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VOL. V. SALISBURY. N. G, THURSDAY. AUGUST 25. 1892. NO. 47. BLOODY CONFLICT. BATTLES BETWEEN MINERS AND SOLDIERS In Which Blood Flowed Freely. 1 NUMBER OH EACH SIDE KILLED AND HAM WOUNDED. THE MINEBS SURRENDER. History of the Trou ble From its Incip ieney Up to Date. BEGINNING OF THE TROUBLE. Saturday, August 13, Miners swoop ed down upon the stockade at Tracy City, Tenn., liberated the convicts ttu re in contained, and set fire to the build ings. The stockade was completely de stroyed, and the three hundred and fi:ty convicts were shipped to the state prison at Nashville. On the Monday following, the miners moved upon the stockade at Inman and forced- the re .xnoval of the convicts there. Sheriff . Morrison had been warned of the mob's coming, but he was powt-rlcss, as he could not get a pf se to defend the stockade on account of the general sympathy for the miners. Two hundred and ninety con victs were released at Intnan and the stockade torn down. These convicts were likewise sbippel to Nishville. In the meantime Superintend nt of PrisonsWade called on Governor Buchanan for troops. Tuesday morning an attack was made upon the convict stockade at Oliver ' Spring. A company of state militia had been tent to Olivers, as an attack was expected at that place. A fight between the miners and soldiers took place in which th miners were whipped for the firt-t time in trie history of the mine troubles in Tennessee. The men had taken position on two woody eminences which surrounded the stockade. The leader of the miners shout ed to the guards to surrender and give up the convicts. Cptain Ferris, in com mand of the troops, replied: "Come a d get us!" The leader shouted . "All right, G-d d n you, we'll take you." "the battle then began. From almost every direction the balls rai ed in upon the guards. They were well protected by the stockade. They had the convicts also well sheltered from any rifle balls. A flag of truce finally went up from the woods and the guard ceased tiring. The miners were then allowed to carry off those who were wounded or killed Before they left they declared they would ' get more and come back and "wipe out" the guards. 80LDIERS ANP GUARDS SURRENDER. wedkksday's DISPATCHES The guards and twenty-eight state militia-men surrendered to the miners at Oliver Springs W dncsday morning at 7 o'clo: k. A few minutes before 7 o'clock Dr. Shelton, of Oliver Spring?, who is the pmon physician, was sent by the miners to Warden Farris, who had charge of the stockade. Dr. Shelton told the warden that there were 2,000 miners, nrmed wiih Winchesters and dynamite, sum unding the stockade and ajl would be killed unless they surrender ed, Warden Farris at once said he surrender, showing the greatest fear. Major Candler, with the twenty-seven mcu of the national guards of the state of .Tennessee, refused to surrender. He said that his men had come to protect tho property and- convicts and they would not surrender. Farris ordered his eighteen guards to march out the convicts two by two and - surrender to the miners. No protest of M4jor Candler's had any effect, and the convicts were marched out and the blockhouse, doors left open. The troops were thus left at the merry of a mob, if ine should come. They were on the regular m rning inspection at the time, they had all told only 500 rounds of ammunition,, 60 they marched out aud followed the convicts and guards. For a mile after leaving the stockade not a soul w as seen. They then came upon Borne fifty to seventy-five miners, who fell upon th-m and demanded their arms. The m'-lithmen surrendered their guns; save a telegraph operator and Maj r Candler. TJiey refused to surrender and made their escape Hnd joined the Chatta nooga companies at Harriman about noon. These companies had never been able to get to Oliver Springs, as the trainmen refused to take them. The convicts were marched on down under guard, who were given bck their guns, to a station near Oliver Springs. Here the entire number of ninety-seven were plced on cars, and they, with the guatds and miners, started to Knoxville. They reached Ciioton about 11 a. m. There the miners left, using one of the engines they hnd captured Tuesday night to take thtm to Coal Creek, ten miles north. The con victs were kept there for some time and then carried to Knoxville. They arrive I at 3 p m , an 1 soon after were transferred-from the coaches to the jail. They are held awaiting the orders of the gov ernor. It is expected that they will be taken to Nashville immediately. . At 8 o'clock the company of militia which surrended reached Knoxville. After they were disarmed during the morning by the miners they were told to ''skip ont." They complained bitterly of their treatment by the miners. They say tby were robbed of their money, watches, arms and whatever else they hal. They also denounced Warden Farris for sur rendering. They all agree that if