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BLOOD? COKFLICT.
BATTLES BETWEEN MINERS
AND SOLDIERS
Id Which Blood Flowed Freely.
A NUMBER ON EACH SIDE KILLED
AND MANY WOUNDED,
THE MINERS SURRENDER.
History of the Trou bio From its Incip
ient')' Up to Date.
BEIIINMNO OF TIIK TROUBLE.
Saturday, August 13, Miners swoop
ed down upon the stockade at Tracy
City, Tenn., liberated the convicts lb< re
in contained, and set fire to the budd
ings. The stockade was completely de
stroyed, and the three hundred and fifty
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
moval of the convic's there. Sheriff
Morrison had been warned of the mob's
coming, but he was powerless, as he could
not get a posse.to defend the stockade on
account of the general sympathy for the
miners. Two hundred and ninety con
vict* were released at Inman and the
stockade torn down. These convicts were
likewise shipped to Nashville. In the
meantime Superintendent of Prisons Wade
called on Governor Buchanan for troops.
Tuesday morning an attack was made
upon the convict stockade at Oliver
Springs. A company of stato militia
had been stmt to Olivers, us an attack
was expected at that place. A fight
between the miners and soldiers took
place in which the miners wero whipped
for the first time in toe history
of the mine troubles in Tennessee.
The men had taken position on two
woody eminences which surrounded the
stockade. The leader of the mini rs shout
ed to the guards to surrender and give
up the convicts. Captain Ferris, in com
mand of the troops, replied: “Come and
get us!” The lender shouted . “All right,
O—-d d—n you, we'll take y> u.” The
battle then began. From almost every
direction the balls rail 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 nud 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 mure and come back and “wipe out”
the guards.
KOI.IMEKN AND mi A RDM SURRENDER.
WEDNESDAY’S DISPATCHES
The gusrds aud twenty-eight state
militia-men surrendered to the miners at
Oliver Springs Wednesday morning at 7
o’clo. k. A few minutes before 7 o’clock
Dr. Shelton, of Oliver Springs, wiio is
the prison physician, was sent by the
miners to Warden Farris, who hud
charge of the stockade. I)r. Shelton
told tho warden that there were. 2,000
miners, armed with Winchesters and
dynamite, surr. unding the stockade and
all would be killed unless they surrender
ed, Warden Farris at once said he
surrender, showing tho greatest fear.
Major Candler, with the twenty-seven
men of the national guards of the state of
Tennessee, refused to surrender. He said
that his men had corns to protect the
property and convicts ami they would
not surrender. Farris ordered his eighteen
guards to march out the couvicts two by
two and surrender to the miners. No
protest of Major Candler’s had any effect,
and the convicts wero marched out and
the blockhouse doors left open. Tho
troops were thus left at the merry of a
mob, if one should come. They wero on
the regular morning inspection at the
time, they had all told only 500 rounds
of ammunition, so they marched out
and followed the convicts and guards.
For a mile after leaving the stockade not
a soul was seen. They then came upon
some fifty to seventy five miners, who fell
upon thun and demanded their arms.
The in litimncn surrendered their guns,
save a telegraph operator and Major
Candler. They refused to surrender aud
made their escape and joined the Chatta
nooga companies at llarriinan 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 back their gua6,
to a station near Oliver Springs. Here
the entire number of ninety-seven were
placed on cars, and they, with the guauls
and miiiers, started to Knoxville. They
reached Clinton about 11 a. m. There
tile miners left, using one of the engines
they had captured Tuesday night
to take tin m to Coal Creek,
ten miles north. The cou
victs were kept there for some time and
then carried to Knoxville. They arrive I
at 3 p m., and soon after were trans
ferred 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
out.” They complained bitterly of their
treatment by the miners. They say they
were robbed of their money, watches,
arms and whatever else they had. They
also denounced Warden Farris for sur -
rendering. They all agree lhat if he
had fought not a gun would have been
fired. No miuer was in shootiug dis
tance of the camp when they came out.
