The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-22

arrival hero they were drawn UP In limo, and.
while waiting the order to.,moye. thousands OF
persons crowded abou, the depot.
Tho committee OF five OF tho miners reached
Knoxville tonight. They called 10 SEQ William
Rule. general manager Of the JOGhai. md
United States Pension Agent; Judge II. II.
Gibson. CbancelorJ. {. Williams, cx-united
Stntcs District Attorney; Mayor D. A. Carpon-
ter well-known capitalist and ex-Unitcd
States Pension Agent. TO these the
locnl Cent,Gl Labor Committee. ut the
re1ues. OF the m ners, added tho name OF the
Hon. Dennis Lcahy, ex-member OF the state
Legislature. This Commission Is nearly
equally divided politically. the first two being
Republicans and tho next two Democrats. and
the fifth n Republican, who is also one OF tho
loading organized labor men in tho State.
The miners will request this Commission Of
Five to formulate compromise. which 1t is
hoped will prove acceptable to tho Governor
and to the miners. 1t is composed OF men
who will have strong influence with both au-
thorities and the minors
No further action is expected BY tho troops
until it Is sesn whether or not tho Governor
will DO inclined to meet tho Commission.
WILL THE REGULAR ARMY De CALLED ON?
WASHINGTON. July 2l.-Army officers arc
watching with interest the conflict between
II
Tennessee. approhonding that tho failure OF
tho latter to cope with the miners may result
In n call upon the National Government, for
troops. The nearest army post. executing
Columbia Arsenal. where there is no available
force OF troops Is Nowpors Barracks. near
Cincinnati There aro only two companies OF
infantry there, however. and not all OF these
troops could be spared. Fort Rus sell in Ohio.
has Il garrison OF ono company. and the near
est available troops arc probably a. far west
as st. Louis from which point their transpor-
Would Ss sent ana Slow '' he arss
Officers here. however. having q, suspicion
TINT The sent'men i, Of the nsop'C Of Tennessse
LABOR. hope ,ha, i the militia again falls 'he
prisons without n recourse TO Federal assts-
tance.
TnE ORIGIN OF THE TROUBLE.
B2sToY July 2l.-Col. A: $. Golfer. OK, presi,
from which tho miners have driven troops and
T I Sun CORE pondent io-nicht he gave this
account Of the origin OF the present trouble:
com ahs aSoa a so masrs
and from 400 to 500 conyicts In its own mines
In Tennessee. besides the prisoners in the
whom ii leases from the state OF Alabama and
on account OF this convict labor that the COM
avoid strikes. which the company has little
mines upon whom it could depend under
oners altogether In Tennessee, but the prison
at Nashville has room Tor only bali that num-
! her or less. A short time ago this prison was
I burned. and the fire necessitate the employ
/ ment OF 5UO or coo more convicts outside. which
| vera leased tn the TrnneS- ee Coal Company. a
! different concern from ours. at Brlcerille.
| The D, isonerS nr- now scattered Tor 200 miles
| or more over the mountains In the mining
| districts.
| Almost ever since the convict lease system
! was Hrs, put in operation therein as boon Ger
| tain amount OF hostility to it among the people
| Of this State. and this hostility has kept con-
! stanty increasing. until at length he system
! has become decidedly unpopular. Neverthe-
! loss thu Legislature has boon unable to nban-
| don tho system on account o! the insufliciency
| OF Its accommodations tor the prisoners at
Nashville. This has bcen the situation for ten
! or twelve years The state could not
! afford. it felt to build a prison such
| MS 1t ought to have. and 1t had
| to continue lighting against tho growing op-
| position to the system that made itself mani
| lest all over tho State. Twenty years ago there
| was hardly 4 Tree miner in tho State. but at
present there arc 1.5Ou to 1000 Tree IN nerS in
! The single district whore the trouble ext sts.
| and OF course the trouble OF those men has
| greatly contributed to the hatred OF the con-
| Wet system. believe that the miners will re-
| main puiet and inoTensive rs lon. as the mill
! tia is at hund to preserve order.