he had fought not a gun would have been fired. No miner was in shooting dis tance of the camp when they came out. i itiev also stated, as do the miarl that. v.. ? , . ' . . J? 7 ino totai nuraoer oi miners aid not ex- i-ed seven to nine hundred. The guards say say they made a serious mistake surrendering This conclusion is cor- for the miners with their overpow- numbers.did not dare to attack the handful Tuesday night; If they not auacK in me night taey would not have done so by dayiight, as all lh circumstances show. The miners who left Clinton about 11 o'clock a, m., went to Coal Creek, where two or three hun dred more had assembled, increasing the total to something like one thousand men. The miners have full possession of the telegraph office at Coal Creek and have several operators among their numbex. Tbey will probably attack the stockade, but it is believed the 135 militiamen there will repulse them if they do. A startling report is current to the ef fect that Governor Buchanan knew sev eral days ago what the miners intended to do. lie is now charged with being in accord with them. The indications are that the mob will have Uncle Sam after some of them. Acting on the or der of United States Judge Jackson, Receivers Fink and McGhee, of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railway, ffera reward of $200 each for the proof which will establish in proceedings for contempt the guilt of six of the leaders who took forcible possession pf the en gines and cars of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railway on its W aid en's Ridge division on August 16th and 17th, and who cut the wires of said railway company at Clinton and Oliver Springs, Tenn., thereby preventing the running of trains and endangering life end property. . . THE NEWS AT NASHVILLE. The serious condition ot affairs at Coal Creek aroused considerable excitement at Nashville Wednesday, and at no place was there more excitement than in Gov ernor Buchanan's office. The governor nervously walked the floor and anxiously awaited the messengers that climbed the hill every few minutes. - The news of the surrender at Oliver Springs did not seem to create any surprise and when messages were receivt d asking what to do with the convicts orders were issued to the rail roods to furnish transportation' td Nash ville at once. When it became evident that an attack would be made on Coal Creek, orders were issued to the Second and Third regiments placing them under marching orders, and late in the after noon all the companies were ordered to proceed to Coal Creek at once to protect the stockade. . -Vf?'. There are only 800 men in the national guard and the indications are that not more than 50 per cent Of them will answer the call." Acting under the state law enacted after last summer's troubles and xuthorizing the governor to summon the sheriff of every county., with:-posses of any size, Governor Buchaoan has also ordered the sheriff of Davidson county to summon 1,000 men for immediate duty at Coal Creek. The sheriffs ; of Knox, Hamilton, Morgan, Roane, Grundy, Marion and Anderson have also . been ordered to summon 500 men. The state law fails to provide for arming the? e men, however, arjd they will have, to provide their own arms. - At a late hour Wednesday afternoon Governor Buchanan received a telegram stating that Coal Creek was surrounded but there had been no troubled- fie ; was urged to come at once to the scene, as it wus believed he could succeed in quiet ing the miners. Governor Buchanan accordingly made arrangements to go to Coal Creek at 9 o'clock. Subsequently, however, he was taken seriously ilL H a phjficians say that complete nervous postratlon has been caused by the worry. lie has not slept for several nights and considerable anxiety is felt for him. Governor Buchanan at midnight dictated the following, telegram: John G. Ivins. Knoxville. Tenn Intended, as agreed with Honk, to leave to-night at 9 o clock for Coal Creek, but I nave been tafcen seriously ilL Cannot go. Get word by some m ans to the miners to whom Hook telegraph 1 this morning. I mnst execute the law, but if the miner will be patient a few days I have no doubt matters can be satisfactorily arranged according to law. John P. UuchxNan, Governor. The very latest dispatches received Wednesday night state that the sheriff is summoning every available man to go to the seat of war. Governor Buchanan has called f oi 8,000 recruits. theYight begins. THURSDAY'S DISPATCHES. Thursday was the most exciting in Knoxville since ' the dark days of the civil war. The morning papers told the story of the surrender at Olivers Wednes day. They also brought the story before the public of the 'serious situation at Camp Anderson. It is known that all Wednesday night and during the early hours Thursday morning crowds of miners were massing at Coal Creek. They came from Kentucky and scattering numbers from other points. A ong with them were many tramps