Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-07-24
The Drciccvillc Riots.

country gathered around the camp OF
tho state militia and captured the
troops nnd ronv1cts, marched them off
and shipped them to Knoxville.
knoll in the hollow md surrounded
on all sides by mountains. Six miners
and their friends to the number of
twelve or fifteen hundred were divided
into four equal squads and approach ed
camp was formed in. Miners sent up a
flag of truce and sent in committee to
the officer in command. The committee
notified the officers that the had
come to take the convicts pcace-
neesssary 1ny II p95iiss ossr BY parsysd tSsss sd1 if
a while and then agreed to surrender
Troops were allowed to keep their arms
and ammunition, and they with the
convicts were marched to the train.
They were loaded in box cars OF whnt.
ever could be had, and the entire lot
sent to this county. They arrived
about a 80 o'clock. Troops to the num-
Der of 1O7 all told, went to the relief of
the Knoxville Rifles, where they
now remain awaiting orders from the
governor. The miners made then
promise not to return to Coal Oreek.
The convicts were taken to
the iail looked up and fed.
AN immense crowd met the troops at
the depot They were freely cheerea
as they marched through the street.
The men had been on duty nearly five
days i'll the rain and seen but little in
the way OF provisions and but little
equipment. Their faces were bronzed
but they presented Il soldierly appear.
nnce us they marched up the street The
city is now intensely excited. Lead.
ing men of all political parties
say the law must be up
held. The sympathy which had
been entirely on the side of the miners
is now against them for their nwless
act at a time when everything was
being done to relieve tho situation
Governor Buohanan's administration is
that Of the alliance and some of the pol.
iticians are desirous to see what the
alliance will do. but the great mass of
citizens say the law must be observed
and that Governor Buchanan must en-
force the law regardless of cost. The
sentiment here is that he must send all
state troops. who are few and
poorly organized, to the front at
once and put IN experienced man and
officer in charge. Ii he has not force
enough he must call for volunteers A
report has been circulated here that he
asked for 5000 regulars, but the truth
of this cannot bo verified. 1t is known
that tho leaders OF the mob we're not
miners either last week or today. One
Eugene Merrill led them in each in
stance. He is Jim Grow merchant at
Briceville, but said to be determined
man. He spoke in reply to Governor
buchanan last week and really treated
the governor with indignity. Other
leaders are known and the sentiment
here is that they must be arrested and
taken to Nashville us the law provides
and punished. Miners have appointed
a committee to say what dispatches
shall be sent out. and this committee or
some one of it's number ore in the
telegraph Office nll the time
and reads Ill the matter sent
out by tho newspaper men.
A committee, whether self-appt inted or
by the miners organic .tion, is so act
ing and told the operator on duty at the
key that if he did not let them reed the
messages they would cut the wires. The
wire is q private one and does nll the
business, including railroad and train
dispatching. There are reports that the
railroad company wi call for special
detectives to guard their prop
erty. Another view of the sit
uation is the danger to capital invested
at Goal Greek Large sums of money
have been invested at Goal Greek; large
sums of money have been invested there
by men in New York and other places
and the great development of properties
are large due to this money. Costly
machinery is exposed the fury of the
mob. Citizens say that much high.
handed outragcs as that of today will
destroy the public confidence and money
will cease to come in for develop.
ments now just sturtcd. There is
another bad feature connected
with the affhir which has not vet been
brought ont. That is the conduct
of the militia that has been on
these grounds, and 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 70 guard convicts and to
come and get them at once; that they
would not fight them for the convicts
The Chattanooga Go. whose members
largely belonged to the trad, organiza.
tions has espcciallyacted badly aud made
statements to miners. The citizens
here say the act of the mob was direct
insult to the governor Today as the
troops were marched off the miners
jeered and hooted them and yelled,
Tell Buck to send some more Dutch;
we will eat them as fnst as they come
Citizens say it is an insult to the entire
state and say the governor must arrest
and punish the leaders. Tho mob to
day is celebrating its victory by cheer
ing, carousing and shooting. It should
be stated that force of 500
men properly equipped and led could
subdue the entire party, for they have
no idea of openly facing good force
They know today from the statement of
them yesterday that the troops would
not fight, but everyone feels the mob
has made bad mistake and that they
will be subdued. In other words they
have lost public sympathy. 1t is re-
ported here that ten companies of state
militia are enroute with arms
and q Gatling gun and that
they will be taken to Goal Greek
at once, A report also comes from
Goal Creek late this afternoon saying
the miners declare the government
troops cannot be landed there. There
are threats that they will wreck the
trains or burn the railroad bridges. The
miners, it should be stated, are getting
the best wages ever paid them and
make from $50 to $3.50 per month &C.
cording to how expert the man is and
how steady he works. When the min
ers made an attack on the camp today
Lieutenant Chandler, of the Knoxville
rifles, was saluted as the volunteer COL
onel to fight the mob with his twenty
men.
Hartley Clifford Pardoned.
MADISON, Wis, July 1s.-The gov
ernor today pardoned Hartley Clifford,
serving life sentence for the murder of
Captain Pugh, Of Racine. The case
attracted wide spread attention, appli-
cations for pardon having been made to
Governors Rusk, Hoard and Peck sue.
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