Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23
DEFIANT STRIKERS
Miners at Briceville, Tenn, Con-
troll the Situation.
Gov. Buchanan Massing the State
Militia at the Scene of the Trouble
-Bloodshed Anticipated.
A SERIOUS STATE OF AFFAIRS.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, July % - The
developments at Briceville are of
startling nature. Gov. Buchanan
has issued orders to Gen. s. T.
Carnes. of Memphis, to proceed
to Briceville with the Chicka-
saw guards, the Bluff City zou-
ayes, the Hibernian rifles and Rozier
zouaves, mastering IT'S men, compos-
ing the flower of the young men of
Memphis. Gen. Carnes was ordered to
take charge of the troops upon his ar
rival. Orders We're also issued to the
Springfield rifles and the Franklin
light infantry, each twenty-five strong,
to come to Nashville by spe-
cial trains. The Nashville light
infantry, Washington light artillery
| and buchanan rifles, of this city,
were ordered out, and these five COM
panies, lao strong, were stan ted from
here by special train Monday night.
At Murfreesboro thirty-ive members
of the Stone River guard were picked
up, as We're forty-fve members of the
| Tullahoma guards at Tullahoma and
thirty of the Shelbyville light infantry
at Wartrace These 425 men will be
joined by the 10 at Knoxville, and
together they viii go to Coal Creek
The men are well armed and pro-
visioned and have tents. Every COM
pany has 1000 rounds of ammunition,
while the Washington foht artillery
has two Calling guns h 10000
rounds for each gun. Whe troops
reach Coal Creek they will be taken up
the mountains 5 miles to Briceville,
and if any resistance is met with there
will be bloody battle. 1t is reported
that the governor is considering the
advisability of appealing to President
Harrison to send regiment of United
States regulars to the scene of the
/ trouble.
! The city is now intensely excited.
| Leading men of all political parties
! say the law must be upheld. Sympa-
thy, which had been entirely on the
side of the miners, is now against
them for their lawless act at time
when everything was being done to re-
| lieve the situation. Gov. Buchanan's
| administration is that of the alliance
and some of the politicians are dis
cussing what the alliance will do,
but the great mass of citizens say the
law must be observed and that Gov
Buchanan must enforce the law re-
gardless of cost. The sentiment here
is that he must send all the state troops
to the front at once and put expert
enced men and officers in charge. If
he has not force enough he must call
for volunteers.
The miners have appointed COM
mittee to say what dispatches shall be
sent out from Briceville and what not,
and this committee or some one men,
Der of it is in the telegraph Office all
the time and reads all the matter sent
out by the newspaper men.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. July GA Coal
Creek special to the Banner says: 1t is
reported here that Gov. buchanan has
called on the governor of Georgia for
two companies of infantry and two cars
of artillery with Calling guns. Sheriff
Rutherford of this county, who
is charged with having called on the
governor for troops in the first in
stance, is reported to have fled the
| country Superintendent Goodwin,
who had charge of convicts here, is
also said to have left in hot haste. At
| all events, neither are here, and their
whereabouts is unknown
Advices from various points in east
Tennessee and Kentucky state that the
miners can get reinforcements sufficient
to defeat d large force of soldiers
There is intense excitement at the re-
port that 800 militia will arrive
at Clinton and march over the
mountain at Bryerville. The peo-
pie of east Tennessee appear to be
| a unit in demanding that the con-
victs be removed and will enforce their
demands. The mountains are filed
with heavily armed miners If some
thing is not done at once to ease the
present stress the affair will develop
into immense proportion, involving the
entire state. The miners from JelIico
and other points are still here waiting
for the soldiers.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, July 22.-Monday
night the miners burned the stockade
being erected at CoalCreek by convicts
and it is reported here that other
stockades were burned Monday night
miners cut the telegraph wires to
| Briceville and today nothing
definite can be learned from
that point. Operators and agents
at Coal Creek are powerless and can
not send out anything but accounts
that are first read BY the miners com
mittee and doctored to suit them. Great
excitement prevails here and the opin-
ion is freely expressed by those who
know the miners and their desperate
situation that there will be bloodshed
yet
The trouble at Briceville commenced
last week. About 500 armed strikers
attacked the guards. who had charge
of fifty felons at Briceville last Wednes-
day night and liberated them. Gov.
Buchanan was Immediately notified
and Z. ,ponded bY ordering two com