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A TERRIBLE STORM.
ANOTHER TFKRIFHC CYCLONE IN
MISSISSIPPI IXD ARKANSAS.
Mile* of Wrecked Uousei While Hun
dreda of People are Killed or Maimed.
Money Loss Heavy—Storm’s Freaks.
Meridian, Miss., April 20.—(Special.)—
'When a heavy cloud gathered yesterday
and threatening clouds lowered, the
thought uppermost was that a cyclone was
brewing and when time went by and Meri
dian escaped, as if by a miracle, news was
anxiously awaited from other points. Ru
mors of cyclones throughout Jasper and
Clarke counties were rife, but not tmtil
the delayed New Orleans and Northeastern
train reached here at 1 o'clock a. in., could
particulars be obtained. Krom Conductor
Manson Clarke and others of the train
crew hnd passengers, the following partic
ulars were learned.
The cyclone originated in Jasper county,
thirty-five miles south of here, and traveled
in a northeasterly direction with the pecu
liar whirling gyratory motions character
istic of cyclones. A settlement of negro
cabins was destroyed and many of the un
fortunate inmates perished.
A I'ieHK.oi me Wind.
Colonel Berry's magnificent plantation
Was swept clean, but fortunately none of his
family were injured. Several negroes on
his plantation were seriously hurt. Here
the cyclone performed the freak of bodily
lifting a house from the ground, sweeping
away the floor and foundation, and re
placing the house as it originally stood.
From here to Barnett, n small station on
the Northeastern railroad, thirty miles south
of here, where the storm was. especially
severe, the water tank, containing sev
eral thousand gallons of water, was over
turned and badly damaged; a switch stand
was twisted off at the base and several
other freaks occurred.
Dr. T. J. Krouse, a planter of large in
terests, was a heavy loser. Every stick
of timber on his place was carried away
and every house demolished. He hnd a
magnificent residence and a settlement of
negro cabins tenanted by his hands. I. r.
Krouse was himself badly hurt, being ent
and bruised all over the body, and his son.
Dr Theodore Krouse, is lying at the point
of death, having an ugly cut on the fore
head laving bare the membraneous cov
ering of the brain, besides numerous bruises.
Airs. Krouse and Miss Lizzie Krouse were
rescued from the debris unhurt excep rom
severe conticions.
x I e.Milv ’Tns,to Heath.
A negro on Dr. Krouse’s place named
Henrv German, with wife and nine chil
dren ‘and imprisoned under the rums of his
cabin and fire, originating from the kitchen
stove, slowly roasted the unfortunate
wretches who piteously begged that death
might come and release them from their
BU Othernegro inmates of the cabins on the
tplace were shaken and bruised, but no
other serious casualties are reported.
Uli e itm- ULd fc
After leaving Krouse's place, the cy
clone cut a swath three hundred feet wide
through a section of land densely timbered.
The neavy oaks went oown like a sheaf
of wheat under a cloud of grasshoppers and
all along the remainder of the route the
houses crumbled like air castles exposed
to the scorching rays of the noonday sun.
Three miles east of Barnett tne wind
struck a neighborhood of 1 rugal farmers.
Tom Lett’s dwelling was engulfed and he
escaped with a broken leg, w.iile other
members of his family were slig.aly
bruised.
John Smith had his house swept away
nd escaped with cuts and bruises.
here for a space of five miles the
rather thinly settled, but
; of several negro
-nt,, stretch of
.. muck’s turpentine still
VonMderable cost, was next
t ecgett’s suh-p was destroyed
of merchandise is now hang
upon convenient branches
i-fmest trees- B. F. Leggett s resi
/Jf no W-1S demolished an<l Mr. Leggett re-
S b ri..s of the spine, whieti may
<-eivei lr Leggett’s wife and chil-
prove {...I 'j L th< ruins, which caught
cirau \v.inld have perished but for the
, a “‘‘rHval of neighboring help.
