The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-11-01
FIGHTS IN LuzoN.
Col. BelI's Regiment seatterS the Reb-
els After Two T1dfneI
TarIaa.

Col. BelI's Regiment seatterS the Heb-
els After Two EncounterS-Tidfng
from the American Prisoners AZ
Tarlac.
Manila, Oct. 3I.--Three companies of
Col. BelPs regiment have had two en-
counters with the insurgents near La
BAN and scattered them. The insur-
gents left four officers and eight men
dead on the field and the Americans
captured three prisoners and several
guns. On the American side one man
was killed and two officers and six men
were wounded.
Capt. French took reconnoitering
party beyond Labam after he had met
the enemy and was reinforced by Maj.
Bishop with two companies. The in
surgents brought up cavalry rein
forcements and there was a second
fight during which their leader, Maj.
Salvador, was killed and many we're
wounded and carried away.
Col. Bell has been given free hand
around Bachelor. He has 90 mounted
men securing the country daily and
they are killing many Filipinos in
skirmishes.
The Spanish commission which en-
tered the insurgent lines month ago
with money to relieve the wants of
several thousand military and civil
Spanish prisoners, returned to An
geles yesterday. The commissioners
report that they spent most of the
time in Tarlac and vicinity, where
there are some 200 sick Spaniards in
the hospital. The Filipinos i'll treat
and i'll feed them, refusing to su1ren-
der them, as well as the other Span
ish prisoners in the hope of compelling
Spain to recognize the independence
of the islands. From Tarlac TO Bam-
ban, about two-thirds of the way, the
commissioners travelled by train on the
Manila-Dagupan railway. The re-
,nainder OF the journey, from Bamban
to Angeles, they made on foot, escort
cd by handsomely mounted Filipino
cavalry.
They were received between the out
posts b va member of Gen. MacAr-
thurs staff and were brought by train
to Manila. There are IA American
prisoners, they say, at Tarlac, all of
whom are well treated. Lieut.. J. c.
Gilmore, Of the gunboat Yorktown,
who fell into the hands of the insur-
gents at Baler, on the east coast of
Luzon, last April, where the York
town had gone on special mission to
relieve the Spanish garrison, is at Bin
gat.
The commissioners have brought a
letter to Gen. Otis from relative of
the murdered Filipino, Luna, who
wants to avenge the assassination by
Aguinaldo's officers and who asks
personal intervi ~ with the military
authorities. according to the COM
missioners. Aguinaldo, who is still at
Tarlac with 1000 troops, wishes to
continue the war, although he has
high opinion of the American officers
and soldiers. Gen. Lawton he calls
"el general de la noche" (the night
generaT, because that commander
has attacked him so often in the dark
ness that he never knows when to
look for him. Aguinaldo is said to be
well supplied with arms and ammuni-
ton, and he is able to get plenty Of
rice from the northern provinces.
With the Spanish commissioners
came a large number of women, the
families of eight prominent officers
of the Filipino army, who recently APP
piled to Gen. Otis for permission to
send their families to Manila. Upon
the receipt of the military governors
reply, the nature of which has not
heen disclosed, the women and chill
dren started under escort from Tar
lac for the American lines. When
they arrived Gen. Macarthur COM
PEELED them to halt about a mile be-
yond the outposts, where they will re-
main while their credentials are being
examined.