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n command OF the militia. was ordered to

III cOUlmunu OF In0 militia, WAS Or00r60 10
ut o'clock tomorrow morning The rest will
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s sss them nn &c ~s TSs r. s saos
GoSssno, 4 not tsS ySt soHss@t iS term;
The General Assembly OF the State will do
lease ssI be hSs ss9 ss s
because Of the contract which the State had
made Gih the Iron Coal and R"
=, Whether this be true or not. the fact remains
state treasury cannot we'll spare the 100000
~ wh on q, Snss n"
e.Gulpmsns Of q penitentiary sufficient 70 hold
Inc S9ny ;.s would cost Perhaps H Il the
way Of Inducing the ses Hsep %
vets away from mining districts. The G"y-
%1ss made whh Ss
are no mines. lie said.
the coal mines ami miners Of east Tennessee.
our people y! e., oyer IN thy western and middle
The S s The mines ~ lie msn who
When i was first proposed to lease the con.
right place for them down there In the dark.
which should bring comfort and, wealth 10
Wh9 were free and happy IN IN, the d en-
ss,Hn ~ The Ps:isn If sss Tie peo
q eorrsS ao .s posou q
seem q, that lobby Or NJ LIBBY AN Or empty
the convict lease system.
Those who have not seen the convict lease
system IN Operation cannot picture. the sights
which Knoxville lie now seeing. Yesterday I
told o. the brutal murder OF q convict. TO.
81 e n
the law makes no sion FOL. caring Tor. the
they work and w6sre hospitas are not Kept up.
Several Of these creatures have lallen siok.
fG.1 sssn ssk es'
boards Is suffering and without medical attend H =;
sests5day and the SovsrnGr ted him to find
ms S% III Hs s as ;Ss
lay ;Sn wss concerned: they might AZ ,,,- =, -,
to I ea msS to
bring them back TO a life a. brutal as their
a?r sqss ssHs es e sreat Kno..
tonight; and the Governor is praised for doing
Shss hs n anS he sd IN
come Of this srfO oT to Coal Sreei and BrlceSe
with apprshens !cn for. Whatever siss NAV be
said Of them. the miners have shown them.
9 be Of IL ahs t Hs History
| turbance. which is fine study in labor agitn-
| tl"n:,. AS has bssn said. those miners and their
| families. being so far from civilization: have
! peculiar and simple manners. tastes and hab-
| It's. They have made good wages IN the mines.
ani have been able to earn enough to spent
some mart OF their time in idleness. This trait
Of character Is most r exasperating TO enerEeilo
time and cannot unde ar content with ease
ther HABITS perbaps scanse tsee
r. no chance to srend much money. Their re.
le'ions with their employers were pleasant
there came from the minins Camps Of Penn
| syvaniaa miuer who WINS idle. 80 far as pro-
ducti,e labor was concerned. but who was
dIscontents and strikes. lie told these miners
that ms they wore entitled to check weiRh-
man under the law. they ought to have one.
chees Wsenss as shsy sa a MI shsr sn
stranger had talked about rights and that sort
s'f sfs he DO
| manded check weiGhman. and when the COM
pany granted II they appointed Mr.. Aeitator
pockets Of the miners. and did nothing but set
the scales and watch the coal WEIGHED; ..o,
work. He filiei the heads Of the miners with
insane idsss and , made them feel thai their
no broke some OF the machinery wAntonly The
company gave the miners the alternative OF
bouncing Mr.. Agitator or OF seeing the mines
closed. The miners stuck to their friend. the
newcomer. and tho mines closed: Then came
the unfortunate agreement which the employ:
era wanted the miners to sign. They refused
uniust. Then the convicts were employed and
the Gght was on.