Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-11-19
AFTER A REBEL CHIEF.
Americans Plan to Run Down
Lukban.
C0aBATANTs BECOME MORE ACTIVE
General wheaton Was Sending Rein
foroements 10 Young, Rebels Under
Tlnio aud Agiipay Were Showing Rest
Iessness# -Aistaeter's Health broken.

Manila, Nov. 19.-0'irst uncensored
news by cablegram since the Afneri-
can occupation)- week witnessed
n very considerable increase IN rebel
and American activity in the field.
Many skirlnishes occurred, and sew
eral small engagements in Northern
and Southern Luzon. The terlnina-
ton Of the rains permits resnmp-
ton Of operations on both sides.
The Americans are undertaking a
series of aggressive measures against
the insurgents, notably upon the ISL
land of Samar, against General Lux
ban. whose forces hold the entire
! island. with the exception of those
coast towns each Of which Is garri-
soned by two companies of the
Twenty infantry and platoon
Of artillery.
The rebels had been continually
shooting into the garrisoned towns
and our forces We're not sufficient to
retaliate effectively. Commerce in
Samar was at standstill and most
OF the influential inhabitants had de.
parted. General Hare arrived there
with 80 men. He will bring eight
companies of the Second Infantry
from the island of Martinique, as
they may be needed, and will pro-
coed theoretically to crush General
Lukban. Meanwhile United States
gunboats will patrol the coast to pre-
vent the escape Of the insurgent lead
err. Iukban still held three members
of the Forty-third regiment prison.
ers.
The rifles which the party of Cap
| tain Devereaux Shields, of Company
+. Twenty ninth volunteer infantry.
| lost last September in Martinique,
| at the time of the capture, had not
! been recovered from the Filipinos.
| The Martinique garisons were. being
| continued The Fourteenth infantry,
which recently arrived from China,
will relieve the Twenty-frst in
| fantry from duty at Manila, and the
! Twenty first will relieve the Thirty
eighth infantry in South Luzon. the
| Thirty eighth infantry proceeding to
! the island of Panay to reinforce the
troops there
The Twenty eghth infantry will re-
| inforce the garisons in the island Of
| Mindanao, particularly at Kagayan,
where an armed truce between the
rebels and Americans has existed for
months past.
General Wheaton, commanding in the
department of Northern Lnzon. was
sending reinforcements to General
Young's provinces. where the natives.
under General Tinio and Aglipay. the
accommodated Filipino priest, were
showing signs of restlessness, desert
ing the domiciles they had Occupied
during the rainy season. and joining
under compulsion of fear the insur-
gents in the mountains.
Notable among last weeks engage
ments WAS General Grants advance
with Macca hebe and American scouts
upon n rebel stronghold about 80
miles north of Manila. which was de-
fcnded by 200 insurgents armed with
rifles. After skirmishng and fight
ing for the greater part of a day
and night the enemy was dislodged
from the mountain fastness. and inn
mense quantities of rice and consid-
cradle ammunition DESTROYED. Fiji
! teen Tilipinos were killed and many
others wounded The Filipinos car-
ried off their dead The Americans
! losses We're II privates and one Off
Ger wounded and one Maccabebe
| Killed
Lieutenant FfbuGfltk w. AlSEaeIpT.
of the engineers. who was captured
| by the insurgents in Luzon last Sep
| TENDER, has sent. with the permits
| sion of his captors. letter to Manila
| asking for food. money and clothing.
| which will be forwarded to him by
a native runner. His health was
! broken and his release was profile
| matical
| General Macarthur went to Subig
| bay with ADMIRAL Remey on the
| United States cruiser BROOKLYN for
| the purpose of examining the local
! ity. It is probable that 1900 ma
| rines. now in Philippine waters. will
be used to relieve certain army posts.
rendering the relieved soldiers avail
able for other and more urgent du-
| ties. II was understood that General
| Macarthur was considering the cues
| ton of establishing more marines in
the vicinity of Subig He is expected
| to return here today.
| Although news and commercial mes
| sages between Manila and points in
America and Europe are not subject
to censorship. all messages between
the Philippines and the Orient are
censored as heretofore.