, 1891-07-21
THEY SURRENDERED:
The Trouble at PriceVille, KY,
Comes to a Head.
Miners and Their Sympathizers
Surround the Militia
And the Latter Give Up With
out Firing a Shot.
More State Troops Ordered to
the Scene of Action.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 2O.-A spe-
cial from Priceville says: a crisis came
at Priceville today. about IL o'clock,
when the miners aud a crowd of sy mpath-
lzers from the surrounding country gath
cred around the camp of the state militia
and captured the troops and convicts,
marched them to the depot. put them on
a train and shipped them to Knoxyil lille.
The camp was on a little knoll in a hollow
surrounded on all sides by mountains.
The miners aud their friends, to the num-
Der of twelve or fifteen hundred. divided
into squads and approached the camp
from four sides. They sent a flag of
truce and a committee to the officer in
command. The committee notified the
officers that they had come to take the
convicts peacelbly II possible, by force if
necessary. The officers parleved awhile
and then agreed to surrender. The troops
were allowed to keep their arms and am
munltiOn, and, with the conyic,s. marched
to the tram, and were scut to this city.
arriving about 4:3O.
The troops. who number l07. are at the
armory OF the Knoxville Rifles, where
they now remain awaiting the governors
order. The %cOuvicts were locked 10 jail.
An immense crowd met the .roops al the
depot. They were freely chrcrcd a. they
marched through the streets. The men
had been on duty neatly five days and
seen but little in the way of provisions
and camp equipment. Tier faces were
bronzed, but they presented a soldierly
appearance as they marched up the street.
The city is now intensely excited. The
leading men Of ali political parties say the
aw must be upheld. Sympathy, which
had been entirely on the side of the min
ers. is now against them for their lawless
act at a time when everything was being
done to relieve the situation
A mob today celebrated the victory by
cheering. c1EousIDg and shooting. 4
force of 500 men, property equipped and
led, could rave suhiund the entire party,
for they have no idea of openly tnciug a
good force Tn v knew today from the
statements made them Yesterday that the
troops would not 6ght. but everyone feels
that the mob has made a bad mistake ani
will be subducd. In other words, they
have lost public sympathy.
1t Is reported here that ten companies
OF state militia are EN- route with arms aud
eating guns, AMI that they will be taken
to Coal creek at once The report also
IN irom Coal creek this afternoon say
ing that the miners lave declared tia, ne
troops eau be landed there. There are
threats that they will wreck the trains OF
burn the railroad bridges The mlncrs
are getting the best wages ever paid them,
and make from $50 to $3.50 per month.
according to ability and amount Of time
put in. When tho miners made the at
tack on the camp today. Lieutenant
Chandler OF the Rockville Rifles salutcd
the colonel as a volunteer to 6Lht the moi
with his twenty men.
Governor Buchanan's adminiStration
is that of the alliance and some politicians
are discussing what the alliance will do.
The great mass of citizens, however, say
the law must he observed aud that
Governor Buchanan must enforce the Law
regardless of caste. 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. II he has not force
enough he must call for volunteers.
The report has been circulated here thai
he has asked the president for 500 regu
lars, but the truth OF this cannot be vcri.
fed. 1t is known that the leaders OF the
mob we're not miners. One Eugene Mer.
rill led them. He is a merchant at Price.
vile, but is said to be a determined man.
The other leaders are known and the
sentiment here is that they must be
arrested and taken TO Nashville and pun,
ished.
The miners have appointed a commit,
tee to say what dispatches shall be sent
out and what not, and this committee or
some one Of it, il in the telegraph Office
all the time and reads all matter sent out
BY the mon. The committee
told the operator on duty that If he did
not let them read the messages. they
would cut the wires. Much co 3tlY
machinery at Coal creek is exposed to The
fury of the mob
There is another bad feature CONNECTED
with the affair. Yesterday many men
were allowed to go outside to get TODD and
they mingled freely with the miners
These troops told the miners that they
did noe want to gnard the id convicts.
and to CONF and get them at once; that
they would not fight them for the con-
vlcts. TODAY, rs the troops were marched
off, the miners jeered and booted thnm,
and yelled: Tell Buck Gov, rnnr
Buchananl to send some more dud -.
We'll get them as fast a. tbnv come