The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-22

first instance, is reported to have fled the
country. Supt. Goodwin, who had charge
OF the oonvicts here. is also said to have left
in hot haste. At all events, neither are
here and their whereabouts are unknown"
HATRED OF GOV. BUCHANAN.
The Banner has the following special
from Knoxville: "At Coal Creek there is
great hatred for Gov. Buchanan and
threats are openly made that it
will not do for him TO return there.
Owing to the fact that the tele-
graph office is in the possession of the
miners, it is difficult to obtain prompt and
accurate news from the seat Of trouble Spe-
cial kilograms from Coal Creek and Brice,
vile are sent by train to Knoxville, as the
miners will not permit news detrimental to
them to be sent from those points,
HOT HEADS sILEECED.
A special from Coal Creek, Tenn, to the
American saws: 1.-The meeting of the
miners. which was called for noon, has Just
adjourned. When the men first assembled
there were few hot heads who began to
talk about fire, but they we're out
siders and not Miners. The leaders of
the miners took possession of the meeting
and would not allow such talk. There were
speeches by number Of leaders. and all of
a conservative tone and advising against
any sort of act in violation of the law The
men said they simply wanted the convicts
sent away and nothing more or less. Finally a
resolution was unanimously passed to ep-
point a committee of five TO 90 to Nash
Vile and Knoxville, if necessary, to confer
with Gov. Buchanan to arbitrate the pres
ent difficulties. Commissioner Ford and
Assistant Alleman were invited and asked
to 60 with the committee.
WON'T ATTACK PROPERTY.
A ltry 81 bot
each manpledRe himself on his honor that not
81 worth Of property would be destroyed and
that the company's property should be
guarded, It was further determined that
no one should offer violence to any one ex-
cept in self defense. There is a sense of re-
lief and quiet since the meeting. The min
ers seem to feel that they are now taking
the proper course. There was some talk of
meeting the troops coming to arrest the
leaders in the attack on the militia.
THE MEN QUIET.
1.-THE meeting has resulted in good, for the
men are now quiet They are determined
that no convicts shall work here and say
they will release all who come just 90 soon
as the troops leave. A telegram was
received from the Kentucky side at
Jellico to-day, Offering a large num-
Der of men in case help was
needed. The reply was for the men to hold
themselves in readiness in case they were
called for. Nearly every man present had
double-barreled shotgun in his hand, q
few carried Winchesters and not small
number had reviewers. The meeting was
held in a grove near the Knoxville Iron
Company's mine"
MILITARY ON THE WAY.
CINCINNATI, O., July 2l.-The Times
Stars Chattanooga (Tenn.J special says:
The Buchanan Rifles of Nashville and the
Nashville Light Artillery with two
1,250 shots a minute, the Stone River
Guards, the Franklin Rifles, the Tullahoma
Guards, the Shelbyville Guards and the
Sewanee Cadets have arrived at Knoxville
and are preparing to go to Coal Creek. 1t
looks like war to the death. They comprise
over 400 men,
ARMY OFFICERS WATCHING.
WASHINGTON, July 21.-Army officers
are watching with interest the conflict be-
tween the striking miners and the state
militia in Tennessee, apprehending that the
failure of the latter to cope with the miners
may result in call upon the national gov
ernment for troops. 1t would be difficuli
for the war department to meet the de-
maud in time to serve the purpose Of pro-
tecting the convict miners. The nearest
army post, excepting Columbus, o., where
there is no available force of troops, is New.
port barracks, near Cincinnati.
ONLY TWO COMPANIES THERE.
Only two companies of infantry are there
however, and not all these troops could be
spared. Fort Russell, in Ohio. has bare
garrison of one company and the available
troops are probably as far west as St
Louis, from which point their transporta
tion to the mountains of East Tennessee
would be difficult and slow. Army officers
here, however, have a suspicion that the
sentiment of the people of Tennessee, in.
cluding the militia, is favorable to the
striking miners and that if the militia again
falls the result may be the return of tbs
coovicts to their prisons without recourse
to federal assistance.
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