Evening journal., 1891-07-23
THE MINERS VICTORIOUS
Tennessee's Governor WIN Cal.
an Extra Session.
BUT THE ooNvIoTs MUST RETURN

IL neGins TO Look as Though the Troubk
May BE Settled without BIoodshsd-Ts
Remedy the Evil BY Legislation Instsae
OF Armed Force.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, July %. The miner.
OF Coal Creek valley now pause to consider
They are not as anxious to fight as they
were few days ago, when only a handful
Of men opposed them. The governor had
hardly reached the city when COMMITTEES
waited upon him asking indulgence and
begging for further time. They say that
they think that they can induce their In
surgent army TO put down their arms and
allow the convicts to return to the mines
II the governor will promise to call an ex
ira session Of the legislature and ask that
the lease law be repealed. A committee Of
citizens Of this city met the governor with
the miners and joined In the appeal
The Miners Win Their Point.
After hearing arguments from both
operators and miners and consulting many
leading citizens of Knoxville, Governor
Buchanan declared that he had decided TO
call an extra session Of the Legislature for
ing, the convict lease system. He stated.
however, that In the meantime the miners
must allow the return of the convicts to
Briceyille and Coal Creek. Should they
agree TO this, the militia would be with
drawn, but refusal would necessitate an
order that the troops carry the convicts
back at any cost
The Troops Want TO Fight.
The troops are anxious to move and
settle the question as to which is king
the state OF Tennessee or the miners OF
Anderson county. They are thoroughly
disgusted with the attitude Of the people
OF this section and are not backward in
expressing themselves.
When mass meeting Of citizens broke
up last night its participants ran through
the streets yelling "HLnrrah for the
miners" and ieering Governor Buchanan
| The feeling is becoming intense, and IL the
\ governor is inclined TO peaceful measures
such conduct will change his resolution
General Carnes Is inforcing rigid discipline
and the soldiers are demeaning themselves
| quietly. Only few who are on special
missions can be found on the streets
Attorney General Pickle bears the gov
ernor out IN his action. His decision has
been completed, signed and delivered to
the governor. He asserts that the governor
has perfect right to order out the troops
and preserve order ia a county that is Ia a
state Of instruction.
To Wipe Out the Militia.
There has been a big demand for rifles
here in the city and today may bring forth
a terrible conflict. II the miners decide ia
fight their available force will reach 5000.
and II they attack the troops it will prob
ably be begun when the troops reach Clin-
ton. The Calling guns OF the militia are
to be mounted on fiat cars
On Coal creek the miners have, IL is re-
ported, drilled holes ia the rock OF the
bluff under which the troops will have to
pass and have loaded them with dynsmite,
which they intend TO explode and wipe the
whole militia of the face OF the earth if
they ever get that far
In League with the Miners.
Although denied by majority Of the sol
diers who were forced 60 retreat from
Brceville, the charges that the troops in
vited the attack Of the miners is doubtless
true, and serious dissention In the ranks
Of the Moerlin Zouaves, of Chattanooga, *
one OF the results. Lieutenants Kenner
and Mccormick have informally rendered
their designations and make charges
against Lieutenant Lauter and three pri-
Yates Of unsoldierly conduct. Lieutena.tt
Lauter in a published card denounces ~
false the charges against the privates aud
against himself as lies made from whole
cloth The charges in brief are that lam
ter and several privates told the min
they were right and that the troops sy,
pathized with them and would not Il.
upon them.