They also stated, as do the guards, that
the total number of miners did not ex
reed seven to nine hundred. The guards
now say say they made a serious mistake
in surrendering. This conclusion is cor
rect, for the miners with their overpow
ering numbers,did not dare to attack the
little handful Tuesday night; If they
would not nt’ack in the night they would
not nave done so oy aayngnt, as all me
circumstances show. The miners who
left Clinton ab ut 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 numbej.
They will probably attack the stockade,
but it is believed tlie 135 militiamen there
will repulse th<m 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. He is now charged with being
in accord with them. The indications
! ate that the mob will hnv • Uncle Sam
after some of them. Acting on the or
der of United States Judge Jackson,
lteceiv. rs Fmk Hnd McGhee, of the East
Tennessee, Virginia nnd Georgia railway,
i ffi ra reward of S2OO each for the proof
which will establish in proceedings for
contempt the guilt of six of the leaders
who took forcible possession of the en
gines and cars of the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railway on its
Walden’s Bulge division on August 18th
and 17th, and who cut the win s of said
nil way company ut Clinton and Oliver
Springs, Tenn., thereby preventing the
tunning of trains and endangering life
and property.
Tin: i n;iiT urgin'*.
Thursday’s dispatches.
Thursday was the most exciting in
Knoxville since the dink days of the
civil war. The morning papers told the
story of the surrender at Olivers Wednes
day. They also br night the story before
the public of the serious situ ition at
Camp Anderson. It is known that all
Wednesday night nnd during tho early
hours Thursday morning crowds of
miners were massing at Coal Creek.
They came from Kentucky and scattering
numbers from other points. A ong
witli them were many tramps and loafers
who have joined them simply out of
their general worthlessness. It is a
howling mob of from tlireo to
five thousand inen which sur
rounds the little handful of
men under command of Major Keller
Anderson.
The first news of the day was a report
about 10 o’clock that Camp Anderson
hud surrendered, and that the troops
and convicts wire en route to Knox
vile. This telegram bore tho signature
of a prominent citizen of Coal Creek. It
was not long until a telegram 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 EXCITING lIUMOItS .
Numerous rumors of the most exciting
nature were|afloat about noon. Shortly
after noon Sheriff Holloway at Knoxvillo
began summoning men to form a posse
to go to Coal Creek. Appeals for help
came from the camp there. He and
his deputies wont up nnd down the
Streets calling in men. He re
ceived a telegram from the gov
cruor to take all tho 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 tako them to Coal
Creek. Ho notified the men to appear at
the c> unty court house when the bell
rang the not alarm, lie summoned some
two or three hundred men. A squad of
the national guard of tho
state of Ttnucssie, who wero
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 cn route from
Chattanooga with the militia from Mem
phis and Nashville. At 3 o’clock the
riot alarm Bounded from tho court
house hell. In a few minutes crowds of
citizens were rushing in that direction.
A large majority of those called had an
swered. When they got there they found
that there waa not a sufficient num
ber of guns to arm the crowd. All who
could ho armed secured them. Then they
waited for orders. At 4 o’clock they re
reived tho command to march to tho Fast
Tennessee depot. They tiled out, nnd it
wns (ound that only eighty-five men had
guns. They marched through Gay street,
the chief business street, cn route to the
depot. In command of one company
was Colonel W. 1,. Lodger wood, an cx
oflicor ot flu; federal army, who saw ser
vice under Sherman for four yoars.
In command of tho other com
pany was Captain D. I). An
derson, an ex-con fi rate captain
under Lee. As they went through
the street they were wildly cheered. Thero
were about fifteen colored men in lino.
Mainly, however, tho leading citizens of
Knoxville comprised tho crowd of civil
ians. In the line were prominent wliole
s ilc merchants—men who could writo
their checks for $500,000. There were
pbynirims nnd lawyers. Several of tho
lawyt rs were men of more than state note.
On their way to the depot tho wholesale
hardware stores were opened to them,
and they were furnished additional am
munition and arms. Some of them had
only squirrel rifles; others had shotguns.