and loafers who have joined them simply out oi their general worthlessness. It is a howling mob of .from 1 three to five thousand men which sur rounds the little htndful of men under command of jdijor Keller Anderson. The first news of the dsy was a report about 10 o'clock that Camp Anderson had surrendered, and that the 'troops and convicts were en route to Knox ville. This teleeram bore the signature of a prominent citizen of Coal Creek.. It was not lone until a teleerram was re ceived from Major Anderson, saying that he had not surrendered and did not in tend to do so. This was confirmed by other telegrams coming in about noon. MORE BXCrTIXG ITCMORS. Numerous rumors of the most exciting nature were I afloat about noon, bhortly after noon Sheriff Holloway at Knoxville began summoning men to form a posse to go to Coal Creek. Appeals for help came from the camp there. He and his deputies went up and down the streets calling in men. He re ceived a telegram from the gov ernor to take all the arms and stores to be had which belong to the state, and what he lacked to get at any cost, and arm the men and take them to . Uoal Creek, lie notified the men to appear at the county court house when the bell 1 UUil uw . v w iu. te env Via iMSit a 1 a rm He summoned some two or three hundred men A squad of the " national gurd of . the state of Tennessee, who were under arms in an armory, were noti fied by the officers to be ready to move at a moment's notice. ; In the meantime, telegrams were received at Knoxville stating that a special train bearing 350 troops, two Gatling guns and plenty of arms was en route from Chattanooga with the militia from Mem phis and Nashville. At 3 o'clock the riot alarm sounded from the court house 1elt In a few minutes crowds of citizens were rushing in that direction. A large majority of those called had an swered . When tbey got there they found that there was not a sufficient num ber of guns to arm the crowd. All who could be armed secured them. Then they waited for orders. At A. o'clock they re ceived the command to march to the East Tennessee depot. They filed out, and it was found that only eighty-five men had guns. They marched through Gay street, the chief business street, en route to the depot. In command of one company was Colonel MS. Lu Liedgerwood, an ex- officer ot the federal army, who saw ser vice under Sherman for four years. In command of the other com pany was Captain D. D. An derson, , an ex-conferate captain under Lee. As thev went through the street thev were wildly cheered. There "were about fifteen colored men in line. Mainly, however, the leading citizens of Knoxviile comprised the crowd of civil ians. Ia the line were prominent whole sale merchants men who could write their checks for $500,000. There were physicians nd lawyers. Several of the lawyers were men of more than state note. On their way to , the depot the wholesale hardware stores were opened to them, and they were furnished additional am munition and srms. : Some of them had only squirrel rifles; others had shotguns. TO COAL CREEK. Y7L:i they reached the East Tennessee railroad yards, where they were to take tl: 9 train,. they found an immense thr - ; there to greet them. The crowd was m ;3iy tneir sympathizers, thoueh some were heard to express the wish that none 'would cone back alive. At the train the 1C3 eta'e militiamen were aboard. At 4 :C3 o'clock p. m. the com mand was givea . to 'move. The train then palled - out,- having four coaches. On the tender of the engine were two ofSeers with guns to cover that part of the train. Tncv : "1 command to shoot any mm who r.:tmpted to interfere with the enrir t -r. On the plat form of the- third coach were other guards to backthc x up. The train had ciders 4 j nove' to Coal Creek at the great c- ossible speed. After pulling out, 1: v r D. A. .Carpenter, as gallant end brave a naa.ci eycr marched under Sheridan, wa3 put inj command as gen eral. He is an c Id 1 leral officer who saw service for four j -3 in the war of the rebellion, i Before tha train had fairly passed out of the cdy limit3, the order was given to load. ;The men loaded their shotsunsrif -3 and army muskets. The militiamennad their cartridge boxes filled and had full soldiers equipments. The citizess guards had. nothing of the kind. They filled: their pockets with shells for .shotguns ,.and cartridges for rifles. At 5:30, Thursday afternoon, the train reached Clinton, vjfour miles couth ofCoalCek. ' A telegram sent from the Atlanta Con stitution station, four vijiiles from the scene of war, states thatV the convict war broke out in earnest Thursday evening, aud for four hours the military and vol untcrj 1 ler ' Col. Keller Anderson, of -Itmph'i, engaged the mountaineers in a ulborQ, hard fought, "pitched battle. Four times the mountain men assaulted the stockade ia which the troops are gar risoned, and four times they weie repulsed. The charges made by the miners were