Evening journal., 1892-08-20
CARNES AT COAL CREEK
The General Rescues Captain
Anderson in Short Order.
TIE MINERS ARE IN AN UGLY MOOD


they Surrender Camp Anderson TO the
Troops, but Swear Vengeance Against
the Determined Omcer who Forced
Them Into Temporary Submission.
KNo1vILLE, Tenn, Aug 2O.-General
Carnes is monarch Of all he surveys at Coal
Creek He occupies a meadow midway be-
tween the village and Fort Anderson. Pas.
sengers on the last train which loft there
8ay that he had taken about 100 OF the in
surgents prisoners and was guarding them
near the camp The garrison at Fort An.
1erson has boen increased TO 200 men and
100 picked men are guarding the depot and
railroad property.
When General Carnes arrived at Coal
Creek with his regiment the entire village
surrendered without the slightest opposi.
ton The march was then taken up ia the
direction Of Camp Anderson, a mile distant.
On the way the soldiers were attacked by q
large body OF miners, possibly 300. The fire
was returned and considerable shooting
was done. In about ten minutes the min
ers sent up flag Of truce and surrendered.
General Carnes' Way.
Soon after his arrival General Carncs
demanded the release of Captain Anderson
and gave the miners until l o'clock 60 pro
duce him. One o'clock came, and 3 o'clock
passed by and the miners had not turned
over the captive. He then ordered his
men TO arrest all suspicious looking men.
They went around the village and arrested
men promiscuously until 100 men had been
taken into camp He addressed them az
follows: you promised TO release Captain
Anderson at 1 o'clock. You have broken
faith with me. You shall produce him in
one hour or / will proceed to burn every
house in town and viii shoot every one OF
you down.
In less than an hour a committee went
out for the purpose, marched into camp and
surrendered the prisoner. He immediately
resumed command at Fort Anderson. He
had been concealed in little farmhouse on
the outskirts Of the village One of the
men arrested by General Carnes was the
negro who boosted that he killed Bruce
Givens in the battle yesterday morning
He viii probably be held on a charge Of
murder in the first degree
Bud Lindsay Arrested.
General Carnes has Bud Lindsay, Leader
Of the miners, under arrest at Coal Creek
He is a deputy United States marshal and
a thoroughly desperate character. He has
killed several men. 10 was he who pro
posed hanging Captain Anderson, and wa
only prevented by his brother, who IS
good citizen and postmaster at Coal Creek.
Captain Anderson was captured by five
men coming under flag of truce. He WA
enticed into the village by promise OF
safety. Turning the corner he met mob
who took him to the hotel and produced &
letter to his lieutenant, which was an order
for the surrender of the stockade and fort
Though threatened with hauginghe steadily
refused to sign the paper, and asked only
that he be shot and his grave marked Sc
that his family could hud it,
Swear They win Wipe Carnes out.
The great body OF the insurgent miner
are still in the mountains, heavily armed
and swear they will yet whip Carnes out O.
the valley. Prior TO the arrival of Genera
Carnes the miners ambushed detachment
which went over the mountains under com
mand Of Major Carpenter within quarter
Of a mile of Fort Anderson killed three OF
the soldiers and forced the rest to retreat
Volunteers from an parts of the state are
fastening 70 the scene Of the insurrecuon,
and guns and ammunition are being sup
piled 10y the federal authorities and the au.
thorities OF adjoining states.
Mass meetings have been held Throughout
the state, at which resolutions condcmnins
Governor Buchanan for his inactivity wer,
passed, and charges arc openly made thai
lac and other state officials are in collusiol
with the rioters.
Tho Dead and wounded.
A special train bearing the bodies OF til,
men who We're killed in the battle at Goa
Creek, three men who Were wounded an,
l25 volunteers who went TO the front role,
! into the depot last night. Three thousan,
I people were gathered about the station, an,
the excitement was higher than al any tint
since the trouble began. Whom the traii
stopped the men poured out OF the coache
and formed in line, through which thei
dead comrades We're carried In militar
style The company formed with arms re
versed and marched behind the bodies q
the courthouse.
Not until the arrival Of the train was
possible TO get a correct statement Of TIA
battle aud the exciting incidents leading u
70 II. Five men were killed in an Tn
dead militiamen are: John II. Walthan, q
this city, railway clerk, aged twenty-five
Bruce Owens, farmer, Knox county, age
thirty mine; militiaman of the Second reg
ment, name unknown and supposed TO 3
from Chattanooga.
The wounded are: Thomas l.. Carly, Law
yer Of this city, shot through the left groii
injuries may prove fatal; Samuel G.. Hei
KEEL prominent lawyer aud Democratic pol
tician, slightly injured; John Milton. labo
en-, slightly wounded.
Two miners were killed. They are Georp
Miller, of Coal Creek, and George Neil,
Oneida, Tenn. John Wilson, a miner
Coal Creek, was slightly wounded in II
heel. j. nj. Gaut, a business man of th
city and one OF the volunteers was bad
injured by falling over a ledge Of rocks.
Rev. II. II. Greene Dead.
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