ON TO COAL CIIKKK.
When they reached the Kast Tennessee
railroad 'yards, where they wero to
tako the train, they found an immense
throng there to greet them. The crowd
was largely their sympathizers, though
some were heard to express the wish that
none would como hack alive. At tho
train the 185 sta'e militiamen were
aboard. At 4:88 o’clock p. ra. the com
mand was given to move. The train
'hen pulled out, having four coaches.
On tho tinder of the engine were two
officers with guns to cover that part of
the train. They had command to shoot
u"y man who attempted to interfere
with the engineer. On the plat
form of the third coßch were other
guards to back them up. The train had
ciders to move to Coal Creek at the
greatest possible speed. After pulling
out. Major D. A. Carpenter, ns gallant
and brave a man as ever marched under
Sheiid.in, was put in command as gen
eral. He is an old federal officer who saw
service for four years in the war of the
rebellion. Before the train had fairly
passed out of the city limits, the order
was given to load. The men loaded
their shotguns, rifles and army muskets.
The militiamen had their cartridge boxes
tilled and had full soldiers’ equipments.
The citizens’ guards had nothing of the
kind. They tilled their pockets with
shells for shotguns and cartridges for
riflei. At 5:30. Thursday afternoon, the
train reached Clinton, four miles south
of Coat Creel;.
A telegram sent lrom the Atlauta Con
stitution station, four miles from the
scene of war, states that the convict war
broke out iu earnest Thursday evening,
and for four hours the military and vol
unteers under Col. Keller Anderson, of
Mi mphis, engaged the mountaineers in a
stubborn, hard f. right, pitched battle.
Four times the mountain men assaulted
the stockade in w hich the troops are gar
risoned, ami fourtimes they were repulsed.
The charges made by the miners were
swift and almost irresistible, while the
defeme put up by the small handful of
troops cooped in the rude st< ckade was
heroic, brave and grand. Small 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 from the
hillsides, the preceding tl tsh showing
where the sharpshooters wire located.
With daylight the fight will probably be
resumed all along the line aod
a bloody day is predicted by
every one. The miners are de
termined end will never surrendir, while
tho military commender, Gencrd Carnes,
: says that ho will go to the rescue of the
garrison or lose ev< ry man be hi s. 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
ro give any information to any one. Tho
troops cannot tie accounted for because
thry are all cut off from the works by
the army of mountaineers, but be the
casualties what they may, the mountain
men certainly got the best of the battle.
They have captured nnd are now holding
Col. Anderson as a prisoner of war. The
capture of Colonel Anderson was a cow
ardly piece of business and has stirred
up 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 his
troops. There was a truce and
tho miners told Anderson if he would
surrender their leaders, they wou'd allow
hitn to return to his fort. He took the
men and went down among the mob
Before he left he told his troops to fight
and never surrender. When lie got the
captured miners to Coal Creek depot,
where they were out of the rango of t h o
guns from the fort, a mob captured iiim
aud 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 ho 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 “shoot and bed—ill" lhat he would
never tell his men to surrender. Ander
son was then taken to a hotel as a pris
oner. The miners declare that they will
lynch him unless the troops are with
drawn. General Carnes is very uneasy
about his comrade and will try to prevent
the execution of any such threat, but be
may be too late.
Every company of military in the state
except two is on hand nnd these these two
will arrive within a few hours. In addi
tion to the military there are 200 volun
teers. Among those volunteers are some
of the wealthiest and most substantial
gentlemen of Knoxville, who responded
to the call when tho alarm hell rang in
that city in the afternoon. General
Carnes has about one thousand men in
his command and one hundred and fifty
in tho stockade. The Mountainceis uum
nearly three thousand—all of 2,500.
They are between two forces of the state.
In order for General Carnes to reach the
garrison lie must march his army right
through that of the miners commanded
ed by D. B. Monroe, a Tennessee
miner, but before doing so Gen
eral Carnea 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 hero is one full of daugor.
