearly 10 per
cent Of the former are already on the