,H T‘little further on three negro cabins
A 1 truck Two or three negroes are re
w, ’ r . e i killed while others are wounded,
ported k nl ses east of Barnett the storm
the Mobile and Ohio railroad tracks,
down three miles of telegraph wire
me obstructing the track A wrecking
was immediately sent down and in a
Jhours had the track in shape.
f Four or five miles of telegraph poles
. i wire were also blown down along the
of the New Orleans and Northeast
"'V/ter'crossing the Mobile and Ohio
tracks north of Schubuta in nearly the
same track pursued by the cyclone ala
month ago. the storm struck Lob b lords
plantation, unroofhng and demolishing a
number of negro cabins.
Stuck to Her Nest.
Under one of these houses a lien was
patiently nursing a setting of eggs. The
house was lifted off its foundation and car
ried away but the lien stuck to her nest
undisturbed.
I he Loss Is Very Heavy.
The loss in dollars cannot be estimated
•with accuracy, but it will reach into the
hundreds of thousands.
The distressing feature is that those
visited by the storm’s fury are for the most
part small holders, farmers with moderate
means who lose all they possess in the world,
and will be compelled to start anew. Scores
of the sufferers will have to walk eight or
ten miles this morning for breakfast or go
hungry, not having provisions enough for a
meal nor means of preparing them.
This is the third time a cyclone has tra
versed nearly the same track in the past
two months, and owing to that fact it is
highly probable that the major portion of
the waste thus created will not be rebuilt.
DEATH IN ITS WAKE.
A Graphic Story of the Cyclone as it Swept
Through Mississippi.
Meridian, Miss. April 21. —(Special.)—I
have just returned from the regions so
ruthlessly laid to waste by the cyclone’s
fury last night. All along the route stalks
grim despair. Woe and want are depicted
on each face. Where but yesterday stood
happy homes, prosperous people and fertile
farming lands today appals the eye as a
blackened, blighted waste. Here a mother
pits over her ruined household goods with
a dead Infant at her breast, forgetting in
her grief nature’s cravings. Again will
be found persons wildly seeking relatives
and friends who were blown away and
have not since been heard from.
For thirty long miles at intervals can be
seen a heap of ruins, where once stood a
home.
Devastation at Harnett.
At 7 o’clock last night the cloud quickly
gathered and struck Barnett, Miss., on the
New Orleans and Northeastern railroad,
demolishing houses and killing, carrying
away and wounding people by scores. Over
lUO houses are in ruins in the immediate
neighborhood.
The house of William Risker, a mile
from Barnett, was carried away and the
family of seven have not since been heard
es
William Partin, his wife and four chil
dren are al! killed hut the baby. Partin’s
body was found six miles from Paehula
and a quarter of a mile on were found
the dead bodies of his wife and three' chil
dren.
Minerva Stevens’s baby was blown a
inile and killed. A child of Sim McGowan
was blown away and for a mile was car
ried over the tops of trees and its brains
dashed out at the foot of a stum;!.
Isaac Aldridge's home was destroyed,
but he and his wife escaped with bruises.
George McLaughlin's residence, the finest
in Jasper county, was destroyed, his family
escaping with slight bruises, but losing
much valuable stock. Four negroes were
killed on McLaughlin’s place. Eleven ne
groes are known to have been killed in
the vicinity of Barnett, but their names
cannot be learned.
Th® Scenes at Quitman.
At Quitman, Miss., twenty-six miles south
of Meridian on the Mobile and Ohio rail
toad, the havoc wrought by last night's
cyclone near that village is greater than
at. first reported. The storm barely missed
Quitman, passing two hundred yards north
and tearing the timber around. Reports of
casualties were still coming in. Though
but few were killed outright, yet several
of the wounded are not expected to live.
