Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-27
4 GUERILLA WARFARE
Natives Attack Small Aneri.
can Parties.
THREE {. S. SOLDIERS CAPTURED.
ct Malasigui Officials Who Welcomed
Americans We're Murdered by Rebels
Names OF American Prisoners Found on
Couven. Walls ct San Carlos.

MANILA, Nov. ga Filipino council
of war was held by the retreating lead
ers at Bayambang Nov. 13 in the house
now occupied by General Macarthur.
1t was attended by Agulna!do, Pho del
Pilar, Garcia. Alejandrino and some
members of the so-called cabinet. Infor.
mation reached General Macarthur
from several sources to the effect that
the council recognized the futility of at
tempting further resistance to the
Americans with united forces, and
agreed that the Filipino troops should
scatter and should thereafter follow
guerrilla methods.
Four men of Company D. Ninth in
fantry, were foraging beyond Bamban,
when 20 Filipinos took them in ambush.
killing che and capturing the other
three. The Americans resisted for half
an hour. The firing being heard at
Bamhan, Lieutenant Frazer, with a
squad followed the rerreating Fhpinos
several miles. The Americans found
the body of the soldier boloed. They
burned the hamlet where the tight took
place.
Three Filipino rifenen ambushed an
American surgeon near Capas. He
shot one and the others fed.
Between Bamban and Angeles mule
train WAS fred upon by the insurgents,
and Spaniard, former prisoner OF the
Fahpinos, who was with the train, was
shot. At Malasiqui the officials who
welcomed the Americans were nlUr.
dered This was the only railroad town
which the Americans did not garrison,
ana on the night the troops withdrew
band of insurgents entered, dragged An
tonic MeJia, president OF the town, into
the street and cut his throat. The murder,
ers then assassinated the vice president
and five members OF the town council
in the same manner and told the fright
ened natives who witnessed the slaughter
TO spread the news that similar fate
awaited all friends of the Americans.
The mayor of San Carlos, who rode
In the carriage with General MacAr-
thur and Colonel Bell when the Ameri.
cans entered the town, said the cheers
of the people were murdered the next
night.
Colonel Bells regiment advanced
from Bayambang upon Manga:arem,
where it was supposed there is a large
insurgent force. Two battalions of the
newly arrived Twenty-eIghth infantry
were sent by cascoes to Bacoor to rein
force the south line.
Major Spence, with so men of the
Thirty-second regiment, surrounded
village near Bautiston during the night
and attacked the place about daybreak,
capturing Filipino captain and Is men,
with seven rifles.
News from General Young was that
there were ten cavalrymen and 200
Maccabebys with him, most OF the
horsemen who started having been
compelled to drop out. because their
horses failed them.
The Filipinos took the American pris-
oners from Victoria to San CSrlos. On
the walls of the Victoria prison and of
the San Carlos convent ARD be follow.
ing na,ies:
Civilians.
George Langford, Thomas Hayes.
Soldiers.
Harry Winfield, Phil Betterton, J. 1.
Salisbury. A. n. Gordon, E. n. Nugent,
Frank Stone, John Desmond, George
Sackett, David Scott, Martin Brennan,
Tom Edwards. D. P Curran. John
Cronin, Charles Baker. G. L. Davis, LIE.
land Smith.
On the walls of the San Carlos con-
vent were also found the following
names:
Civilians,
Charles BIRD, W. J. Sheehy, +. E.
Huber.
Sailors.
Edward Burke, battleship Oregon;
o. r Powers punhOat TJrdaneta. Iohn
j. Farley, B. ]. Greene, Tilden Herbert.