swift and almost irresistible, while the defense put up by the small ' handful of troops cooped in the rude str ckade was heroic, brave and grand. Smab arms and cannon were used by the soldiers while the mountaineers fought with the old army muskets, the squirrel rifle, the shot gun and the improved Winchester. Dark ness ended the battle, but it did not ter minate the shooting.. All night long the sharp report of the gun echoed trom the Mihides, the ' preceding flish showing where the sharpshooters were located. With diylight the fight will probably be resumed all along ' the line and a bloody day" is -. predicted by every one. The miners are de termined and will never surrender, while Mhe military commender, General Carnes, says that he will go-to; the rescue of the garrison or lose every man he has. Though the firing was incessant and spirited for more than four hours no one can present the casualties on either side. It is known that some fifteen or twenty miners have been killed, but the mountaineers refuse r giye any information to any one. The troops cannot be accounted for because they are all cut off from! the works by the v army of mountaineers, but be the casualties what they : may, the mountain men certainly got the best of the battle. They have capture and are now holding Col . Anderson as a prisoner of war. The capture of Cokmel Anderson was a cow ardly piece of business and has . stirred op the greatest indignation everywhere. The fighting began at 3 o'clock. - During the fight two or three mine leaders were captured by General Anderson and bis troops. There was a truce and the, miners told Anderson if he would surrender their leaders, they would allow him to return to his fort. He took the men and went down among the mob. Before he left he told his troops to fight end never surrender. When he got the captured miners to Coal Creek depot, where they were out of the range of te guns from the fort, a mob captured him and would not allow him to return. The leader of the mob was the notorious Bud Lindsay, a brother of the United States attorney general of this dis trict. Lindsay has killed eight or ten men. He put a pistol to Anderson's head and told him he must, give orders to his 'men to . surrender! Anderson straightened up, threw out his arm in the face of Lindsay's pistol and told him to 6hoot and be d d !n that he would never tell his men to surrender. Ander son was then taken to a hotel as a prisoner.- The miners declare that they will lynch him unless the e troops are with drawn. General Carnes is very uneasy about his comrade and will try to prevent the execution of any such threat, but he may be too late. Every company of military in the state except two is on hand and these these two will arrive within a few hours. Ia addi tion to the military there are 200 volun teers. Amjog those volunteers are some of the wealthiest and most substantial gentlemen of Knoxvd'e, who responded I to the call when the alarm bell rang in that city in the afternoon. General 1 Carnes has about one thousand men in hjs command and one hundred and fifty in the stockade. The Mountaineers cum- nearly three thousand -all of 2,500. They are between two forces of the state. In order for General Carnes to reach the garrison he must march bis army right through, that of the miners commanded ed by. D. B. Monroe, a Tennessee miner, but before doing so Gen eral Carnes must get to Coal Creek. At this minute there are two trains of sol diers on the main line here awaiting for orders from the train dispatcher to move. The ride from here is one full of danger. The miners know that the troops are coming and they swear to give them a warm reception. The run from Clinton to this point was a mere creep, a crawl the engineer was compelled to fell bis way. Dynamite was found all the way and General Cartes is now debating whether it is safer to march his men through the woods in the dark or try the trains. The miners have complete con trol of everything and up to the time they cut the wires, would not let a single line leave ' without first seeing it. So cautious and careful have the miners been that no one seems to know what they intend doing except fight Every body knows that they intend fighting to the last. At 2 o'clock Friday morning the troops under General Carnes went into camp two miles from Coal Creek. - MORE BLOODSHED. ' FRIDAY'S DISPATCHES. A special of Friday from Coal Creek says: Two bloody, hard-fought battles and two quick, sharp, death-dealing skirmishes, ull fought under tha black flig, mark the history of the Coal Creek war within the past twenty-four hours And as a result, Tennessee' will have at least six funerals within the next few days. More than likely, that six miy.be swelled to more than twice th? number. Every one was anticipating a big battle between the combined militnry forces and tb " entire mining aggregation, bat, instead of the one big battle, with a big roll of missing