El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-16
Americans Are Warned That
1t Will Take Place In Ma
Mia Tonight.
BOT FIGHT YESTERDAY
That Is, Our Men Were Over
come BY Heat While
Mauser Bullets Did
mo Harm.

MANILA, Feb. 16.-The American
provost officers have received informa-
tion to the effect that natives in the
city are preparing for general upris
ing, and to this end are spying out the
location and number of the guards.
Over a hundred armed insurgents
have been captured at house in Bi.
nondo. A large quantity of arms, mo-
ney, uniforms, and discriminating pa
pers were also seized.
The Americans have been warned by
friendly Cinnamon that a rising will
take place tonight, and that several
boatlosds of rifles and machetes have
been landed at Ermita.
MANILA, Feb. 16, 10 q. m.-In &C.
cordance with the policy of Gen. Otis
not to extend the lines about Manila
any further at present (the front al
ready being nearly 25 miles long,, por-
tions of the California aud Washing
ton regiments, the Fourth
cavalry, and Lieut.. Haw-
thorne's mountain battery, which
were about to make a concerted attack
on the insurgents below Paleros were
withdrawn yesterday evening to their
former positions along the river.
A thousand or twelve hundred insur-
gents are reported to be massing in
that vicinity. some coming from the
north.
MANILA, Feb. 16, 6:1O p. m.-The
ineffectiveness of Mauser rifles in the
hands of Filipinos has not been better
illustrated since the fighting here
abouts began than it was this morning,
when for five hours a large force of
insurgents who had advanced during
the night from Pateros upon the posi-
tion occupied by General Kings bril-
gade kept peppering away without hit
ting single American.
The enemy had evidently mistaken
the withdrawal of our troops to their
former position for a retreat. When
the insurgents appeared this morning
they came over the open fields with
shouts of "Viva republica Filipina"
and made three vigorous attacks upon
our lines, but were each time repulsed,
The last time they were seen to be
carrying off their dead and wounded
Our troops were under orders not to
pursue the enemy, but simply to hold
their.own ground.
The troops engaged were nine COM
panies of the First California, and six
companies of the First Washington in ,
fantry; two companies of the First I
Idaho infantry and a battery of four
light mountain guns, with two troops r
of the Fourth U. S. cavalry in reserve. Z
Gen. King took his position at the 9
head of the troops eegaged. During q
'he engagement twenty-five Americans +
we're overcome by the heat.
For the first time an uprising of the
natives was expected in the city last
light, but during the afternoon men
# the First Oregon and Montana in
antry arrested $50 natives whom they
ound in one house, and this, together
With the fact that the city guards
7ere doubled, evidently disheartened y
he ring leaders.
Information derived from authentic
ources leaves no doubt, however, that
n outbreak was planned. Among the
atives arrested in the house, q num-
er were in the act of making Filipino
informs when the troops broke in up
q them. W
The warships are using their search a.
ghts constantly every night to pre- in
ent the approach of natives in small OO
oats.