The following represent the victims liv
ing in a radius of five miles of Quitman:
William Aldridge’s homestead was blown
completely away and Mrs. Aldridge re
ceived a fracture of the skull and flesh
contusions by flying timbers and has since
died. Aldridge was seriously cut over the
eye and Robert. Aldridge, his son. had his
face badly cut. Six head of cattle wore
killed. Aldridge’s daughter and a little
girl escaped injuries.
James Giles, house demolished and family
ail hurt.
Daniel. Shotts, with a large family, had
his place swept clean and his family nearly
all seriously hurt by being carried along
with the flying debris for a considerable
distance.
Eight or nine other houses, whose own
ers' names I could not learn, were blown
away and several persons reported wound
ed.
James Parker's residence was destroyed
and Barker's wife and mother seriously
injured.
I’. I*. Culpepper's house was blown away
and he received possibly fatal injuries,,
heavy timbers striking him in the back.
The trees in the Chickasahay river
swamp, which, for hugeness and density
are seldom equalled, wore uprooted, twisted
and bent into all conceivable shapes, a
pathway varying in width from 300 yards
to two miles being cut through the swamp.
Three unknown negroes were found dead
in the swamp a mile from Quitman.
Mrs. Suttle, an aged lady, and a child
of William Saunder were also killed.
Loss Over a Million.
Meridian, Miss., April 22.—[Special.]—
One million dollars would hardly repay the
loss, and in years to come marks of the rav
ages of the cyehme of April 19th will be
plainly apparent around Taylorsville.
P. K. postoffice and Lake Como, country
villages, news from which places has just
been received state the dead are: Sirs.
Shepnerd Stringer, a lady seventy-five years
old: Willie Windham, an old man, and
a child of Jenkins.Thigpen and three negroes
Rev. William Thigpen, a Baptist preacher,
gra» in the service, lost till his property.
Several of his family were wounded. Oth
ers who lost heavily and whose families
were all more or less seriously bruised are
Marion Yelverton, J. B. Ford. James
Jones. J. R. Mcßay. Jarel Windham, Jo
seph Windham, A. C. Windham, G. S.
Windham. Pat Ainsworth. Luke Buckley
and Arch Page.
CYCLONE IN ARKANSAS.
The Towji of Boletj Nearly Destroyed—Seven
Persons Killed.
Little Rock, Ark., April IS. —News was
received today of a fearful cyclone in
Fourche valley, Scott county. The town
of Boles was almost entirely destroyed.
Seven persons were killed and a large
number injured. The path of the storm
was a half mile in width and everything
was swept before it.
Life and Property Destroyed.
Kansas City,“~Alo., April 18.—A dispatch
from Osage City says that a cyclone passed
over that city this morning. It is reported
that, the storm worked destruction of life
and property.
Ilnvoc in Fourche Valley.
Little Rock. Ark., April 20. —News was
received lore today of a fearful cyclone
that sweat down Fourche valley. Scott
county, a few days ago, leaving death and
havoc in its wake. The news of the ter
rible destruction was late in reaching the
outside v orld on account of the absence of
railroads and telegraphic communication
in the part of <bc state where it occurred v
Ti * (own "*f Belles, sixteen miles :
of I tail,as. was almost swept off tire ,i.
Buildings, outhouses and fences were brnwn
half a mile and scattered in fragments.
Dozens of trees wore uprooted and carried
in front of the storm.
A number of lives were lost, but a cor
rect report cannot be obtained. It is known
that seven persons were killed.
An eyewitness says that long before the
wind struck the town, strange atmospheric
phenomena were noticed and the people
were to some degree prepared for their un
welcome visitor. First, the sky became
overcast and then a moaning sound was
heard and finally a greenish-colored cloud
was seen rapidly approaching from the
southwest. As it neared, the wind sprang
up and continued in force until buildings
and trees, unable to stand against the
terrific pressure, were swept away. Large
houses were lifted off their foudations as if
they were straws and dashed to pieces. The
path of the cyclone was a half mile in
width.
CYCLONE IN KANSAS.
Forty Buildings Wrecked at Osago City—
Several Lives Lost.
