Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-08-24
CONVICTS WILL GO BACK
Tennessee Proposes to Rein
state Them in the Mines.
THE sTooKADEs WILL BE REBUILT.


Then Strong Guard win Escort the
Cause of the Recent Riots Into the
Inclosures--The Trials Of the Miners
Begun and Some Discharged.
NASHVILLE, Aug. 24-The convicts who
were released by the miners at Tracy City,
lnman and Oliver Springs, and sent back
to the main prison in this city, are to be re-
turned to those places. This was deter
mined upon today by the state board Of
prison inspectors. The stockades destroyed
by the miners will be rebuilt as speedily as
possible, and within a short time the con-
victs will be engaged in digging coal
The board of prisons Inspectors received
the answer of the Tennessee Iron, Coal and
Railroad company TO the notice given to
them on Saturday last by the inspectors
This notice was that they must remove
surplus convicts from the penitentiary.
The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
company in their answer deny that any of
the alleged grounds for canceling the lease
exist.
They ask that the company be not held
liable for the rental of the convicts forcibly
released and taken from their possession
without their consent, thereby depriving
the company of their labor. The company,
in their answer, further ask that the con-
victs that We're at Tracy City, Inman and
Oliver Springs be returned and the company
receive protection from insurrectionary
violence
To Return the Convicts.
The company also says that it does not
wish to embarrass the state or burden it
with debt TO maintain the law, and that if
the inspectors prefer that the convicts shall
not be worked in the company's mines the
company will agree to an immediate cancel
lation of the lease upon the fairest and
most equitable terms.
After the notice and answer bad been dis
cussed for several hours the board Of in
spectors decided to return the convicts to
the mines, and leave the matter Of their
rental during their term of idleness, togeth-
er with other questions, to be settled by
the Legislature, by arbitration or by the
courts. A large force in a few days will be-
gin work ON the new stockades, and when
the conyicts are sent to these places they
will be strongly guarded to prevent any at
tempt to release them again.
Captain Morton, of Morton's battery, has
returned from Coal Creek to confer with
Governor Buchanan concerning the situa.
tiou there. Captain Morton thinks the situa-
ton is yet serious and that trouble may
occur He said that General Carnes had in
formation that between 1000 and 5000
miners were congregated at Jellico, on tAe
Kentucky border, and there was danger Of
them making a raid on Coal Creek at any
time.
A Hundred Miners Killed.
Captain Morton believes that 100 miners
have been killed He said that several
members of sheriffs' parties We're still miss
ing, but it is not known whether they were
killed or not Captain Morton said the law
abiding people of that section are very APP
prehensive of danger to life and property,
unless the leaders in the riot are severely
and promptly punished, and the opinion is
freely expressed that unless vigorous efforts
for the punishment of the rioters are pressed
many law abiding citizens will be killed OF
driven from the county and much property
destroyed. Captain Morton will confer with
the governor, and consider the ACCESSIBILITY
Of asking the governor Of Kentucky for au-
thority to allow Tennessee troops togo over
the line and arrest any Tennessee or Ken
lucky miners who may have taken part in
the riots.
Captain Morton said it was General
Carnes' desire to have martial law declared,
but this Captain Morton thought could not
be done. He said Judge East was Of the
opinion that the Legislature alone could do
this, but Attorney General Pickle does not
think the legislasure can declare martial
law because it is prohibited by the consti
tuition.