soldiers,' four fights oc curred, and in those four bat tles the state of Tennessee - lost seven, citizens three who were defending her honor and upholding her law, and four who defied the law and were trying to trample the state's fla jr into the ground. Those seven men are: Harry Walthall, bookkeeper in the Knoxville and Ohio road's auditing de partment; Frank Gibbons, a deputy sher iff: Ben Bush, prosperous young farmer; Tom Melane, a minor, who came from Jeliico; George Miller, a railroader, who has been in sympathy with the miners and has been among themjsincethe troops came out; William Buck, a coal digger from Oliver Creek; an unkown man, who may have been fighting either under the miners' flag or under the state's banner, so tar as can be ascertained. Besides these seven, in a careful search .among the bushes and cliffs around Coal Creek, many more dead bodies may be .found. The list of wounded, though not complete, more than trebles the dead, and there is every reason to believe that more than one of those who are now occupying cots in improvised hospitals may live only a few days and then join those of the army of the state's defense who died upon the field. The fight cf the four took place Thursday-night about 12 o'clock. Tue scene of action was upon the cre3t of a spur of Walden ridge. It resulted in the death of two of the state's men and that killing of two miners. When it be gan, both armies were completely sur prised, as neither knew of the proximitj of the other until the firing began. Shortly after dark Thursday evening a band of nearly two hundred soldiers left the railroad at Offuts, a station about four miles from Coal Creek, and started acro-s the mountain for the garrison Colon-1 Anderson had been commanding up to the time o(. his arrest. The command was composed of military companies from Chattanooga and a posse coming from Knoxville. The former were under command of Colonel YVbolford, of Chat tanooga, while the latter was subj ct to the order of Major Carpenter, a war vet eran of sixty five years, whose hair and beard are perfectly white. When that body left the railroad the march acroe the mountain began. The night was dark and cloudy. They hal hardly reached the crent of Walden'd ridge when they were met by somethi"g ov. ra hundred miners from Oliver Springs on their way to reinforce the miners. The miners discovered the soldiers before the soldiers could discover them, and secreted themselves behind a cliff. The soldiers marched by, and just as the rear guard passed over the crest of the mountain the miners scattered out be hind and opened fire. The - first shot, of course, attracted the attention of Major Carpenter, and in a minute he had re versed his column and made an irresisti ble charge upon the miners, who fld precipitately; but the fight cost Maj r Carpenter two of his best men Walthall and Gibbons. They were both lying upon the ground dead one shot through the face and the other through the neck. Over fifteen hundred shots were fired dur ing the engagement, and the engagement did not last more than three minutes. In addition to having two dead men, Major Carpenter had a half dozen wounded on his hands. But Major Carpenter coo trolled bis men well, and the miners were driven from the field, leaving twa of their companions dead upon the ground. After the fight Major Carpenter decided that it would be better to return to the rail road than to attempt to reach the gar rison. In coming awsy from the battle field the command because badly scatter ed, and all day the boys, tired, hungry and worn out, hare been dropping into Clinton in squads of two, three and a dozen. Soon after daylight the portion of Major Carpenter' a who had clung to gether encountered a party of miners near the first battlefield and a sharp brush of a minute or two en-ued. None of the soldiers were hurt in the skirmish, but it is generally believed that the min ers carried away a dead comrade. About 7 o'clock Friday morning, a detachment sent out by General Carnes who had gone into camp the night before near Coal Creek, ran upon a gang of miners less than, a mile from the depot. The miners were twice as many as the soldiers, but Colonel Sevies, who was in command, led his troops forward and a warm ex change of shots ensued. Whether any one was killed or not among the miners it is impossible to telL While Sevies was engaging some of the miners near the coal chute, a band on the other side of the depot essayed to take the garrison again. But the gang was repulsed with the loss of one man killed. General Carnes did not giore upon the Coal Creek crowd as early as he intended to and his detention was caused by his inability to locale the command, of Major Carpenter. About 1 o'clock,however,he sent a flag into town and demanded the release of Colonel Anderson and the un conditional surrender of the miners. This was refused and then the general sent his messenger bick with the declaration : I