Osage City, Kas., April 19.—At about
4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, one of
the worst cyclones which ever visited Kan
sas, struck this city, and in a short time
forty buildings were wrecked ami several
lives lost. About twenty persons were se
riously injured, many of whom will proba
bly die. The part of the city devastated
lies on the south side of the tracks of the
Santa Fe, and comprises both business and
residence buildings.
Fully one hundred houses, barns and
stores in the suburbs are completely de
molished. Telegraph and telephone lines
are all down, and the streets lined with de
bris. Damages estimated at $850,000.
Osawatomie. Kas., was also in the path
of the cyclone, a terrific hailstorm occur
ing at 6 o’clock p. m. The houses were
flooded from the torrents of rain, windows
were broken and several barns and small
buildings blown over.
At Lyndon, Kas., the cyclone last night
blew down the courthouse, jail and Method
ist church, killing Henry Hirsh, standing
on the street corner.
SWEPT BY A GALE.
Rough Times on Lake Michigan—Twenty
Lives Lost.
Milwaukee, Wis., April 20.—Lake Mich
igan is being swept by one of the worst
easterly gales experienced in years. The
sea is running very high, and tugs are un
able to venture out of the harbor. A small
vessel is ashore at the head of Juneau ave
nue. The worst features of the gale at
this port is th<' probable loss of twenty
lives by the washing away of a house over
the crib at the terminus of the new water
works tunnel. No men are in sight and it
is believed they tire swept away, but they
may; be in the air lock below.
Five or six men can be seen clinging to
the machinery and the waterworks crib,
the water sweeping over them. It is
thought that others may be dead in the
chaniber below from lack of air. The life
saving crew ha ye been unable to render
assistance as yet.
Fourteen Men Drowned.
Alilwaukee, April 21. Fourteen laborers
employed in Lake Tunnel found a grave m
the icy waters of Lakxj Michigan
early yesterday morning. The dread
ful storm raging throughout the night
had lashed the lake into a seething mass
of foam. Immense waves were rolled to
wards the shore by a furious east wind
and carried away the house built on the top
of the crib at the mouth of the tunnel, about
three-quarters of a mile from the pumping
works at the foot of North river. The
house on the crib contained two stationary
engines and the tools used by the men. It
was built of heavy timbers'fastened with
iron bands. It was swept into the roaring
waters, however, like an eggshell, ami its
parts were washed ashore.
For a mile or two the shore of the lake
*is strewn with timbers, boards, tools and
articles of clothing worn by the men in the
ill-fated crib. The catastrophe is supposed
to have occurred about 5 o’clock this morn
ing. At that hour the mon at the pumping
station noticed that the house on the crib
has disappeared. They telephoned the news
at once to the police department, which
notified Captain Peterson of (he life-saving
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. APRIL 25. 1893.
station. On accout of the frightful sea,
the tug Welcome took a life-boat with a
crew of five in tow and headed for the tun
nel. The battle against the angry waves
was watched by thousands of people on
shore, which the report of the accident had
drawn thither.
Captain Peterson, after almost, superhu
man efforts, succeeded in reaching the crib
by means of a rope and a life preserver
around his body. He was met, by a horrible
sight. One man, named James Miller,
was still alive and clinging to a post.
About him were the corpses of two other or
three of his comrades. Miller was rescued
and conveyed to the Etn t i"‘.v hospital,
The followng arc known to have been in
the wrecked crib: George Gregg, lockman;
Ebon Allen, cook; Michael Dwyer, engin
eer; John Mcßride, engineer; James Miller,
miner; William Priestly, miner; Joseph
Carthy, miner; George W. Holly, miner;
William Pressner, miner; Gus T. Lacomitu,
miner; and Fred Spanner, miner.
Twelve Bodies Recovered.
Milwaukee. April 21. -The bodies of two of
the vietinis of the crib horror were picked up
on the beach early this morning. The
steamer Burroughs went Io the crib this morn
ing and secured ten bodies, making twelve
bodies that have been recovered thus far.
