The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-24
rTISEssEE TROUBLE.
MINERS CoNVICTS.

Fps REFUSE TO wa"
NlNb"' CoNN4CTS.
,o Rest of 1t AS Yet-M"ro
N'FIs r. troops ordered to the ''s'" %
Action
Tenn. July 23.--The labor
SSoA'' Rriccvillc eliminated in the
'r'', ,',r.lof the convicts from the mines
'i'a''a r,.ocsscc Company and Of those
Of tue :noxyilc Iron Company's mines
in I've ~. latter place they have beer
a. 80 without trouble for fourteen years
'.lS'a .a %l,"0 at BriceviIle are in pocket
I'' ' ,,rcc mountains. On all sides
,' ''+s j. commanded by wooded A'il,'dss Is.
"' .s;,h slarpshooters could pick oil
,'p' militia one by one The e. total " num-
''' .a,cli,c militia was $, and oppos-
Del % 49,, uo. fighting contingent OF
'.,m 5000 to 1000 miners.
i'o rn.. morning an armed and thoroughly
IN ,hody of mincrs, Numbering not
orsaS gan, ! 900 men, assembled at Coal
less '''" IA in compaction marched to
Creek NV miles. Before the march
i..o cycry man was searched ana '"oS'
l'n, vbiskey were excluded. 49,,
nam ', R,;ceyilIe was reached the militia
" OY" ..ornded Oh all sides by miners,
'e'e a,rG within two hundred yards of
who ' ;i;,;a lines A committee of three
i,l lg ,"' surrender. Seeing the utter
ae"'"SI distance, Col. Sewer, the com
io'! T., =, arreed TO withdraw the militia
MANI. .ta conyic,e and bring them to Knox
Vile. ,n1 had been
,..a5 on board the train, and 1T had
Pil msG ont fine miners, in the same or
'0" ,s manner. marched to the mines OF
a %a iEnoryjlle Iron Company The guards,
Geins so greatly outnnmbcred' marched
a D 9th Us conyicts, who were put on
w. .aotbor train and started toward Knox
a. .,a They were stopped by wire at
c w." sixteen miles from here, where
..sr norcs sde-trackcd Gov. buchanan
w. .our;scd Of the turn of affairs, and
,o.uirbt ten companies arc On route tor
Tho sS,, Of war. some of the companies
ts;or artillery companies armed with
eating guns. -, -.
Those hes, acquainted with the sitna-
,;on In not look for bloodshed. The
miners are determined that the convicts
sb,ll no, work in that mining region. ii
, I,.re force of militia is sent to Brice-
rIIc there will be no outbreak. The
miners are under almost military dlscip-
line md are sober. No whiskey is allow
cd in their lines.
Their purpose they gave frankly; AS
long AS reniorccments are there they
viii he qucscenl. but Just as soon as the
soldiers are Withdrawn the convicts will
he liberated.
Gov. Buchanan is on his way to Knox
vile, hut his presence in the coal fields
will not lie conducive to peace lie IS
very unpopular there, as in the last legis-
ature he voted for the convict lease law.
Militia In Camp at knoxvlIle-Miners
Aiasslng.
KNOXVILLE, July 22-1he mine trouble
is in statu quo and the end no one can
see. The FIVE hundred militia mentioned
in last nights dispatches have arrived
and are now in camp at the University Of
Tennessee Brigadicr General Carnes, Of
Memphis. is in command and he says that
he is simply waiting orders from Govern
or Buchanan
The constitution and laws of Tennessee
arc peculiar aud anomalous. The Gov
crnor Of the State is in doubt as to
whether he can order out militia legally
and it is sure that he cannot proclaim
martial law throughout the mining region.
To endeavor to proceed against the miners
chily would he folly as the sympathy Of
all classes is with lie miners and convic-
ton would be almost impossible.
After The quiet but determined mob Of
miners had done its work Yesterday and
The convcts and militia had been sent off
TO Knoxville visiting miners left for home
ana Coal Creek Valley was soon rs quiet
az country village on Sunday.
lhls morning about FIVE hundred miners
from Jeilico, Ncwcomb, Coal Creek and
BrceylIle started on foot across the noun
'aIns for Oliver Springs, a mining town on
'he "alden's Ridge railroad, which con-
meets the Knoxville and Ohio road with
The Cincinnati Southern, roads are very
rugged and the distance across the coun-
Try Is about sixteen miles. The miners
arrived in Oliver Spring about noon and
immediately meeting of local and visit
nv miners was held, which was in session
until o'clock p. IN.