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 w 8 compelled to fell his
way. Dynamite was found all the way
and General Carnes is now debating
whether it is safer to march his men
through the woods in the dark or try the
trains. Tho 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 aud 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.
■IIiIHU HLODUSIJED.
FRIDAY’S DISPATCHES.
A special of Frid iy from Coal Creek
says: Two bloody, hard-fought battles
and two quick, sharp, death-dealing
skirmishes, all fought under tho tdack
tl g, in irk the history of tho Coal Creek
w .i within the past twentv-fonr hours
\nd ns a result, Tennessee will have at
least six funerals within the next few
ays. More tliuu likely, that six raiy be
swelled to more than twice the number.
Every one was anticipating a big battle
be ween the combined military forces
and tbentire mining aggregation, but,
instead of the one big battle, with a big
roll of missing soldiers, four fights oc
curred, and in those four bat
tles tho stato of Tennessee lost
seven citizens—three who wore
defending her honor and upholding her
law, ami four who detiod tho law and
were trying to trample the state’s flag
into tho ground. Those seven men are:
Harry Walthall, bookkeeper in the
Knoxville and Ohio road’s auditing de
partment; Frank Gibbons,a deputy slier
ill; Ben Bush, prosperous young farmer;
Tom Melaue, a minor, who came from
Jellico; Giorgo Miller, a railroader, who
has been in sympathy with the miners
and has been among themjsince the troops
came out; William Buck, a coal digger
from Oliver Creek; an unkown man, who
may have been lighting either under the
miners’ flag or under the state’s hanuor,
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 re tson to believe that more than one
of those who are now occupying cots in
improvised hospitals may live only a few
days nnd 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. Ttie
scene of action was upou the crest of a
spur of Walden ridge. It resulted in
tiie death of two of the state’s men aud
tlmt killing of two miners. When it be
gan, both armies wero completely sur
prised, as neither knew of the proximity
of the other until the tiring began.
Shortly after dark Thursday evening a
baud 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 garrisou Cotom 1
Anderson had been commanding up to
the time of his a’rrest. The commaud
wns composed of military compauies
from C’h .ttauooga and a posse coming
from Kuoxville. The former were under
command of Colonel Woolford, of Chat
tanooga, while the latter was subject to
the order of Major Carpenter, a war vet
erau of sixty five years, whose hair au I
beard are perfectly white. When that
body left the railroad the march across
the mountain began. The night was
dark and cloudy. They lia 1 ha'dly
r. ached the crest of Walden’s ridge
when they were met by something over a
hundred miners from Oliver Springs on
their way to reinforce the miners. Tho
niiuers 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 tne
mountain the miners scattered out be
' hind and opened fire. The first shot, of
course, attracted the a’tention of Major
Carpenter, and in a minute he had re
ver-eil his column and made an irresisti
ble charge upon the miners, whofl.d
precipitately; hut the fight cost Major
Carpenter two of his best men—Walthall
and Gibb ms They were both lying upon
tlie ground dead—one shot through the
face and the other through the neck.
Overflfteen hundred shots were fired dur
ing the engagement, and the engagement
diil not last more than three minutes. In
addition to having two dead men, Major
Carpenter had a half dozen wounded on
his hands. But Alitor Carpenter con
trollc 1 bis men well, and the miners were
driven from the field, leaving two of their
c mpanion* 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 away from the battle
field the command because badly scatter
ed, Hud all day the boys, tired, hungry
and worn out, have been dropping into
Clinton in squads of tvro, three and a
dozen. Soon after daylight the portion
of Major Carpenter’s 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. Nono
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 cump 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 Bevies, 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 iinpos-ibte to tell. While Bevies
was engaging some of the miners near
the co il chute, a hand on the other side
of the depot essayed to take the garrison
again. But the gang was repulsed
witli the loss of one man killed.
G neral Carnes did not move upon the
Coal Creek crowd as early as he intended
to and his detention was caused by his
inability to locate the command of Major
Carpenter. About 1 o’clock, how ever, he
6ent 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 back with the declaration:
“If you do not surrender within an hour
I shall advance and storm the place.”