Foreman Barber, of I lie tunnel construction
gang, now says there were fiftieu men in the
crib when it was overwhelmed.
A BLIZZARD IN IOWA.
The Wind from the Northwest and Snow
t hree Inches Deep.
Marshalltown, lowa, April 20.—One of
the worst blizzards ever known in central
lowa, this late in the season, began at. 4
o’clock this morning and was but slightly
abated this afternoon, the wind blowing
from the northwest with frightful velocity,
the temperature gradually falling and snow
drifting three feet in places. If the storm
continues it will seriously interrupt rail
road traffic and injure fruit ami early veg
etation. Telegraph and telephone wires are
down badly and business is paralyzed here.
Snow hi ftlhiiieMtla.
St. Paul, Minn., April 20. —Three feet,
of snow on a level on April 20th is most
unusual in this state, but that has been the
amount of snowfall last night and today in
some parts of Minnesota, the average fall
being over one foot. Minneapolis had an
even worse experience than this city, having
no cars running up to 4 o’clock, and at.
Stillwater the cars are snowed up on the
street, being caught in all portions of the
city. -
A Storm in Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg, April 20.—A severe windstorm
passed over the eastern end of Westmoreland
county today, doing great damage. Trees
were uprooted ami fences and outhouses de
molished. A portion of the ventilator on the
National pipe foundry at Scottdale was blown
off. John Itorley got out of the building just
in time to get under tli<* mass of falling tim
bers. lie is badly bruised and his recovery is
doubtful. The storm also broke some of the
large windows of the public school building.
A little girl named Locks was struck by a
falling window and seriously hurt, and several
others were slightly injured. School was dis
missed for the day.
The Blow at Chipley.
Chipley, Ga., April 20.—(Special.)—Har
ris county was visited last night about 2
o'clock by another cyclone.
Commencing at .Mountain creek at what
southwest, striking the Murrah place, de
is known as LaGrange gap, it then passed
molishing till the outhouses, and then to Mr.
John Robertson’s place. There it did the
same thing; from there to Mr. William
Champion’s. Hen* it blew the dining and
stoveroom away, demolishing all the out
buildings. Next to Mr. Rube Taylor,
where it unroofed his dwelling and blew
down all his outhouses. Thence to Mr.
William Culnepper's, destroying all of his
outhouses; then to Mrs. C. A. Hasty's
place, demolishing all the outbuildings:
thence to Mr. M. V. Hasty’s, blowing
away his large new barn.
Strange to say not a death, except one
calf, occurred. No person was injured.
Seven Killed at Midland Citv.
Montgomery, Ala., April 19. —(Special.)—
News comes to the Alabama Midland
office here that a severe cyclone swept, over
Midland City, in Henry county, on the
Alabama Midland railroad today, killing
several, some reports say seven persons,!
destroying part of the town and doing con
siderable damage otherwise. Heavy rains
fell here and in this seedeu today.
ALBERT CARTER. ARRESTED.
lie Tells Ulh Storv of How Mrs. Dulaney Was
Shot.
Morganfield, Ky., April 19.—Albert Car
ter, the eighth man inqtlicatcd in the Oliver-
Delaney tragedy by Lewis Land’s confes
sion, whom many persons here regarded as
a myth, has been found, and is now in cus
tody. lie was arrested yesterday at
rrinceton by Detective Henry Spencer, of
Dekoven, and’was kept under guard at that
place last night. He was brought to 'Mor
ganfield jail this morning by Spencer and
tonight was taken to the Henderson jail for
safety. Carter made a full confession this
morning.
He says in his confession that the first
shot was* fired from the surrey and that th-'
blaze from the pistol from which this shot
was fired was crossways of the surrey, to
ward where Abbie Delaney sat on the back
seat. lie is satisfied that Henry Delaney
liad a pistol in the surrey, as he saw oue in
his hand immediately after he had gotten
out of the surrey and before anybody in
the crowd had a chance to hand him one.