shall advance and storm the place." Maoy of the miners laughed, but some of them advised a surrender, because their ammunition was short. A confer ence was held "and the miners adjourned wih a request that Gen eral Carnes give them until 3 o'clock. This the general . agreed to do, re serving, however, the right to attack any body of their men outside the town. Before the general made his demand for the surrender of the town, sent out several squads with orders to look well over the field. One of these squads was under command of Colonel Sevies, the officer the miuers made surrender a yer ago. The colonel is a good soldier and a lucky one. Within two hours af ter leaving the camp Colonel Sevier ran upon a squad of a half-dozen miners who, like he, were scouting. The colonel demanded their surrender and at first they refused, but finally they gave in. Soon after making the carture tkc colonel ascertained tat one of his prisoners was the celebrated Bu t Lindsay, the great out law and the veteran leader of insurrec tions. Lindsay was completely cowed, and without being asked a gestion told General Carnes just what the miners' strength and plans were. Just before 3 o'clock a flag of true came to General Carnes from Coal Creek. The miners wanted another hour. At first General t.'arnes refused to grant it, but finally agreed to do so provided Colonel An- derson was surrendered to him. The miners agreed to do so and at half past 4 o'clock Colonel Anderson was es corted from Coal Creek to Camp Carnes by a small delegation of min ers who move 1 under a white flax. The meeting between the old veteran and General Carnes was a touching one. The miners who came into camp with Colonel Anderson informed General Carnes that they were willing to surrender under cer? tain conditions and these conditions they began to name when the general cut them short by saying, Nothing but an uncon ditional surrender will do. I ask no fa vors and I grant none." The miners withdrew and after a short consultation returned and informed Gener Carnea that they would cease, all hostili ties and surrender. General Carnes did not deem it advisable, however, to invest the town with his troops, but will do so within a few hours, and no one just now thinks that they will meet. with any op position. If they do not, the second Coal Creek war may be considered at an end. After that, the practical surrender by the miner?,a comparison of notes gave up the casualties which have been pre sented in the first part of this story. But are the people right in thinking that the trouble is ended? Many think this agreement of the miners to surrender is a scheme they are working, and have no faith in it. - They may be right and they may not. THE DEATH LIST iJttOWS. SATUBDAV'S DIbPATCHKS. General Carnes is how in absolute con trol of Coal Creek and the entire t valley from th re to Briceville The town and valley are both under military rule, and, for the first time in the history of that part of Tennessee, the people are living, not as they want to, but as General Carnes requires them. The miners have been completely vanquished, but many think they are by no means couq lered, and that the trouble will bo renewed just as soon as the troops are withdrawn. The mountaineers who are yet in the val ley were engaged all day Saturday in searching the woods on the mountain side for dead ard wounded. Detach ments from the soldiers were doing the same thing, and the death list proves to be larger thin at first reported. Three more dead soldiers and six dead miners have been found. Three or four men who had been so desperately wounded that they could not move were found. For thirty-six hours they had been lying upon the wet ground with no one near to give them attention. A complete list of the dead now, in addition to those re ported Friday are: Private Smith, of Chattanooga; Corporal Waterman, of Memphis; Volunter Wambly, of Athens. This makes the state's loss six men, while tke miner's may be estimated at anything above nine mn. There are yet a number of men missing. ANOTHER SHARP FIGHT. That the miners are not satisfied with the settlemtnt was made quite apparent Saturday by a brick skirmish between the Chickasaw Guards, under Command of General Carnes hiinlf, and a party of miners. The general was reliably in formed that there was a big gang of miners at Briceville, who were defiant and were threatening to attack the army. The general decided to advance up the valley and give the miners a chance to fight. The miners bad congregated, nearly 500 strong, at Brict-ville, but in some way they heard hat General Carnes was coming, and jut as the train rolled into the place the mountaiaetrs scat tered, except one gang of about fifty, who surrendered without the liking of a gun. Every bouse in Briceville was then searcned by the military, . and between sixty and seventy-five miners, who had scattered themselves, were found. Six or seven convicts who had been