Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-11-02
WILL CONTINUE WAR
AGUINALD0 NOT YET READY TO
TO YIELD.
HAS PLENTY OF ARMS YET
Americans Have Some Small Brushes
With the Enemy-I1eut. Gilmore
Still Alive and Prisoner Filipino
Women and Children Seek Protec-
ton of American Lines.

Manila, Oct. S1.-Three companies
of Col. Bells regiment have had two
encounters with insurgents near La
BAN and scattered them The insur-
gents left four officers and eight men
dead on the field; the Americans cap
tured three prisoners and several guns.
! On the American side one man was
killed and two officers and six men
wounded. Captain French took a re-
Iconnoitering party beyond Labam after
| he had met the enemy and was rein
forced by Major Bishop with two com
Ipanies. The insurgents brought up
| the cavalry reinforcements and there
was a second fight, during which their
! leader, Maj. Salvador was killed and
many wounded and carried away Col.
! Bell has been given a free hand around
Bacolor He has so mounted men
securing the country daily and they are
killing many Filipinos in the sldrmish-
es The Spanish commission which
entered the insurgent lines a month
ago with money to relieve the wants of
several thousand military and civil
Spanish prisoners returned TO Angeles
Monday. The commissioners report
that they spent most of their time in
| Tarlac and vicinity where there are
some 300 sick Spaniards in the hos
pital. The Filipinos ill-treated and i'll
fed them, refusing to surrender them
as we'll as other Spanish prisoners In
hope of compelling Spain to recognize
the independence of the islands. From
Tarlac TO Bamban, about two thirds of
the way, the commissioners travelled
by train on the Manila Dagupan rail-
way, escorted by handsomely mounted
Filipino cavalry. They were received
between the outposts by members of
! Gen, MacArthur's staff where they were
brought by train to Manila. There are
! fourteen American prisoners at rarlac,
! they say all of whom are well treated.
Lieut.. j. G. Gilmore of the United
to the hands of the insurgents at Baler
| last April where the Yorktown had
gone on a special mission to relieve the
/ Spanish garrison, is at Bingat. ihe
commissioners have brought letter to
Gen. Otis from relatives of the muir
dered Filipino, Gen. Luna, who wish
to 1venge the assassination by Agui-
naldo's officers and who ask a personal
| interview with the military governor.
| According to the commissioners state
ment, Aguinaldo, who is still a. ar
| lac, with 5000 troops, wishes to con
| tinue the war, although he has high
opinion of the American officers and
soldiers. Gen. Lawton he calls Ell
General De La Noche" might GeneraD
| because that commander has attacked
him SO often in darkness. He
never knows when to look for him.
! Aguinaldo is said to be well supplied
with arms and ammunition and able
| to get plenty On rice from the northern
provinces. With the Spanish commits
sioners came large number of women
and the families of eight prominent
officers Of the Filipino army who re-
Gently applied to Gen. Otis for permits
sion to send their families to Manila.
Upon receipt of the military governors
reply the nature of which had not been
disclosed, the women and children
started, under an escort from rarlac,
for the American lines When they
arrived Gen. Macarthur compelled
them 10 halt mile beyond the out
posts where they will remain while
their credentials are being examined.