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TROUBLE IN TENNESSEE
A BATTLE BOUGHT AT TRACY CITY
WEDS BSD A Y NIGHT.
Midnight Attack on the Stockad»-*BlMlet»
from Every Quarter— Firing Through
Fort Holes—The Casualties-
Nashville, Tenn., April 20.—A represen
tative of The Constitution has just returned
from Tracy City. At 2:30 o’clock this
afternoon all was quiet. The troops, num
bering 125 men, under arms, were enter
ing the stockade; the miners had dispersed.
In the fight last night one miner was
killed and five wounded, two of whom may
die. One guard wan dangerously wounded
and Deputy Warden Shriver slightly wound
ed. The fight commenced at 11 o’clock,
and after the repulse, desultory fighting
was kept up all night. When the represen
tative went to Tracy City, it was believed
by the officers in charge that the trouble
was over, as the miners hadn’t exepected
so strong a resistance. Up to this hour
telegrams from Tracy City say all is quiet.
The military companies in the city, which
did not leave this morning, are still await
ing orders.
«aiat'iiig Under Their Grlevnnces.
A spirit of revenge still lingered in the
breasts of many of the younger and more
headstrong element. They talked over
their alleged wrongs while at work
in the mines, discussed them in small groups
and at last began to hold secret meetings
in the wooded fastnesses. At these meet
ings, the older beads were conspicuous by
their absence. They had come to the con
clusion that it was useless to further the
object of labor. Many of them had been
given work again after the troubles of last
summer, the lessees agreeing to let bygones
lie bygones. The few leaders in the pre
vious tragedy advised peace and sticking
to all agreements. The roughs, however,
determined to go ahead, openly boasting
that they could muster enough men to ac
complish their object.
Giving the Signal.
One Sunday about a month ago, a meet
ing was field by these malcontents, and at
its conclusion a couple of dynamite car
tridges were exploded as a signal that the
attack would soon be made. Some two
weeks ago, another meeting at which there
were about thirty miners was held and the
plan of attack agreed upon, which, was that
attempted to be carried out on Wednesday
night.
The Knock at the Gate.
A few minutes before 11 o'clock last night
Deputy Shriver, Sheriff Sanders and ex-
Sheriff DeJarnette heard a loud knock at
the stockade gate. Instantly the ponder
ous gate swung back on its hinges and
there, in the gloom, stood three men heavi
ly armed.
“Upon what terms will you release the
convicts?” asked the taller of the men, a
strapping ypung fellow of about twenty
five vears.
‘‘They will not be released at. all,” re
plcd the brave deputy.
“Well, we’ll have them,” said the leader,
at the same time saying that he and his
companions represented seven hundred min
ers, ami that they had the dynamite and the
arms to do it. with. There he held up in
bis hand a dynamite cartridge, such as is
used in blasting away slate iu the mines,
and was on the eve of making a tlireatening
movement when the deputy warden and the
sheriff seized him and dragged him inside
the gate and closed it. As soon as their
companion was seized, and before the
guards could get their hands on them, the
other two walked rapidly away, brandish
ing their arms as they wont. FlierifT San
ders ordered the guards to fire upon them,
but for some reason this was not. done.
r-liots from I.veiy side.
The captured miner had hardly been got
ten inside the little room near the gate be
fore the guard heard the patter of the
leaden hail from ti score of weapons. By
a preconcerted signal the shots came from
every side of the stockade and the garrison
was for a moment carried completely off
Dy.!;, foot. Tin miners had closed on the
stockade and were actually poking the
muzzles of their guns through the portholes.
In an instant the guards were at their
posts, and then the salute from the outside
was answered by a volley from the ‘'ins.”
