Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-22
FlLIPlNOS ACTIVE.

Manila, Aug. 10, via Hong Kong, Aug.
22.-The Filipino rebels appear to retain
much more fighting spirit than might be
expected after recent San Fernando ex-
perences and General Iawton's drub-
bings in the south. After giving up San
Fernando with feeble struggle they en-
trenched themselves at Angeles, working
for several days and impressing the nom
combatants into work. thus saving the
armed men for fighting. They engaged
Lieut.. Col. Smiths regiment and artillery
warmly for four hours, making one Of
the most stubborn resistances of the cam
paign. but the Americans are indebted
to the usual poor craftsmanship of Fill
pinos as well as their own strategy for
their small losses.
In Cavite province where it was sup
posed the rebels had been scattered and
demoralized beyond recuperation they
have assembled an army of several
thousand. After the San Fernando en-
gagement the rebels attempted to deter
the Americans from a further advance
northward by menacing railroad COM
munication. Several hundred of General
Pillars men crossed the Rio Grande be-
tween the American outpost towns and
threatened Baliuig, Quingut and other
small American garrisons while during
Sunday and Monday nights smaller bands
| tried to tear up the railroad tracks at
several points between Bigaa and Ma
lolos. Reinforcements of American
troops, however, We're sent along the
! railroad from Manila to San Fernando
while forces at Baliuig and Quingut
sailed out against General Piiars men
and the rebels We're easily driven away
In the brush between the Fiipinos and
Americans during the three days the
Americans lost several men While the
Filipino loss was heavy.
OF these operations the Assocat ted
Press correspondent was permitted to
! send only inadequate dispatches dictated
verbatim by Major General Otis. The
censor writes stereOtyped official phrases
and adjectives into the dispatches tend
ing to magnify the American operations
and minimize the opposition. Otis says
the newspapers are not public institu-
tons but private enterprises and the cor
respondents are only here on sufferance
All reports from rebel territory agree
that the scarcity of food is increasing and
! rebel commanders at Aparty and other
points refused to obey Asunaldo's or
ders in regard to closing ports held by
rebels against American ships and say
any ship bringing stores will be VEL
coined. Several ships from Manila are
now at these ports. Hundreds of people
come into Manila daily and return to the
rebel lines with food and other commodi-
ties.
The guards stationed along the road
! reported that 5000 persons passed
through the lines in three days and that
As tons of rice were carried out in small
parcels on the same road in 10 days.
Much of this undoubtedly goes to aid the
traffic from motives of charity toward
! wcmen and children who are undoubtedly
suffering.
General Macarthur is establishing
, municipal governments in the villages
north of Manila. The mayor of BalGag,
the first town where Lawton established
the same rule who was supposed to be
one of the most friendly and trustworthy
of the natives has been placed in Jail
charged With arranging with the rebels
for an attack on the town.
The American troops have been With
drawn from al that part of the country
which was half cleared rebels in the
which was half cleared of rebels in the
Tne rebels have returned to San Matso
which VAS aba ndOned for the third time
after it's recent capture.
II is alleged more than half of the
howitzer ammunition used during the
fight at i. .eles was defective and failed
| to explode