released and were being stowed away by the miners were also captured. With the Erisoners General Carnes got over one undred guns and half of them were improved Winchesters. General Carnes put his prisoners in an empty box car. and instructed the engineer to couple it to the tnun. The troops then broke ranks and were climbing upon the cars when a perfect fusilade came from the mountain side above. The bullets whit tled over the soldiers' heads, but undr the hot fire they re-formed like old vet erans and at the command moved np the steep iaciice, led by the brave, fearless commander of the state troops. As the soldiers advanced the firing continued, bat the misers could not be seen, as they were scattered behind the trees and bnshes. For a minute or two it looked like the guards would be whipped out, but as a man dropped they closed up and continued to advance until the firing , came xrom either wing as well as from j the front. When the soldiers came among : the miners they began flying, and as they moved nut the boys had their chance, and two or three volleys were fired, three of the miners going down. One of them was killed, and'that one was a negro. The uiuer iwu were oauij uuri, one 01 mem, ireorge uaiternoute. win prooaDiy die. SEVEX HUNDRED PAROLED. Since Saturday morning over seven hundred mountaineers have been paroled by General Carnes. Some of these came into the Creek v-duntarilr, while others were picked up by scouting parties sent out. To all these General Carnes gave a written parole; but there were some the general would not parole and some that were captured that would not accept a parole. These men are held as prisoners. VOLUNTEERS DISCHARGED. On Saturday afternoon General Carnes discharged all the volunteers and sent themnome, as he is convinced that the war iQyer for the present. lie will keep all the military he has until ordered away by the governor. . ARMS FOR THE SOLDIERS. A Washington dispatch fays: Acting Secretary of War Grant. Friday morning telegraphed the commandant of the ar senal at Indianapolis to forward at once to the governor of Tecnessee at Knoxville six hundred stands- of arms and 39,000 rounds of ammunition for use by the state authorities in sup pressing the miner's riot. 1h:s sction is based on a formal requisition from Governor Buchanan. General Grant explained that the arms, and, am i munition form only a part of Tennessee's quota under the allotment of $10,000 appropriation for the support of the na tional guard of the states, and that the governor's requisition would have been honored at any time regardless of the condition of affairs in the state. Gen eral Grant added that no application for troops had been received so far as be knew and he did not look for one. The department had refused to allow the vol unteers to use the government arms at the University of Tennessee for the rea son that they were intended solely fo. the use of the cadets, and could not be loaned to outside parties no matter Inw commendable their purpose. DEMOCRACY- IN TEXAS. H Split in thejDonrentIon4ri KnivesABrought Int.) Id A dispatch'from Houston, ' . Democracy isrent in twain r - ; barreled convention is the 1 same scenes which were t -.:t-city four years i to durinrr t 3 . uuu 3 1: 3 1 in t! 1 Ctewart -V Hutchinson caiuj .ign occurn Tuesday. V It was a foregot conclusion that if the J Hogg people, fi had about tTO-thirds j of the instructed legates, attempted to Control the nonVfr m fh Ptarlr rwnnlA 4 would bolt. ThC 1 agreed upon this line of policy at thi : cret caucuses and they carried it out, th convention never completing or even gc log' to temporary organization. The Ckrk faction as sert that knowing the danger of a dead-' lock to the success of Governor' Hof the chairman was to arbitrarily: run the machine, and his attempt to Qlq f .this brought on a fight. Men, in a ngrj; pas sion, were surging, rushing : md pulling at the tables and chairs, and ;dl the time yelling and cursing. Several fiihts were going on in the audience, ncd pistols and dangerous looking knivts wt re flourished. Fur several minutes it looked as though the bloody scene of CarneJ 3 would be enacted. Reporters were jos d about, and in the melee had all they cj Id do to look out for their notes tuh memoranda. One of them had gained td it of advan tage, and in a mad stamj de he was hurled a distance of thirty feet on the heads of some of the crowd below. At last semblance of order wu, worked out of the chaos. As thoug by mutual consent, murderous looking pistols and knives were put back in thi pockets and eich side took iialf of a tform-and hall, Sheppard presiding ov the Hogg convention and Lane presidio over the Clark leg' on. Both sides soon rot down K..:. 