The miners, however, had the advantage
as the light on the inside enabled them to
see every movement of the beleaguered
guards. The latter, however, took to the
upper portholes and then the battle raged
furiously for a few minutes. Fully five
hundred shots were fired, and every man
on the inside expected every moment to be
his last.
Shriver Drops n Ulan.
Deputy Shriver had climbed into the sec
ond story of the stockade, where he could
look down on the besiegers. He had hard
ly gotten into the room before a miner saw
him in the lamplight and drew a bead on
him. Shriver, however, saw his game and
both fired almost simultaneously. Shriver
was shot twice in the right side of the
face, while his adversary fell <|ead in his
tracks, a bullet plowing a holt' through him
from breast to hips. In the meantime the
captured leader, who proved to be a young
miner named Joe Grantham, had been
released by Sheriff Sanders and the guards
upon a promise that he would go out and
stop the firing. He played the traitor, how
ever, for after his release, Guard Walden
received a full charge of several shots in
his chest, stomach and bowels, the shot
coming from a gun stuck through one of
the portholes.
The leaden balls from the stockade began
to grow too hot, and when Bob Irvine had
fallen a victim to Shriver’s unerring aim
and several others had been seriously
wounded, the besieging party broke for a
mar hill overlooking the stockade, where
for an hour or so they fired down on the
guards.
Rain Stops the Battle.
About 12:30 o’clock a. m. rain began to
fall and the firing, though continuing at
intervals, had no effect. By daylight the
miners had disappeared and the stillness
around the stockade was only- broken by the
crowing of the cocks in the valley below.
Tlie Kfllett and Wounded.
Bob Irwin, the dead man. was a married
man with oue child and a widowed mother
to support. He was only about twenty
one years of age. He was in a party of
four or five when shot and no doubt he
was one of the leaders.
Deputy Warden Dan W. Shriver, shot
in the face, has been at the prison since
last September when the convicts were re
turned. lie was for four years deputy
sheriff of Bedford county and afterward
sheriff for a like time, lie was considered
one of the bravest officers in the state,
lie is shot in the right side of the face,
one of the buckshot passing into the articu
lar cavity. Dr. Sutton thinks ho will be
all right before long.
Guard Walden is dangerously wounded
and at noon yesterday Dr. Sutton was
uncertain as to the outcome. Walden is
at a hotel in Tracy City- and at noon today
was suffering intense agony. He is a mar
ried man. his family being at their home
in Rutherford county.
From the best information obtained, five
of the attacking party were wounded, but
only one of them, a man named Parsons.
Is reported to be fatally shot. Another is
said to have sustained a dangerous wound,
but no one was able to tell his name or the
names of the others, because of the ex
treme reticence of the miners and the fear
awl dread in which these outlaws are held
by the better element, of the community.
Warden Burton was in the very thickest
of the fight, urging his men to give and
take no quarter. When deputy- Warden
Shriver fell with the shot, from Bob Irvine’s
gun in his face, the guards became some
what panic-stricken . Warden Burton,
however, urged them to stand to their
guns. They rallied and in a moment shots
from the guns in the hands of the thirty
five or forty guns at the upper loopholes
were rained down on the miners.
Sheriff Sanders, who was alleged to have
left his post during the trouble at Tracy
City last summer, was a valuable aid to the
beleaguerd stockade, lie heard of the
threatened attack late in the afternoon
and at once repaired to the stockade and
remained there all night and was still on
duty- at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon.
Too much credit cannot be bestowed up-
on the guards, although thres of them re
signed their places and returned to ttictr
homes yesterday morning.
The Local bitumloa in Nashville..
Nashville, Tenn., April 20.—(Special.)
Locally there were but few developments
in the Tracy City trouble. It was after 8
o’clock this morning when tile special tram
left here with Battery A and Companies
C, D, E and F, altogether about 12u men.
In the party was General Fite, Pete Tur
ney, Jr., who is the governor’s private sec
retary, and Captain Ward, United States
army, who is reorganizing the state mut
tiu.