Many < f the miners laughed, but some of
them advised a surrender, because their
ammunition was short. A confer
ence wns held and the miners
adjourned wi'h a request that Gen
eral Carnes give them until 3 o’cloik.
This tho general agreed to do, re
sirving. however, the right to attack
any body of their men outside the town.
Before the general mule his demand for
tho surrcndei of the town, lie sent out
several squads with orders to look well
over tiio field. One of these squads
was under command of Colonel Bevies,
the officer the miners made surrender a
ye ir ago. The c ilonel 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 lie, were scouting. The colonel
demanded their surrender and at first
they tefused, hut finally they gave in.
Soon after making the capture the colonel
ascertained that one of his prisoners was
the celebrated Bu t Lindsay, tno great out
law and the veteran leader of insurrec
tions. Lindsay was completely cowed, aud
without being asked a question told
General Carnes just what the miners’
strength und plans were. Just before 3
o’clock a flag of trueo came to General
Carnes from Coal Creek. The rniuers
wanted another hour. At first General-
Carnes 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! under a white flag. 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 nnd after a short
consultation returned and informed Gener-
Carnes that they would cease all hostili
ties and surrender. General Carnes did
not deem it advisable, however, to iuvest
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 miners, a comparison of notes gave
up the casualties which have been pre
sented in tho 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.
AItMS FOR THE SOLDIERS.
A Washington dispatch says: Acting
Secretary of War Grant, Friday morning
telegraphed the commandant of the ar
senal at Indianapolis to forward at once
to the governor of Tennessee at
Knoxville six hundred stands of
arms nnd 89,000 rounds of ammunition
for use by the state authorities in sup
pressing the miner's riot. 'I his action
i based on a formal requisition from
Governor Buchanan. General Grant
explained that the arms aud am
munition form only a part of Tennessee’s
quota under the allotment of SIO,OOO
appropriation for the support of the na
tional guard of the states, and that the
governor’s requisition would have beeu
honored at any time regardless of the
condition of affairs in the state. Gen
eral Grant added that no application for
Iroops 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 tho government arms at
the University of Tennessee for the rea
son that they were intended solely for the
use of the cadets, and could not be
loaned to outside parties no matter how
comiu mialile their purpose.
Tills DEATH UST GROWS.
SATURDAY’S DISPATCHES.
General Carnes is now in absolute con
trol of Coal Creek and the entire valley
from th re to Briceville. The town and
valley nro both under military rule, and,
for the first time in the history of that
part of Tenuess c, 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 corquered,
aud that the trouble will be 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 and wounded. Detach
ments from the soldiers were doing the
same thing, aud the death list proves to
be larger than at first reported. Three
more deal soldiers and six dead miners
have been found. Three or four men
who had Inen so desperately «ounded
that they could not move were found.
For th'rty-six hours they had been lying
upon the wet ground w ith 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; Volunteer Wambly,of Athens.
This makes the state’s loss six men, while
the miner’s may be estimated at anything
above nine men. There are yet a number
of men missing.
ANOTIIKR BHAHP FIGHT.
That the miners are not satisfied with
the se'tlemi nt wa» made quite apparent
Saturday by a brisk skirmish between
the Chickasaw Guards, under Command
of General Carnes himself, and a party
of miuers. 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
tight. The miners had congregated, nearly
500 strong, at Briceville, but in some
way they hiard hat General Carnes was
coming, and just as the train rolled
into the place the mountaineers scat
tered, except one Rang of about fifty,
who surrendered without the liitingof a
gun. Every house in Briceville was then
searcued 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
prisoneis General Carnes got over ono
hundred 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 train. The troops then broke
ranks and were climbing upon the cars
when a perfect fusilade came from tho
mountain side above. Tho bullets whis
tled over the soldiers’ heads, but under
the hot fire they re-formed like old vet
erans and at the command moved up the
steep incline, led by the brave, fearless
commander of the state troops. As the
soldiers advanced the firing continued,
but the miners could not bo seen, as they
were scattered behind the trees and
hushes. For a minute or two it looked
like the guards would be whipped out,
but as a tnau dropped they closed up and
continued to advance until the firing
came from either wing ns well ns from
the front. When the soldiers came among
the miners they began flying, and as they
moved out the boys had their chance,
and two or three volleys were fired, three
of the miners going down. One of them
was killed, undjhat one was a negro. T 1 e
other two were Imdly hurt, one of them,
Oe’orge Hatterhou'-e, will probably die.
