The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-27
WILL BE GUERILLA WARFARE.
HAVE GIVEN UP CON-
CERTED OPPOSITION.

Inst war Conference Decided the
Filipino Troops should Scatter and
Take Up Ambush Tactics-RepOrts
of Ambuscades Come From Every
section of LuzOn-Several Ameri-
cans KiIIed-OmciaIs Murdered for
welcoming Americans.
Manila. Nov. 26.-The last Filipino
council Of war was held by the retreating
leaders at Bayambang on Nov. 10, in the
house now occupied by Gen. Macarthur.
II was attended by Aguinaldo, Pho del
Pillar. Garcia, Alejandrino and some
members of the cabinet
Information has reached Gen. MacAr-
thur from several sources to the effect
that the council recognized the futillty of
attempting further resistance to the
Americans with united forces and agreed
thai the Filipino troops should scatter,
end should hereafter follow guerilla
methods,
Reports Of ambuscades and skirmishes
come from every section of the country
along the railroads. Those districts seem
10 be filled with small bands. Yesterday
four men of Company d, Ninth Infantry,
were foraging beyond Bamban, when
twenty Flipinos took them in ambush,
killing one and capturing the other three
The Americans resisted for half an hour.
The firing being heard at Bamban, Lieut.
Frazer with a squad, followed the re-
treating Fflipinos several miles. The
Americans found the body of the soldier
MI he \,
fight took place.
Three Filipino riflemen ambushed an
American surgeon near Capas. He shot
one and the others fed.
Between Bamban and Angeles a mule
train was fired upon by the insurgents,
and a Spaniard, a former prisoner of the
Flipnos, who was with the train. was
shot.
Some Filipino Methods.
AT Malaslqui the officials who welcomed
The Americans were murdered. This was
the only railroad town which the Amer-
cans did not garrison, and on the night
the troops withdrew a band of insurgents
entered dragged Antonio Nejia, president
Of the town, into the street and cut his
throat The murderers then assassinated
the vice president and five members of the
Town Council in the same manner, and
told the frightened natives who witnessed
\ the slaughter 10 spread the news that a
similar fate awaited all friends of the
Americans.
Military activity continued in every sec
ton. Col. Bells regiment has advanced
from Blyamb5ng upon Mangatarem, where
i it is supposed there is large insurgent
4 force. Two battalions of the newly arriv-
ed Twenty-eighth Infantry have been sent
by cascoes to Bacoor, to reinforce the
south line.
Mai Spence with fifty men of the Thir-
U-second Regiment surrounded q village
n near Bautston during the night and at
Il tackled the place at daybreak, capturing
n a Filipino captain and fifteen men, with
seven rifles.
The latest news from Gen. Young is
that there are ten cavalrymen and 200
Macabebes with him, most of the horse
men who started. having been compelled
TO drop out, because their horses failed
H them
News of American Prisoners.
The Fllipinos took the American prison
ers form Victoria to San Carlos. On the
walls of the Victoria prison and of the
San Carlos convent are the following
Il names:
ciyilians-George Langford, Thomas
Hayes
soldIers-Harry Winfield, Phil Better
ton, j. |. Salisbury, A. NJ Gordon, E. N
Nugent Frank Stone, John Desmond
George Sackett David Scott, Martin
Brennan Tom Edwards, d. P. Curran
John Cronin, Charles Baker, C. L. DaYis,
Leland Smith.
On the walls of the San Carlos Convent
were also found the following names:
Ciyillans-Charles Bird, w. ]. Sheehy
F. f. Huber
Sanors-Edward Burke battleship Ore
gon' G. b. Powers, gunboat Urdaneta; !;
John j. Farley B. ]. Greene, Tilden Her
bert.
The Insurgent Forces.
n The disposition of the insurgent gener-
us, with their approximate forces, is as
i .oH9Ws: Gen. Conception, with $40 men,
~ NeW Egija province; Gen. Macabolos,
ID Hllh 529 men, a the town of Binaca, prov
IN c,ce ,nce OF Tarlac; Gen. Pho del Pillar, with
N 'v0 men, northeast of Malolos; Gen.
# ,G5lulno' with 800 men, at Arayat; Gen. San
81 allqueL with $50 men, at zambalos prov
Fl Hce' Gen. Mascardo, with 1lOO men. in
r. u9 mountains west of Angeles. and the
IA n 'sgsl force, probably, under Gen. Trias,
IN Cavite province.
. Aook ZAMDOANGA PROVINCE.