Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-01
FLED TO MOUNTAINS.
Rebels Driven From Trenches
at Pavia, Island OF Panay.
TWO AMERICANS WERE KILLED.
Prisoner Brought News of Gilmore and
Parfy-Luna Had Them Lined Up Fer
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Saved Them-De-
tails Of Fight Of Urdaneta's Crew.

MANILA, Dec 1.-Dispatches received
from noilo, island of Panay. said that
st o'clock on the evening Of Sunday.
Nov. 26, the Eighteenth regiment en-
countered an entrenched force of the
enemy at Pavia, who opened a heavy
fire. The leading battalion replied and,
after several volleys, the Eighteenth
hanked the Flipinos, driving them out
of their trenches The enemy retreated
TO the mountains. At the beginning OF
the fight one captain and one private OF
the Eighteenth were killed.
When the landing party from the
United States battleship Oregon, under
Lieutenant Commander McCracken.
took the town of Vigan, province of
South Iocos, last Sunday, they found
there an escaped prisoner, A. L. Son
nensheln, who furnished the first au.
thentic account of the experiences of
I1suleusnt James @. Gilmore of the
United States gun5oat Yorktown who,
with party Of the Yorktown, was cap
tured by the insurgents near Baler, on
the west coast of Luzon, last April while
making an examination of the mouth of
the river Ill an armed boat.
Mr.. Sonnenshein was imprisoned at
Abra for long time with Lieutenant
Gilmore and seven sailors, but con-
triyed to escape, carrying concealed
note, written in naval cipher, dated
Abra, Nov. 10, addressed to "Any naval
officer" and saying:
"You may have perfect confidence In
anything the bearer says" The note
was signed ''Giilmore. -
According to Mr.. Sonnenshein, when
Lieutenant GiIlmore's launch entered
the river from Baler harbor, under cover
of Ensign w. H. Standley's gun, the
landing was received with three volleys.
Two of the Americans were killed and
two morally wounded. Every man
was hit, Lieutenant Gilmore receiving
a flesh wound in the leg, and his foot
stuck fast in the mud. 1t was choice
between surrender and being slaugh-
tered.
Lieutenant Gilmore asked the terms
of release. The insurgents proposed
that he should procure the delivery to
them of the arms and munitions Of the
Spanish garrisons, undertaking, if this
were accomplished, to send the Span
iards and Americans to the Yorktown.
a sailor of Lieutenant Gillmore's
party carried this proposition to the gar
rison The Spanish commandant re.
piled that it was an insult to Spanish
arms and expelled the sailor, Spanish
soldier firing upon him as he went.
The Americans were then bound hand
and foot and taken to San Isidro, where
General Luna ordered their execution.
They were marched to the plaza and, in
the presence of az great crowd, were
aligned to be executed.
American officer and gentleman, pro-
test against being shot with my hands
tied"
the execution. When General Lawton
approached San lsidro last June the
Americans We're removed to Abra,
where they were kept confined in cells
for about two months. Subsequently
they were allowed greater liberty, but
the report that Lieutenant Gilmore was
given house and servant is untrue.
He had the same quarters as the men,
and the Americans were given the same
allowance as the Spanish prisoners
8 cents a day with which to buy rice
and bananas, virtually the only rarions.
General Macarthur was at Bayam-
bang Tor Bayamban), preparing to
EWcCP bAC Oo~AApAy SA DOeAe S@NSS ~ e&AS
Manila -Dagupan railroad. General
Wheaton was at San Fabian and Cen
eraI Lawton at Tayug.
The Gordon from San Fabian to San
Isidro covered all the roads and occu-
MED all the towns on the line. The
American policy was to prevent any
more insurgents escaping to the north
and to force them toward the country
-..A 80 {la railroad
Major Marsh, with battalion Of the
Thirty.third infantry, occupied Vigan,
having made forced march from San
Fabian. The remainder of the regi-
ment was on the way.
General Young, with handful OF
csvalry and the Macaoebes, was in
Vigap. and Lieutenant Colonel Howse,
r,sh four decimated companies of the
T,ysnty-fourth infantry, barefooted
snd tagged, was struggling toward
W;ean % from Aliga (AliagaD. When
,sS5 renorted he Yves within 80 miles Of
a's Tbers b were 5000 Spanish prisoners in
A,.ra rroyince, whose release through
he % military operations were expected
: soon. Ar,;naldo had a
,.rse amount OF stores at bayompong'
,,rovince Of Neuya yizcsya' whicn Cen