BH.VBN HUNDRED PAROLED.
Since Saturday morning over sevon
hundred mountaineers have been paroled
by General Carnes. Some of these came
into the Creek voluntarily, 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
them home, ns he is convinced that the
war is over for the present. He will keep
all the military he has until ordered away
by the governor.
THE BUFFALO STRIKE.
The Soldiers Take a Hand—Powder
and Bullets Used.
The second week of the railroad strike
opened at Buffalo, N. Y., Saturday.
Three features are most prominent in the
situation. An army of 5,000 are quar
tered in the city and county; an attempt
only partly successful so far, is being
made to lift freight blockade, and the
danger of thestrikeof a hundred organiza
tions is no less imminent than heretofore.
The important crises in the strike has
been reached. It is stated to be almost
certain that all the locomotive firemen on
the Lehigh, Erie, Lake Shore, West
Shore, and Central roads will go out aud
that all the trainmen and conductors will
follow them.
BULLETS AND POWDER.
Powder was burned and bullets flew
thick and fast at Camp 7, at East Buf
falo, Friday night. The first order to
fire was given near midnight, when the
71st regiment guard was called out to
repel some men who were stoning a train
of non-union men. The soldiers came
and stoning continued. The gang was
on Erie trestle and then the order to fire
was Riven. A volley was turned loose
on ihem and they scattered. Another
volley was fired and the men broke aud
ran under cover of darkness. They
were pursued but escaped.
b unday’s dispatches state that there is
danger of fresh trouble on the Buffalo,
U Chester and Pittsburg railroad. If
new demands are made by the men as
expected all will be discharged and now
men put on at the old rate. On the
Western New York anil Pennsylvania the
men have refused to handle Beading cars
loaded with coal and if the company in
sists on their doing so the men will go.
The railroads claim a victory tor Sunday
as they have operated the yards without
disturbance with the non-union men and
all the roads are moving large quantities
of freight. Past Grand Chief Telegraph
er Thurston has been in conference at
Buffalo with local railroad telegraphers
respecting the pending trouble with the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western.
The difficulty is one for wages and an
ultimatum will probably be asked before
ordering the strike.
TEXAS MILITIA DISBANDING.
Favoritism and Polities Assigned as
the Cause.
A news special of Sunday from Bryan,
Tex ts, says: A split up of the state mi
litia has started, the Bryan Light In
fantry having disbanded and returned its
commission. Captain C. S. Gainer in
his letter to Adjutant General Mabry says
the whole Texas volunteer guard is going
to pieces. lie charges superior officers
with favoritism and conduct unbecoming
soldieis or gent ft men in favoring certain
companies in encampment decisions, in
assailing the character of officers and men
and denying them a hearing. Politics
has entered the ranks of the militia and
it promises to wind up like the demo
cratic convention did.
The Eight-Hour Law.
Solicitor-General Aldrich, of the de
partment of justice, is preparing an opin
ion in regard to the application of the
provisions of the eight horn law, passed
at the last session of congn ss, to apply
to the public service in all the executive
departments, but mote especally with
reference to the construction of public
works under contracts with private firms,
such as the building of naval at d other
vessels, ond the construction and repair
of public buildings of all classes.
CURIOUS CIRIOS.
Though the next total solar eclipse
does not take place until April 15, 1893.
astronomers are already astir making
plans for observing it.
A dwarf residing at Skigaken, Osaka,
is dG years old and but 17 inches high.