All the militia unable to leave this morn
ing are now ready to go on the first
train after receiving notice, and if volun
teers are needed hundreds can be secured.
Governor 'l'uriFey arrived here from NV in
chester at 10:45 o’clock, but. declined to
talk further than saying that he intended
to stop the trouble if ho hail to kill the
rioters. General Fite today wired for moss
furniture for all his num, so that he ex
pects t<> keep them at Tracy City for some
time. The board of prison inspectors held
a meeting this morning, but their proceed
ings were kept from the public and they left
on an afternoon train for Tracy City, giv
ing orders here that the fact of their de
parture be not made public.
Nervousness nt Knoxville.
Knoxville, Tenn., April 21. —(Special.)—
The opinion is held here by many that by
May Day the entire mine region of East
Tennessee will again be in a ferment.
On May Ist many of the present con
tracts between mine operators and the men
expire ami new contracts must be made.
The posses at Coal Creek ami Oliver
Springs last night and today were in the
command of only sergeants,till superior of
ficers being away. Today it is said the su
perior officers are hurrying back.
If the trouble at Tracy City is promptly
stopped it is scarcely probable that any at
tack will be made on the two posts named.
The local military forces have been put in
readiness tonight to move. The command
er denies that h<‘ has any instructions from
Nashville authorities, but it is known that
a number of telegrams have passed.
Whether there is to be tiny trouble in the
Coal Creek region again or not, it cannot
bo denied but that there is a good deal of
nervousness.
All Quiet at the Mines.
Nashville, 'Tenn-, April 21.—(Special.)—
There is no change in the situation at Tracy
City today. The troops have settled down
into ordinary camp life, and will probably
have little to do until ordered home, which
will doubtless be as soon as the instruetmns
of the board of prison inspectors to increase
the guard to seventy-five men are carried
out.
It is said the convicts were aware of the
intended attack Wednesday night, and had
arranged to make a. break for liberty. They
were sent back into the mines today and
were insolent ami noisy. Sixteen men. of
the McMinnville company, rode forty miles
over the mountains on horseback and ar
rived this morning.
Sheriff Sanders, who has taken an active
part in quelling the trouble, it is said, has
been warned that he is in danger of per
sonal violence.
The attacking party, it is now stated, had
not more than fifty men and was composed
of the younger and rougher element. No
arrests have been made.
A DEPUTY MARSHAL SHOT.
A Negro Thought He Was a White Cap
Invading His Home.
Anniston, Ala., April 21. —(Special.)—W.
N. Payne, a United States deputy marshal,
was shot and dangerously wounded about
10 o’clock kuU night on the Cleburne line,
about twelve miles south of here, by a ne
gro named Tom (’lark. Payne and a posse
consisting of Special Revenue Agent NV.
W. Colquitt and Deputy Marshal Charles
Smith and D. S. Jackson, went out to the
neighborhood in which the shooting occur
red last night for the purpose of arresting
Charley Bannister, who was badly wanted
for the prominent part he took in a white
capping outrage over there about, three
mi uths since. They had been told that
Bannister would be at a certain house to
spend the night, and about 9 o’clock, seeing
a light in a house about one hundred yards
from the rtLid. Payne and Ju. kson went up
to make inquiries, ’caving Colquitt,
Smith with the horses.
As the two walked up to the door it was
suddenly thrown open and some one from
within fired, the entire load taking effect
in Payne’s right arm, right side and bowels.
The wounded man was brought bark here
for treatment. The charge was of large
duck shot, and his recovery is hardly pos
sible.
The negro who did the shooting gave him
self uit this morning and confessed the deed,
claiming in extenuation that he thought the
two men were white caps coming after him.
Another I.case on Life.
Columbia. S. C., April 18.—(Special.)—Gov
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negro who lias been respited several times
while under sentence of death for the killing
of a white girl, another lease of life today,
putting off the execution two weeks longer
in hopes of getting some proof of the boy’s
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