Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-11

New York, May ia dispatch to
The journal and Advertiser from Ma
Mia says; Only the entr@atios CT
Aguinaldo arorted, last Tuesday, a
civil war between the forces of his two
rival generals, Luna and Mascardo,
They were actually drawn up in bat
tie array.
rhis and positive confirmation OF
the news that Luna has been Danger
ously wounded in the shoulder in
the battle of ST. Tomas are the most
important items OF intelligence
brought by the army gunboatS Lagmn
de Bay and Cavadonga, which re-
turned Tuesday from brisk cNpedi-
ton up the San Fernando river,
1t was Immediately before the battle
of st. Tomas that the insurgents So
ming to eNtermnate one another. Gen,
! Luna, when he saw that an engage
mont With the American troops was
inevitable, sent back an aide post
haste to Macolor, where Gen Mascardo
was, demanding achievements Mas
cardo's reply was that he would take
orders from no one except Aguinaldo
This defiance SO Infatuated Luna that
in spite of the impending conflict
with the common enemy, he took
1000 soldiers and made a forced
his comrade In arms. Mascardo was
nothing loath to fight 1t out and or
dered his command into line Of battle,
Shouts of hatred and defiance We're
heard on both sides. Outside the op-
posing forces, the insurgent camp was
all confusion.
Aguinaldo. terrified by the situation,
ordered his chief of stan. Col. Arguel-
les, to make peace at all hazards. The
soldiers had loaded their pieces and
onslaught when Argueles galloped be-
tween the lines frantically waving a
flag of truce.
There was an angry conference be-
tween him and the rival generals.
Agunaldo was drawn into 1t, With
all the intensity at his command, he
begged Luna and Mascardo not to
plunge the Filipino forces into civil
strife at time when they were al
ready broken ard domorali2ed by sue
eesivc defeats at the hands Of the
Americans.
Ills entreaties prevailed for the time
being. Luna sullenly returned TO the
front, after the commanding general
had provided him with reinforcements
and ordered Mascarao to be court
martialed for not having sent them al
first.
The battle of Saint Tomas followed.
and Luna, on whose ferocity in the field
Aguinaldo placed his chief reliance, re-
ceived wounds that will surely disable
him for the rest of the campaign, and
may cause his death.
The insurgent forces have been d.
vided one body under command OF
Gen. Mascardo going to the west OF
San Fernando and the other com
mand-l by Gen. Antonio Luna moving
to the north. Both OF these leaders
claim the supreme command OF the
Filipino army. Gen. Luna viii prob
ably fall back to Tarlac and from that
place move toward San Isidro.
Maj. Diggles Wounded
Manila, May ia reconnoitering
party from Ma. Gen Lawton's com
mand, and which consisted of two COM
panies OF the Minnesota regiment and
two companies OF the Oregon regiment
under command Of Maj. Diggles Of the
Minnesota regiment, advanced Tues
day to a point near San Miguel, which
| Is about IL miles north Of Balinag.
There the Americans were met with a
volley from q force OF rebels behino
a trench and Maj Diggles was
wounded in the head and private SOL
der was also wounded Maj. Diggles
and the private together with ten ty-
phoid patients were brought by special
/ train to Manila.
The Don Jose, the last Of the missing
steamers under the American flag
which were detained by the insurgents
since the beginning OF the war, was
found by the gunboat Manila at Batan-
gas, and arrived here Tuesday.