The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-12
HIS ARRIVAL At VIGAN BRINGS RELIEF
FROM MUCH ANXIETY.
A BATTLE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
Young Finds the Enemy Entrenched
in a Mountain Pass - After Five
Hours He Storms Their Position and
Routs Them-An Uprising I'm Negroes.
Caused by False Reports of Filipino
Victories in Luzon Movements of
Transportsg

Manila, December S.-There was con-
siderable relief in Manila when the
news vas received today that General
Young's small force had arrived safe
ly at Vigan3 province of South Ilocos
on December 9Th. Anxiety had been
felt for General Young and the garrison
since it was known that Genral Tino
had a Fargo aggressive body of insur-
gents operating in the vicinity.
General Tino made a stand in the
mountain pass between Narvacan n
Sam Quinto. The natural strength of
the position vas augmented by trench
es and pitfalls. The fight lasted five
hours. Genera Young had three COM
panies of the Twenty-fourth infantry
under Lieutenant Colonel Robert L.
Howe n two troops Of the Third
cavalry, Captain Swigart commanding,
and one troop under Captain Chase.
He was reinforced during the fight by
Colonel Luther R. Hare, with a battal-
ion of the Tlhirty-third, nrou to vi
gan. General Young ended the fight
by charging and routing the enemy
who left twenty-five dead, several
rifles and thousands of rounds of am
munItion in the trenches. The enemy
employed artillery. Only one Ameri-
can was seriously wounded.
Lieutenant Ledyard, h American
officer killed, was a son of the preSi-
lent of the Michigan Central railroad
and a popular officer.
INSURRECTION IN NEGROS.
Washington, December S.-General
Otis today cabIed the war department
~ ri fn tho 11nricino in N0crrnC &c
follows:
Manila, December s.
Il am Informed the outbreak of ma
tives in the district of South Negroes
was the result of reported recent great
insurgent victories in LuZon and Pa
nay, which the natives believe. The
extent of the outbreak is not aScer-
tanned. Lieutenant a. c. Ledyard,
Sixth infantry, was killed and two pri-
Yates wounded. One of our chief diff
ficulties arises from the circulation OF
f~alsehoods amoung the natives, or de-
famatory newspaper articles from the
United States and Europe promptly
published in Spanish in Sam Francisco
and Madrid and by the Hong Kong
junta and circulated in the Philippines.
THE insurgents have based all hopes
upon false rumorS."
A second dispatch from General Otis
| dated Manila, today, says:
Hospital ship Relief, just returned
from Vigan, bringing 272 sick soldiers,
232 Spanish prisoners, reports several
hundred Spanish prisoners ait Vigan,
for which we send transport this after
, noon. Colonel Hare, Twenty-thiri in
fantry took Bangued ON the 9Th instant
| and now with portion of his regiment
| and a battalion OF the Thirty-fourth
infantry is in pursuit of insurgents on
the road southwest of Lepanto thence
to Bontoc, ON which AguinaldO and
800 insurgents are supposed to be re-
treating with the American prisoners.
! Inhabitants of the western Luzon coast
are friendly and give assistance"
General Otis reports the arrival Of
h transport Olympia with the Thir-
ty-ninth infantry, one battalion of the
Forty-f1fth infantry and some re-
! cruits. There We're no casualties during
the voyage.