The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-08
REBELSSTRONGLY ENTRENCHED
With 4 Force of six Thousand
Men, who Have Never met
American Soldiers.
THE hlURDEROUS PRACTICES
OF Filipinos at San Fernando.
Cut the Throats of Some
Chinese Be fore Evncuating.

MANILA, May Z. $40 p. m.--To clear
the Filipinos out of Bacolor. about five
miles southwest Of San Fernando, will
be the next task OF the Americans. The
rebel general. Mascardo. has n force
OF six thousand men there, well armed,
and possessed OF plenty of ammunition.
His troops hive never met American
soldiers. and they think. according to
reports carried to San Fernando that
they can whip the whole lot"
Bacolor Is well intrenched and thous-
ands OF natives are working like bea-
vers digging trenches and carrying the
dirt in baskets. The enemy uses his
ritlemen for fighting only, but compels
the Bolomen and Chinese, and even the
women to labor incessantly.
The rebels have nn outpost about five
miles beyond San Fernando. wi,h
trench that holds between two and
three hundred men. From that point
several volleys were fired last night
upon the camp of the Twentieth Kan
sas regiment.
Neither Major General Macarthur nor
Major General Lawton moved to-day,
although each reconnoiterel the coun-
try In his ow:: vicinity for soma miles
from headquarters. developing the pres
ence OF small forces OF the enemy.
nahoIe ott,,,
In the vicinity OF Lagune dc Bay the
rebels are extremely active, but the
lines of General ovenshine and Colonel
Whollcy VINO Is commanding General
Kings brigade during the latte:'s i'll
ness. have been materially strength
ened and thora is no danger In that d.
rectiOn.
~ The armed steamers Luguna de Bay
and Caradonga, under Captain Gran.
have conc to Guague, about five miles
southwest of Bacolo-, presumably to
establish n base Of supplies for the
troops engaged In the northern cam
paIga.
Of the cabinet and minister Of foreign
affairs in the so-called Filipino govern
ment. who Is n radical. is to be sue
ceeded by Paterno. the Trainer Of the
Spanish treaty of 1896. This change is
regarded as signitican. at the present
juncture.
The entrance OF the Americans into
San Fernando was virtually unopposed.
The Flliplnos who ordered the invaders
TO approach from the sea, had that side
OF the town strongly guarded buc taere
was only one line of trenches beyond
San Tomas. Two battalions OF the
fitty-frst Iowa regiment. which swan
the river north OF the city. were smartly
peppered while In the water. but tho
rebels disappeared as soon as the Amer
leans reached the shore. In the mean
line tho hospital squad had walked
across the bridge into the city, suppos-
Ing the Americans were there. They
encountered no natives.
The few Spaniards and FilIpinos who
were left welcomed the Americans and
opened their houses to them. General
SiacArthur accepted entertainment at
Ire hands Of Senior Hizon, sugar mag
nate.
Filipinos MS Tbront Crttcrs
II IN. ,,b,b,,,,,, ~.
do region nre to be believed tbore 70
little sympathy with the insurrectlon
In that quarter. Before evacuating the
city the rebels burned the church and
'ne public buildings nnd looted the Chi
Nese quarters. They drove many rich
filipnos with their families out OF the
city before them, MS well as hundreds of
Ihlncse. TO prevent them helping the
americans. They cut the thrpats of
some. Many Chinese hid on roof tops
or In cellars. and some escaped BY cut
ung off their queues. There are flfty
:'esh graves In the church yard.
The country beyond Calurnplt Is full
ot all sorts OF ingenious trenches and
PITFALLS In the ronds. with gharpcncd
oanboo. Fortunately the Americans cs-
Caped tho I,t,.r
In the swnmps near San Tomos
where General Whenton's troops did
Meif hardest HgfIting-the men sinking