St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-21
BAGGED The MILITIA.
Tennessee Miners Capture the
State Militia and Ship
Them Home.
The Strikers Are Armed and
Determined, and a Battle
May Be Fought.
Governor Buchanan Orders
All the State Troops TO
the Front.
Carnegie's Employees Engage
in Preventing Work at
His Mills.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 2O.-A spe-
cial from Briceville says: The crisis
came at BriceyiIle to-day about II
o'clock, when the miners and crowd of
sympathizers from the surrounding
country gathered around the camp of
the state militia and captured the troops
and convictS. marched them off to the
depot and put them on train and
shipped them toKnoXville. The camp was
on a little knoll in a hollow and sur
rounded on all sides by mountains. The
miners and their friends, to the number
of twelve or fifteen hundred, were
divided into four equal squads and ap-
preached on the four sides of the square
which the camp was formed in. The
miners sent up a flag Of truce and sent
in a committee to the officer in COM
mand. The committee notified the Off
GERS that they had come TO take the
convictS, peaceably if possible, by force
if necessary. The officers parleyed
awhile and then agreed TO surrender.
The troops were allowed TO keep their
arms and ammunition, and they, with
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They were
Loaded in Box Cars
or whatever could be had. and the en-
tire lot sent to this city. They arrived
here about 1: 80 O'Clock. The troops, to
the number of 107, all told. went to the
armOry Of the Knoxville rifles, where
they now remain awaiting the orders of
the governor. The miners made them
promise not to return to Coal Creek.
The cOnvictS were taken to the jail.
locked UP and fed. An immense crowd
met the troops at the depot. They were
freely cheered as they marched through
the streets. The men had been on duty
nearly five days in the rain, and seen
but little in the way of provisions, and
but little equipment. Their faces were
bronZed, but they presented sol
dierly appearance as they marched
now intensely excited. Lead
ing men of all political parties say the
law must be upheld. Sympathy, which
had been entirely on the side of the
miners, is now against them for their
laWless act at a time when everything
was being done to relieve the situation.
Gov Buchanan's administration is that
of the Alliance. and some of the poll
ticians are discussing 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
regardless of cost. The sentiment here
IS that he must send all the state troops.
who are few and poorly organized, to
the front at once and put experienced
men and officers in charge. If he has
not force enough he must
Call for Volunteers.
A report has been circulated her
that he asked the president for so
regulars, but the truth of this cannot
be verified. 1t is known that the lead
ers of the mob were not miners either
last week or to-day. One, Eugene Mer-
rill, led them in each instance. He is a
"Jim Crow merchant at Buceville, but
said to be a determined man. He spoke
in reply to Gov. Buchanan last week
and really treated the governor with in
dignity. Other leaders are known, and
sentiment here is that they must be ar
rested and taken to Nashville as the
law provides, and punished. The min
ers have appointed a committee to say
what dispatches shall be sent out, and
this committee, or some one OF it, is
in the telegraph Office all the time
and reads all the matter sent out
by the newspaper men. The commit
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miners organization, is so acting, and
told the operator at the key that if he
did not let them read the messages they
would cut the wires. The wire is
private one and does all business, in
Guiding railroad and train diSpatching.
There are reports that the railroad COM
pany will call for special detectives to
guard their property. Another view of
the situation is the danger 10 capital in
vested at Coal Greek. Large sums of
money have been invested there by men
in New York and other places, and the
great development of the properties are
largely due TO this money. Costly ma
chinery is exposed to
The Fury of the Mob.
Citizens say that such high-handed
outrages as that of to-day will destroy
public confidence, and money will cease
to come in for developments now Just
started. There is another bad feature
connected with the affair which has not
yet been brought out. That is the con-
duct of the militia that has been on
these grounds. Yesterday many were
allowed to go outside to get food, and
they mingled freely with the miners.
These troops told the miners that they
did not want to guard the convicts, and
TO come and get them at once. that they
would not fight them for the convictS.
a Chattanooga company, whose mem
bers largely belonged to trades organ
iZatiOns, has especially acted badly aud
made the statements to the miners
Citizens here say that the act of the mob
Is direct insult to the governor. To-
day, as the troops were marched of, the
miners jeered and hooted them and
yelled: Tell Buck to send some more
dudes; we will eat them as fast as they
come" Citizens say that the insult is
to the entire state, and say that the
governor must arrest and punish the
leaders. The mob to-day is
Celebrating Its Victory
BY cheering. carousing and shooting. Ii
should be stated that a force OF 500 men.
properly equipped and led, could sub
due the entire party, for they have no
idea of openly facing good force. They
knew to-day from the statements made
them yesterday that the troops would
not fight. but every one feels that the
mob has made bad mistake, and that
they will be subdued. In other words,
they have lost public sympathy. 1t is
reported here that ten companies of
state militia are ell route with
arms and a Gatllng gun, and that
they will be taken to Coal Creek
at once. The report also comes from
Coal Greek late this afternoon saying
the miners declare that no troops can
be landed there. There are threats
that they will wreck the trains or burn
railroad bridges. The miners, it should
be stated, are getting the best wages
ever paid them and make from $50 to
$50 per moGtn, according to how eX-
pert man is and how steady he works,