Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-08
HOT FIGHT NEAR |MUS
Reconnoitering Party Meets the
TagaIs WITH the Result OF
a Warn Battle.
THREE OF oUR SOLDIERS KILLED

Twenty Others Wounded, While the Ere
iny Loses sixty Killed and Eighty
WOunded-Lieut. Gilmore Arrives at
| Manila and Tells Hi StOry-Gen. 1.-Two
| Wanted Them ShOt-Think> Well al
| Aguinaldo Horrible Treatment oi
sPaniards by the FiIipinos-Paying Up
Old scores.
Manila. Jan. =. ll.;c p. m.-RecOn-
| naiSSancrs out OF linus. Cavite prov
ince. this moEainG resulted in the loss
| OF three Americans killed and twenty
| wounded. The enemy'S loss il e>t!-
| mated at sixty killed and eighty
wounded. Colonel Birkhimer. with a
| battalion of, the Twenty-cighth volun-
;eer infantry. advanced toward Nov
eleta. Major Tagga:t. with two bat
taliOns of the same regiment. moved
toward Perez Das MarinaS y part of
the Fourth infantry was engaged south
| of linus
Manila Jan. s. 9:15 a. m.-General
Schwan's column. advancing to the
south. has occupied Binan. One
American was killed and three were
wounded. Nine of the enemy's dead
were found on the field after the fight
Johnson. deserfer from the Sixth
United States artillery. clothed in Il
ma ajOr's uniform. was found among the
inSurScnt dead at NOveleta yesterday.
Manila. Jan. Z. $50 p. m.-Licutcn-
ant !. &. Gilmore. OF the United States
gunhoat Yorktown. who was captured
by the insurgents last April near BalCr
on the east coast of LuZun. and res
cued few days ago by Colonel Luther
K. Hare. of the Thirty-third volunteer
infantry. sat today in the apartment
of his sister. Mrs. Major Price. mt the
Hotel Orient. in Manila. and told the
story of his eight months i'll captivity.
ending with his dramatic dcliverance
from death that seemed inevitable.
Although tanned and ruddy from expos
ure he is weak and nervous. showing
the results of long hardshipS. He
speaks warmly of AguinaldO and very
bitterly against General TInO. declar
ing that while in the formers jurisdic
ton h" WAS treated splendidly.- but
that after he fell into TinO'S hands he
suffered everything
story of the Rescue.
Colonel Hare and Lieutenant HOwse.
the latter of the Thirty-fOurth Voiun-
tppr lnt 1ntfN. rescued 'TllUlOEe il3ItN
on Dee. L.: near the hpadwaters of the
Abllut river. after they had been
abandoned by the FilipinOs and We're
expecting death from the savage tribes
around them. When the reScuing
force reached them they were nearly
starved. but were building raftS in the
hope of getting down the river to the
coast.
Lieutenant Gilmore made the follow
ing statement to u correspondent or
the Associated Press:
TIno Ordered Them All shot.
The FilipinOS abandoned us on the
night of Dee. Ii. We had reached the |
Abalut river. near its source. that
morning ami the FilipinoS RATED us |
over We then went down the stream
along Il rough trail. guarded hy Il COM |
pany of Filipinos. That night we were |
separated from this guard. and anoth- |
er company. armed with MauserS. was
put in charge of uS. | suspected some
thing and questioned the lieutenant in |
command. He said i have orders
from General Tino 10 shoot you all.
hut nv conscience forbidS. shall |
leave YOU here | begged him for two |
rifles To protect us from SaVaScS. add
ing that I would Civ" him letters to the
Americans who would pay him well |
and keep him from all harm. He re
fused this. however. saying that he |
would not dare Ia comply Soon atter
l,o loft with his comn1uX