St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-21

When the miners made the attack on
the camp to-day. Lieut.. Chandler, of
the Knoxville rifles, Saluted the colonel
asa volunteer and offered to fight the
mob with his twenty,men.
knoxville Is Excited.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. July 2O.-After
the release Of the conYictS at Briceville
this morning, and the troops and con-
victs had been placed on the train, the
mob went to the mines Of the Knoxville
Iron company and surrounded the stock
ade and captured the 125 convicts there,
with the guards. They were shipped
away to Knoxville, and arrived here
about $50 o'clock. Ali the convicts are
here, in an old building, under guard.
A call of some labor leaders has been
issued for labor meeting here to-mor-
row night. 1t is reported here to-
night that the miners at Oliver
Springs have released the $50 convicts
but at s p. m. the report has not been
verified. The excitement here tonight
is intense, and the streets are crowded.
A diversity of opinion is heard, and
many OF the labor men say the miners
have done right. 1t is reported that the
special train will arrive here at u
o'clock tonight with the first lot of
troops and at O'Clock the second train
will arrive. The troops are undoubtedly
being pushed forward. The troops who
arrived here to-day say the statements
made that they would not fight, but
wished the miners TO capture the con-
VictS. deny the report most Yenemently.
The Chattanooga boys show a deter
mined mind TO 90 back to the front.
Many miners from JellicO and New
comb were i'll the mob to-day.
Troops for the Front.
Gov Buchanan this morning received
a telegram from Warden Blevens, at
BriceYille, that 1000 men had gathered
between that place and Coal Creek. pre-
paratOryto marching against the Brice-
vile stOckade Gov. Buchanan, who
has been guided by the utmost caution
since the trouble began, at once decided
TO call out the entire militia of the
state, and for that purpose he immedi-
ately telegraphed each company and in
structed Gen. }. L. Weakley to arrange
railroad transportation for them. Each
company was ordered to secure three
DAYS ratiOns. Tents and blankets were
issued from the capital and sent down
by special train. The train pulled out
at O'Clock with the Nashville COM
panieS. Springfield company and one
from Franklin on board, and they will
pick up along the line companies from
Murfreesb0rO, Shelbyyille, Tullahoma
and Sc vance. ClarkSYille and Lebanon
companies passed through later. and
four companies from Memphis and one
from Jackson are also en- route OH an
other special train. There are fourteen
companies in all, comprising $50 men,
and 100 will be taken on at Chattanooga.
The Nashville train will arrive at
Briceville in the morning and the Mem
phiS train at noon.
A number of the leaders in the mob
to-day were in Ethe city tonight. get
ting all the information they could Of
the intentions of the governor. Some
of these men returned to Coal Creek on
the $3.50 train, and others remained in
the city. This information may be re-
lied on as correct. The excitement
here seems to be increasing every
minute, and thousands are on the
streets. A big effort is being made for
a rOusing labor meeting tomorrow.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 20.-The Chick
asaw Guards, Hibernian Rifles, Bluff
City Zouaves and the Roster ZOuaves.
under orders from Gov. Buchanan, left
this city at $3.50 TO- night via the Memphis
d Charleston road for Briceville. the
seat of the mining troubles. The COM
panIes are small, the four turning out
about $50 men. under command of Gen.
Sam Carnes. They will reach Knoxville
about noon tomorrow.
Stopped for an Opinion.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, July 2O.-The
governor tonight ordered the COM
panies of militia to wait here until fur
ther orders. He does this because he
desires to have Attorney General Pick
ett's opinion as to his authority
to quiet the troubles Independent of
the Anderson County authorities.Sheriff
Rutherford, Anderson county, has denied
that he has called for the assistance of
troops and says he doesn't want any
troops, and did not want any. He left
the county to keep out of any further
connection with the trouble. Under the
law it looks as if the state cannot inter-
fere in case the county calls for the
states assistance. Mr.. Pickett is eX-
pected to arrive home tomorrow.