Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-05-11
AMERICAN SCHEME OF SUBDTING
FILIPINO REBELS.
THOSE SOUTH OF MANILA
All Small Craft On Lake Destroyed So
That These Rebels Can't Join Agui-
naldo's Force-San Fernando Fails
Into Hands of Soldiers
Finding Buried Treasure.

of Gems. Oyenshine and Hall are said
to be ample to meet every emergency.
Together they have about 500 men,
besides the 9Th and 18th regular ia
fantry who have just arrived in Ma
Mia. In view Of these sharp demon
STATIONS to the south, the work to be
done by Gen Lawton on his expedition
to Laguna de Bay is receiving credit
not heretofore accorded TO it. One OF
the main results of the expedition was
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which the rebels might have crossed
the lake and moved north on the rear
Of MacArthur's forces. Now they
are hemmed in on a narrow strip of
land between the lake and the ocean,
unable TO cross the lake, while the
march is too long to circle the lake to
the south. Thus the work of Gen
Lawton is holding the rebels, some
5000 in number to the south, leaving
Gen. Macarthur free from the danger
Of an attack in force from the rear
The report that the Filipinos are try
ing to break through the American
lines is evidence at the war depart
ment that this force is becoming short
of supplies. 1t is evident Gen
Otis intention to remain on the de-
fensive so long as he can keep this
force separate from the main body of
Aguinaldo. 1t is said that Gen. Otis
believes that he can starve this south
ern army into submission. Malate is
a suburb of Manila near the bay. The
other point mentioned in the dispatch,
San Pedro Macati, is between Manila
and Laguna de Bay and is one of the
outposts which protects the water
works
Macarthur in San Fernando.
Manila May 6,--Maj Gen. Mac
Arthur's division advanced to San Fer
nando Friday and found that the place
had been evacuated by the rebels, who
left only a small detachment to cover
their retreat by train. Gen. Mac
Arthur occupied the burning town
without loss.
The rebels south of Manila attempted
to rush through Brig. Gen. Oyenshine's
line Thursday night. The attempt
failed, but the rebels maintained a fusi-
lade of musketry on the 4th infantry
regiment for several hours. The dem
onstration was Intellectual beyond scar
ing the inhabitants of Malate.
The outposts of the Idaho and Cali
fornia regiments beyond San Pedro
Macati were also attacked during the
night
Maj. Gen. Lawton Is stiu quartered
at Balinag Gen. Luna was wounded
in the fighting near San Tomas. A
monitor shelled Paranaque, south of
Manila
Detailed reports OF the work of Maj
Gen Lawtous expedition show that
harder fighting took place during the
early part Of this week than first
accounts indicated. In the attack upon
San Rafael the American forces were
met with a heavy fire from a large
number of rebels who were concealed
in the jungle on all sides. 1t was only
the adoption of the tactics followed in
Indian fighting in the United States
every man for himself, that saved the
division from great loss. Gen. Lawton,
as usual, was at the head of his line
with his staff SCOTS battery demol-
ished a stone-irouted trench at short
range.
The insurgent leaders Gregorio and
Pic del Pillar, who had 500 men I'm Bal
mag, retreated when Gen. Lawton ap-
preached the town.
Chief Of Scouts Young. with eleven
men, entered Balinag ahead of the
army. and rang the church bells to
announce that they had possession Of
the city. Chief of Scouts Young.
served as an Indian scout under Mai
GEN O. O. Howard in his campaign in
the northwest i'm 1876. The work Of
Young's scouts was a feature of the
expedition. on Wednesday % OF them
encountered a body of 500 Filipinos be-
Iyoud Baliuag and drove them until OF
the $50 rounds of ammunition which
the scouts carried they had only Is
rounds left They were about TO re-
tire when Lieut.. Boyd with a troop Of
4 the attn cavalry. came up with them
and chased ,he enemy into san Miguel
Gen Lawton. when attacking In
I force outside OF B3InaE saw women
ana children i'm tine rebel trenches, and
I sent Capt Case in advance with a
white flag 20 warn tne insurgents 10
remove Ike uou-e0mpaants. When
within 500 wards ot the trenches two
yoIIsys were fired at Capt Cases
party
There are 5000 Spanish prisoners in
zine hands o. the Fl.rinos at san
I Miguel they are served with s cents
WORTH of rice daily and are compelled
10 work hard on the rebel defcnses
Several hundred 81 The Filipino wound
gI are st san Miguel The insurs-
|ents are sending their women aud
children % the Bianaonabatto noun
aims A Bolo chief and loo men were
apurcd AZ Ba'inag Gen. Lawt0n has
/ released many Of his prisoners.
Former school Master Killed.
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