The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-31
Americans Defeat FilipinOs and Kill
Officers and Men.
OUR TROOPS SMALL LOSS
REPORT FROM PRISONERS IN
HANDS OF INSURGENTS.
Lieutenant Gilmore and Companions
Are Being Well Treated--span-
ish Captives, However, Are Far
ing Badly Luna's Relative
Wants Revenge On Aguinaldo.


Manila, Oct. 3O.-Three companies of
Colonel Bells regiment had two encoun-
tiers with the insurgents near Labam
and scattered them. The insurgents left
four officers and eight men on the field,
and the Americans captured several
guns. On the American side one man
was killed and two officers and six men
wounded.
Captain French took a accommodating
party beyond Labam after ne had
beaten the enemy and was reinforced
by Major Bishop with two companies.
The insurgents brought up cavalry re-
Inducements. and there was a second
SCAT, during which their leader, MAJOR
Ssifador, was killed and many were
w,a5nded and carried away
Colonel Bell has been given a free
hand around Bacolor. He has sixty
mounted men scouting the country
daily, and they are killing many Fill
pinos in. skirmiShes.
The Spanish commission Whlcn en-
tered the insurgent lines month ago
with money to relieve the wants OF
several thousand military and civil
Spanish prisoners returned to Angeles
today. The commissioners report that
they spent most of the time in Farlac
and vicinity, where there are some 2fOO
sick Spaniards in the hospital The
Filipinos ill-treat and i'll feed them, re-
fusing to surrender them, as well as the
other Spanish prisoners, in the hope of
compelling Spain to recognize the indie
pendence of the islands.
American Prisoners All We'll.
From Tarlac to Bamban, about two
thirds of the way the commissioners
travelled by train on the Manila-Dagu-
pan railway. The remainder of the
journey from Bamban to Angeles they
made on foot and escorted by hand
somely mounted Filipino cavalry. They
were received between the outposts by
a member of General MacArthur's staff
and were brought by train to Manila
There are fourteen American prison.
ers, they say at Tarlac, all of whom
are well treated. Lieutenant ]. c. Gil
more of the United States. gunboat
Yorktown, who fell into the hands of
the Insurgents at Balor, on the east
coast of Luzon, last April, where the
Yorktown had gone on a special mis-
sion to relieve the Spanish garrison, is
at Bingat.
The commissioners have brought a
letter to General Otis from a relative of
the murdered Filipino general, Luna,
by Aguinaldo's officers, and who asks
a personal interview with the military
governor.
Aguinaldo Wants to Fight.
According TO the commissioners
statement, Aguinaldo, who is still at
Tarlac with 5000 troops, wishes to con-
tinue the war, although he has a high
opinion of the American officers and SOL
diers. General Lawton he calls lei
General de la Noche" (the night gen
eraD, because that commander has at
tackled him so often in the darkness
that he never knows when to look for
him.
Aguinaldo is said to be well supplied
with arms and ammunition and he is
able to get plenty of rice from the
northern provinces. With the Span.
ish commissioners came a large number
of women, the families of eight prom
inent officers of the Filipino army. who
recently applied to General Otis for
permission to send their families to
Manila. Upon the receipt of the mill
tary governors reply, the nature of
which has not been disclosed, the
women and children started under es-
cort from Tarllc for the American
lines. When they arrived today Cen
eral Macarthur compelled them to halt
about a mile beyond our outposts,
where they will remain while their
credentials are being examined
Major Balances battalion of the
Twenty infantry entered Cab
anatuan, meeting with no resistance
The natives welcomed the Americans
shouting Viva los Americanos.Y The
insurSent troops have fed to the noun
ta:as
General Bates viii be appointed mil
itary governor of the Mohammedan
islands. with headquarters at Jolo. IN
til Zamboanga is occupied. General
Fred Grant will command General
Bates brigade.