Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1901 — REBELS PLAN A MASSACRE. [ARTICLE]

REBELS PLAN A MASSACRE.

Plot to Surprise American* Discovered and Frustrated. I Manila dispatch: The secret service department has frustrated a plot for another massacre similar to the one that resulted last month in the killing of’forty men of Company C, Ninth infantry, at Balanglga, m the southern part of the Island of Samar. Eighty of the conspirators were arrested. It. is not likely that the troops will take any more prisoners, as the war against the treacherous natives will be carried on without asking for or giving quarter. The plot was discovered by Lieutenant Thomas M. Baines, Jr., of the Ninth United States infantry, who. found a prisoner re-entering a cell at Carbiga, Island of Samar, where several rebels were confined, through a. hole that had been let in the wall. An investigation showed a plan to fill the jail with bolomen and to call the ; guard, which would be necessary to get the door open, and then to attack the garrison. It also developed that the instigators were a priest and the presidente, both of whom are included in the number arrested. Other attempts have been discovered, but frustrated at Pambujan and other points in Samar. Several persons have been arrested in connection with these. I Campaign I* Relentless. ‘ Adviceq from Samar are to the es- . feet that General Hughes, commander ■ of that district, and General Smith are carrying on a relentless campaign against the rebels there, and thou-' sands of malcontents are fleeing to the adjacent islands. Numerous columns of American troops are operating along the coast, while the work in the Interior Is being done by the Macabebes, the native seputs, whose work on the Island of Luzon called forth so much;, praise from their American commanders. Colonel Goodrell and 300 marines have sailed on the New York and Wampatuck to reinforce the soldiers in Samar. The troops there have evidently determined that the rebels will not take them unprepared again. They now constantly carry their rifles, and have them within reach even at meals and when they go to bed. United States officers from other provinces that were supposed to be pacified have recently arrived in Manila, and they say that the news of American disaster spreads like wildfire among the natives, who scarcely attempt to conceal their delignt The Manila constabulary discovered a large quantity of steel wagon springs, which were being shipped to various districts. Investigation showed that these were to be used in manufacturing bolos.