The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-29

+ Special Dispatch 10 The Call and the New 1ork
Herald Copyrighted. 1899, by James Cor
don Bennett
TLOILO, March 2S.-James Macleod,
representative of Warder, Barnes
&. Co, visited the insurgents near
Pavia Yesterday. intending to see
the leaders and endeavor to ar
range an amicab1e settlement. He met
with an excellent reception from the
native rank and file but Pablo Arrata
refused to receive him until informed
whether he came officially as the rep
resentative of the Amrican authorities.
Macleod replied he came in an un-
official capacity and as mutual friend.
Finding that he could not approach the
native leader without placing himself
in an invidious position Macleod re
turned to the American lines without
having accomplished anything.
He asked the natives on the outpOsts
what grievance they had against the
Americans Nobody could tell him.
Evidently they are obstinately awaiting
instructions from Malolos. Several of
the natives expressed a desire to re-
sumo their peaceful occupations.
Two Spaniards, deserters from the
Spanish army, who are serving in the
insurgeut army, one with the rank of
major began 10 revile the Americans,
but were instantly rebuked by the ma
tive commander.
AS it is feared that a stoppage of
shipments of rice to the outposts viii
incense the natives against all foreign
ers. the British gunboat Pigmy visits
isolated points to bring away supplies
when necessary.
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Artillery in the apex and the Kansas
and Pennsylvania regiments forming
the sides Colonel Funston called for
volunteers to swim the river and two
men crossed under fire and secured ma
terials with which a crossing was
eventually effected.
Major Bell of General MacArthur's
staff, with a company of the Pennsyl-
vania Regiment and Lieutenant Aber-
nathy and ten men engaged in similar
exploits. After the FilipinOs had raised
the white flag. many of them attempted
to run and several were shot for so
doing.
In the churchyard of Marilao the
Americans found thirty newly made
graves of Filipinos and a dozen bodies
were seen floating down the river with
grewsome wounds. Many huts are
smoking ruins, having been burned by
| their inhabitants. The Americans are
not burning any buildings.
! Our troops captured four Spaniards
who were fighting with the insurgents.
| General Macarthur was under a heavy
| fire yesterday.
A detachment of ninety-six Filipino
| prisoners was escorted into Manila to-
day. Their appearance aroused great
interest as they were marched from
the railroad depot to the prison.
The rebels have unloaded about 500
men from a train half mile from Gen
eraI MacArthur's forces, with the OBJ
ject of reinforcing the Filipino garri-
! sons at Balucan and Guiguinto, on
either side of the railroad leading to
Malolos
! The fact that the railroad is in oper-
| alton from here to our front facilitates
| the transportation of supplies to the
! troops. Before the break in the road
was repaired the transportation of sup
plies was very uncertain
All is quiet in front of the lines of
| Generals Ovenshine and Hall
The United States gunboat Yorktown
! has arrived here with the Spanish
/ steamer Mundara, owned bv the Men
dezona Company Of this place. The
steamer, a filibuster. was captured
after a stiff chase in the Gulf of Lin
eaven. 245 miles north. When she was
! first sighted the Mundara was enter
! ing the gulf, but she at once headed
! seaward The Yorktown fired two
shots before the steamer was over
| hauled.