He is well educated and earns a liveli
hood by teaching penmanship.
The total acreage of Scotland is 18,-
940,684. Of this comparatively small
landed area one nobleman owns 1,320, -
000 acres and his >\ife 149,879 acres
more.
Extraordinary prices w re paid at the
Srih; of the Co ntuse d’Avou’a collections
in Paris last month. A piece of tapestry
alter Watteau real z d $25.20(T.
The condor soars higher than any
other bird, spending nine-tenths of its
time floating in the rarified atmosphere
or three miles above sea level.
Alhazeu, an Arabian, born in the year
1000 A. D., first taught the present
theory of vision, and explained why we
see but one picture of an object with
our two eyes.
Professor Douglass has succeeded in
manufacturing minaturo cyclones and
tornadoes by means of electricity, thus
proving the electrical character of the
“prairie terrors.”
In 1774 Maskelync, the astronomer
loyal of England, first calculated the
weight of the earth. The weight, as
estimated in an encyclopedia is 6,000,-
000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
Melvin Atwood, the San Francisco
m neralogi.-t,one of the discoverers of the
great Comstock legde, believes the
chances are < xcellent for fi iding in Cali
fornia one or more of the volcanic pip<B
containing diamonds as at Kimberly, Du
Toitspau and Bultfoutein.
Hold Bullion
Is attractive, but its hue in the skin and eye
balls is repulsive, and indicates biliousness, a
mala Jy, how’ever, easily remediable with Hos
tetter’s Stomach Bitters. Nausea, sick head
ache, pains through the right side and shoulder
blade are manifestations of liver complaint,
disinissable with the Bitters, which also ban
ishes malaria, rheumatic and kidney com
plaints, nervousness and constipation.
The first volume of Indian tales from the
pen of Cooper appeared when the author
was thirty.
Pure nuil Wholesome Quality
Commends to public approval the California
liquid laxitive remedy. Syrup of Figs. It is
pleasant to the taste and by acting gently on
the kidney-, liver and bowels to cleanse the
system effectually, it promotes the health and
comfort of all who use it, and with millions it
is the best and only remedy.
Naturalists say that a single swallow will
devour 60,000 flies in one day.
If your Rack Aches, or you are all worn out,
rood for nothing, it is general debility.
Brown's Iron Bitters w 11 cure you, make you
strong, cleanse your liver, aud give a good ap
petite-tones the nerves.
A historic collection of railway tickets will
be one of the exhibits at the World’s fair.
Ail Interesting Subject.
Do you know' that the state of the blood run
ning in your veins is the cause of your sickness
or your health? This is a most important mat
ter, although overlooked by people who show
a great deal of good sense otherwise. Your
blood has to be kept pure, or your whole system
gradually becomes a wreck. It costs very little
to check disease and correct the state of the
blood if the matter is taken up in time; but it
costs a great deal, and is often impossible, if
taken up after disease has gained a foothold.
If you are troubled with Syphilis, Itch, Hu
mors, Swellings, Skin Disease, Rheumatism,
Pimples, Scrofula, Malaria, Catarrh, Fevers,
Liver and Kidney diseases, Old Sores, Erup
tions, or any other disorders resulting from im
pure blood, write at once to Dr. S. C. Parsons,
Savannah, Ga. His Blood Purifier is a won
derful remedy, and only costs one dollar per
bottle. Besides this, for nothing at all except
a stamp, he will send you a pamphlet contain
ing a lot of private and valuable information.
Write to him without delay.
Beats ’Em All.
GRAND EXCURSION VIA C.,H. A D. TO MONTREAL
AND yL’F.UEC, THURSDAY, BKPT. 8.
The great excursion route, the Cincinnati.