1 1 .1 1, . f ization, by appointing the usual. com-ft mittee, when adjournment to Wednts day was taken. AT LAURENS. Tbe South Carolina Campaign Closes and the Candidates Still Lire. The ismth Carolina camp-din closed at Laurens Saturday. Contrary to expecta tions, all the enndidas still live, though many of their friend bear wounds as the result of the nveting. The feeling was intense, and the crowd of two tbonsand wa in fiiibting humor. When Tillman took the stand, aft? r several speeches had been, made, a riot was immediately pre cipitated between several scores of the two factions. Stick and cluts were hurled through the air with great force, and for ten minutt-s the fighting was vici :u and vigorou. Pistols were drawn by outs'der, but the actus! participants in the fight contented themselves with th- use oi fists and clubs. The speakers witnessed the fight from th? stand with much interest. When the riotTs stopped fighting from act ail ex haustion, the meeting proceeded. But the spe-chei were temperab?. Governor Til'man made no reply to the denuncia tions Colonial Youmans had heap! upon him at Newberry, and Colonel Youmans. at the request of cit?z?ns disirous of avoiding any more bloodshed, did not peak at all. Threats had been made ttat if ' Yc-umsns spoke he would be shot down, and coo! or beads thought it best ,to advie him not to participate in the j :at dt bte. A Tilimn bad not n Urr d to him, Colonel Youmans decided thfc wa no hn for hiui to Rjy. 's Zftfimd on Oar Labor Troubles. The London Post says: "It is impos sible to read accounts of the labor trou bles in America without feeling the gravity of the crisis through which the great American republic is passing. The moral should be laid to heart in England, where unionism seems to be disposed to go to extreme lengths, if a favorable op portunity presents i self." TELEGRAPHIC GLEAinilGS' The Hews of tie I ogl CcnM D Pithy am PoMfc?arairar Interesting and Instructive vj Classes of Headers, f ' , 1 .cieven people were ournca 1 1 ocaiu ; x a hotel fire ia London Wedne-dsy. (J: V. ... . . .. 1 .11 jne republican president!' i caap.11; ? formal! C.; " I T'l Thursday by Whitelaw Rc: The Conoverse opera b other buildings, at Piqi' burned Wednesday nif : 000. . V . Offers of silver to tr'. and fc v.. ...io, we Loss $1C, ry Wednesd ageregated 831,000 races', the amount purchased sedwas751,C ounces at Sit) s of silver t ? treasury dep .sW to 83.64 Offers ment Friday Amount pu'rchc 82.97 ot 83.03. According 1 0 were reported, sia 7,877 cev c deaths frcrr. f The-sari -Austria, r be stati I prevtr r - On c the ' 1 r II W( f: 1 c : - fronts L;d: ::. Tvn avt New day. - Five j ruins. The Id ah nominated governor TV and protect Harrison. -d A.' Lend. During t! bar:: U nic ' y-f teen 1 1 ::D.CC0 ounca. COO ounces' at returns there ousbout Ittts ' -ra and 3,43 f Gllci.v, -7 eerdci n'd.rt; j j: d.J the iitn . ttool by -rau.:r., 1 Tuesday, .1 ia ; ..ay ; fit D013Q for covernor A. V Jane's G" 'reel' c: o, ;ot .n " c utin .. '1 C.;trtyi . .lag tl.T A! ottl t: I : .. red. S j vtry Lo , C r-! 1 cf Wednesday 17,1 '. 1 -.sons' for JelS ': : 1 grand j .ry t . J l I', Potter, l"..1 " :irdl)tnv tli" dd ' r, 1 -. 1 t:A t"t t' v,.J 1 u: Londr- jra.-.i c it th "Icl- r;t;: let bnL .tr-lKi re -olvf t ' the Si. V I 2 t 3. Tl.r:Ji ri le p -icsl f erimiu-i rrcuc 1 .1 tt it CDairman ou U I v c t ft A Chicago dispatch A! rand Secretary.. Si ra d t1 lien's Union, '-.says tu Ad red hero ss U --;: : . .. iy enyi , cf the Switch. riko will. bo or situation re- wJns hs at the prcr rd. i.i Bid tions are beintj 1.". v 1 j by 1 s for a long and derci ; . dispatch of Friday f. ( announces that the Thas defeated the Am! tve'r near the place b r t p&litlon wa;rnsss icre d :illtd aud 700 :men v y . roops.' The gov A St, piersburgcid f r.firfa! fhr f'? ff shows a bett In cholera were 9, 03 r out the coir crease of f " It ale : ' tlon cf -Fir- 1 ; day l. ,rr every 1 pletely d ,t ojei Shore tra s:rcet. ddto.-hirl t. ings were 1 .::,cl, cor. ness ou- 3 t. d !r, partly n dt;ini ii t . : j tr st'r redenc . " I d nated L. CQ0. with ?'..( -rior.. CANDI TVHI Ban ro an I AlXsthv,: - John P. U that he is hi didste'for ; was expec drew his t cooventL , the pric:: ' ed upon f countus indeper.il it is sa: ' votes. I UCHA1L r ot .Teate ' Democrat. - ' Oimt sajrSi Gov. 'foday annovr ced t democratic 3 d3 annuncec4dbt - Buchanan WiiW f foro the rtcect a'wns d-feted stJ ; ccntly beea csll ; a -t from t e vtrxl to ; run I a . a, icople's 'K- irtyv .!gtd, him .25,004 Id aonotsncemtnr, ' ;r. c: Governor J is doing s the major;, democracy, to be free 1 circu'ating tional bckiL tax. tariff for : United States against trusts hx, petition to tie foi ownership of lands, system, arbitration i . tional convention. ; te believe he ,i to the will of Sc and file l th tts his platform ' incrtase fn the Aiioa tf the ca rduated Incvose 'dy, election' of : fatorJCn. aicH alien ' f te lease ctustit-, 1 v.. There Is an Ememcn circle la 1 . (AU.) Institute, all the metiers of v ft rs 4, M 5
Salisbury Globe (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Aug. 25, 1892, edition 1
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