The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-27
THEY SAW ITS FUT|L|TY
United Resistance to American
Troops Unavailing.
SCATTERED THE TROOPS
Guerrilla Warfare All That Is Lett for
the Tagal Insurgents-Friendly Fill
pino Mayor rKilled-Ambuscades
and Skirmishes.

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Filipinos council of war was het. by
the retreating leaders at Bayambsng
on Nov. 13, in the house now occr-
pied by General Macarthur. II vas
attended by Aguinaldo, Pho del Pillar,
Garcia and Alejandrino and some
members of the so-called cabinet. IN
formation has reached General Mac
Arthur from several sources to the Ct
feet that the council recognized .he
futility of attempting further resist
ence to the Americans with united
forces and agreed that the Filipino
troops should scatter and should here
after follow guerrilla methods.
Reports of ambuscades and skir-
mishes come from every section of the
country along the railroads. These
districts seemed to be filled with small
bands. Yesterday four men of Com
pany D, 9th infantry, were foraging be-
yond Bamban when 20 Filipinos took
them in ambush. killing one and cap
turing the other three.
The Americans resisted for half an
hour The firing being heard at Bam-
ban, Lieutenant Fraser. with squad
followed the retreating Filipinos sew
eral miles. The Americans found the
body of the soldier booed. They burn
ed the hamlet where the fight took
place. The three Filipino riflemen am
pushed an American surgeon near Ca
pas. He shot one and the others fed.
Between Bamban and Angeles mule
train was fired upon by the insurgents
and Spaniard, former prisoner of
the Filipinos, who was with the train,
was shot. At Malasiqu the officials
W n lfAfN,, A r.i<,p
murdered. This was the only railroad
town which the Americans did not
garrison and on the night the troops
withdrew a band of insurgents enter
ed, dragged Antonio Mejo into the
street and cut his throat. The muir
derers then assassinated the vice pres
ident and five members of the town
council in the same manner and told
the frightened natives who witnessed
the slaughter that similar fate
awaited them.
Military activity continues lin every
section. Colonel Bells regiment has
advanced from Bayambang upon Man
gatarem, where il is supposed there
is a large insurgent force. The bat
talions of the newly arrived 2Sth in
fantry have been sent by cascoes to
Bacoor to reinforce the south line.
Major Spence, with so men of the
32d regiment, surrounded a village near
Bautiston during the night and attack
ed the place at daybreak, capturing
Filipino captain and Is men, with
seven rifles.
The latest news from General Young
is that there are 10 cavalrymen and 200
Macabbees with him, most of the
horSemen who started having been
compelled to drop out because the
horses failed them.
The Filipinos took the American
prisoners from Victoria to San Car
los On the walls of the Victoria pris-
on and of the San Carlos convent are
the following names:
"Civilians-George Langford, Thomas
Hayes.
"soldiers-Harry Winfield, Phil Bet
terton, j. P Salisbury. A. N. Gordon,
e. N. Nufft Frank Stone, John Des-
mond, George Sackett, David Scott,
Martin Brennan, Tom Edwards, D. P.
Curran, John Cronin, Charles Baker,
C. l.. Davis. Leland Smith,"
On the walls of the San Carlos con-
vent were also found the following
names:
"Civilians-Charles Bird, W. ]. shee
hy, F. E. Huber.
HSailors-Edward Hurk. battleship
Oregon: c. B. Powers. gunboat Urda-
meta; John ]. Farley, B. J. Greene.
Tilden Herbert"
IL P. M-The disposition of the gem
erals, with their approximate forces,
is as follows: General Conception, with
$40 men, in New Egija province; Gen
eral Macabolos. with 325 men, at the
General Pho del Pillar, with 800 men,
northeast of Malolos; General Aquino,
with 500 men. at Arayat; General San
Miguel, with $50 men, in Zambolos
province; General Mascardo, with 100
men. in the mountains west Of Angeles.