Hamilton & Dayton R. R., will run the firet of
their annual excursions to Montreal and Que
bec, from Cincinnati ami Indianapolis, Thurs
day, Sept 8. The round trip rates are marvel
ously low, being from Cincinnati or In
dianapolis to .Montreal and return, and butsl;>
to Quelieo and return, with side-trip to Ottawa
returning. Tickets w ill be good (returning) for
twenty days from date of sale. This is the first
cheap excursion ever run to beaut if ul Montreal
or historic Quebec from Cincinnati. For ticx
ets, sleeping-car berths, etc., call on or address
any C., H. & D. agent, or E. O. McCormick,
Gen. Passenger and Ticket Ag’t, Cincinnati, O.
Tbf Only On© Ever Printed.
CAN YOU FIND TIIK WORD ?
There is a 3-inch display advertisement in
this paper, this week, which has no two words
alike except one worn. The same is true ot
each new one appearing each week, from The
Dr. Harter Medicine Co. TMs house ulacos a
“Crescent” on everything they make and
publish’ Look for it, send thorn the name
of the word and they will return you book,
BEAUTIFUL LITHOGRAPHS or SAMPLES FREE.
The cost of a one-nnn sea-diving apparatus
for a depth of 200 feet is $575.
Bnown’s Iron Bitters cures Dyspep«la,Mala
ria. Biliousness and General Debility. Gives
Strength, aids Digestion, tones the nerves—
creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
Girls in tight or short dresses are not allowed
to appear on the stage in Butte City.
•
,1. C. SIMPSON, Marquess, W. Va., says:
“Hall's Catarrh Cure cured me of a very bad
ca.se of catarrh.” Druggists sell it, 75c.
Man's system is like a town, it must be well
drained and nothing is so efficient as Keech
am's Pills. For sale by all druggists.
Jf Of Medicines is what
B I consider Hood's Sarsa-
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r - ■CT*/ I was confined to my bed
with white swellings
and scrofula sores.
Wm. A. Lehr. To my £reat joy,
when i begun with HOOD’S SARSAPAR
ILLA the sores soon decreased. 1 kept taking
it tor a year, when 1 was so well that I went to
work, and since then have not lost one day on
account of sickness. I am always well and
have a good appetite.” Wm. A. Lehh, Nd. 9
Railroad Street, Kendallville, Ind.
Hood’s Pills are the best after-dinner Pills,
assist digestion,cure headache and biliousness.
UAI TION. Beware af iSrnloruMb- AAA I 1% J%|| A I A A
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,wy y 9 ' Equals custom-made shoescostiugfrom St to $5.
f i&f ibUl The only >:|.oo r*hoe made with two complete
W * h&Bk iCk :wM poles, securely sewed at the outside edge (as shown in cut),
L;B Z P§jgg %i \ which gives double the wear of cheap welt shoesaold at tho
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1 t r~s\ to a narrow «trip of leather oa the edge, and when once
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w übE 1 \Vm w •> " rn t r n_h <■ in be r« jam i many times as
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Stove pqush
00 NOT BE DECEIVED
S“th pastes. Enamels, and
tli. hands, iujnre tho Iron, »nrt l 'L iirjmant. Odor-
Tho Rising Sun Stove Polish Is Rrmiam-,
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or glass package with every purchase.
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“ Mothers’ Friend ’’ is a scientific- '•
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l.essens Pain, Diminishes Danger to
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BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta. Ga.
BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
SPECIFIC
pOR renovating the
entire system, eliminating
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treated by best local physicians,
but obtained no relief; the sore
gradually grew worse. / finally
tcok S. S. S., and was entirely
cured after using a few bottles .”
SC. B. Mcl-emore,
Henderson, Tex.
-pREATISE on Blood and Skin
1 Diseases mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
‘August
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My wife suffered with indigestion
and dyspepsia for years. Life be
came a burden to her. Physicians
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one of your books, I purchased a
bottle of August Flower. It worked
like a charm. My wife received im
mediate relief after taking the first
dose. She was completely cured —
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anything she desires without any
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The dose is ricely adjusted to suit ease, as one pill can
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■ Sold by druggists or sent by mail,
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PATENTS ULU.V^wV'.’rvV:
a n U Thirty-four, ’92.