Show INDIAN SCOUT HELD IN CHECK until the constabulary came to the relief of the americans escaped convicts lead the padrones ladrones La drones manila march 24 the town of ao mindanao which was captured sunday by ladronka lad ronea was relieved today the american officials and foreigners were found to be safe eighty la drones led by ten escaped convicts participated in the attack on Suri fiao they had twenty rifles and forty bolos and succeeded in surprising and rushing the constabulary barracks and stampeding the constabulary in clarac was killed at the first rush tho la drones captured eighty the american officials the women and the foreigners sought refuge in the government building where treasurer kelly a former indian scout assumed command the defenders of the building were armed with shotguns and refused the demand of the 1 to surrender they held out until the town was relieved today by a force of constabulary stab sent from Tac loban the la drones fled at the approach of the constabulary stab three companies of infantry will reach tomorrow and will start in pursuit of the lad the government forces operating in abesy province have established a concentration zone in the center of that province twenty seven miles long aird ten miles wide and have a series of detachment i of troops following the various banda |