Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-19

A dispatch from Knoxville, Tenn, last night
announced that Capt Keller Anderson, who for
nearly year has held the convic.s at Coal
Greek, 10 In the hands Of the miners at last.
Reports said that battle at Camp Anderson
was commenced a. early as 10 O'Clock yesterday
morning. For several hours the firing was not
general. About q o'clock the miners to the
number Of LOCO made an organized assault
upon the forces and was successfully repulsed.
The second assault was easily repulsed. The
third attempt resulted in q regular pitched bat
tie and the gatling guns got in their work, but
10 what extent was not known last night. Sew
sral assailants we're wounded and some proba-
bly, killed, but no one knows for certain.
The fort occupies the crest of hill COM
mandins range of Coal Creek valley five miles
east and west To the north il a spur of the
valley in which the stockade Of the Knoxville
Iron Company is located. IL would be impos-
able for the miners 20 reach the stockade as
long - the fort holds out. They would be
compelled to take il before they could reach
the stockade-
To the southwark from the fort stretches
Waldenridge, which is very steep on the north
srn side and easy Of ascent from the south. 10.
the top for several miles II Q series OF great
lodges Of sandstone, making it natural fortress
The distance from Fort Anderson across the
valley to the top Of Waldenridge Is about ,4oo
yards.
On the top of the ridge the miners had planted
two field pieces furnished them BY sympathizers
IN Kentucky On the north sides of the ridge
and the creek skirting the foot Of Fort Ander-
son, the hill Is u dense growth Of hemlock and
laurel
The ASSISTANTS OF the fort had all the advan-
tages Of hiding and If one Of their number
should be either killed or wounded he couid be
hastily removed to place Of safety without any
one being the wiser.
No one was allowed to approach within a half
mile Of the fort unless he was known to be III
sympathy with the miners. 1t was therefore
impossible to get the number of killed or in
tured or their names.
HOW ANDERSON WAS CAPTURED.
Between the first and second assaults upon
the fort three miners were captured They
sent up flag of truce to Capt. Anderson to ask
for release He was expecting such a message
and met the men on equal grounds. He was
seized bv several Of them and rushed down the
hill and finally taken to one of the hotels in the
village, where he is guarded by Robert Lindsay.
Q United States deputy marshal, and number
Of friends They are holding him as a hostage,
and will not agree to give him up until the
troops and convicts are withdrawn from the
valley.
In The meantime Burl Lindsay, a brother of
the deputy marshal. is trying to organize
mob to lynch Anderson The hotel is sur
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one story.
The miners have another to the effect that
Capt Anderson was drunk and came outside of
the Notifications and the boys picked him up
without trouble. He has SO far made no state
ment His force Of $50 men are still holding
the fort. The men have been on short rations
for three days. Every avenue Of supply has
been cut Oh.
EXCITEMENT AT KNOXVILLE.
Knoxville was greatly excited last night. In
the afternoon the court house bell rang the riot
call The excitement was intense and beyond
description. At o'clock the wires were cut at
Coal Creek. and newspaper men and railroad
men knew that the last step was about to be
taken Shortly thereafter the Journal received
. bulletin that an attack had been made upon
Camp Anderson
At 6 in the evening the alarming news WAS
brought in that Capt Anderson had been cap
tured and was being held A. prisoner. with g
guard TO prevent Q hotheaded faction hanging
him
Reinforcements are hurrying forward. but
they are few in number, though brave fighters.
At 4:30 In the afternoon the posse summoned bv
Sheriff Holloway was armed with Winchester
rides. 1t numbered eighty-fve men, among
them some Of the most prominent business
and professional men Of tbs city. and was COM
msnded by Major d. w. Carpenter, grizzled
veteran Of the late war and . hard fighter.
This posse was joined by the militia under
command Of Col. Woolford, numbering probably
one hundred men. The party was placed on
the scene Of the trouble. At Clinton they were
met by q number Of citizens of Knoxville,
Clinton and Coal Greek, who urged the absolute
madness Of going forward without reinforce
ments. A thousand armed miners they said
we're drawn up ready to ire upon them as they
sliahted from the train, and dynamite was
everywhere.
TEE MAJOR DETERNrNED.
Maj. Carpenter heard them through. and
then turning to his men. said, Boys, guess
We will 20 on" and they went.
The wires were down, and beyond Clinton
they were not heard from. At Clinton the
sounds Of battle we're plainly heard. and there
was no doubt that deadly fighting ragged beyond
the mountain.
GEN. cARSEs COMMAND.
Gen. Carnes with 400 men reached Knoxville
last night and viii 60 immediately TO the 'front.'
Opinion is growing that an awful loss Of life Of
good citizens and innocent men can only be
sverted by prompt action Of the governor in
calling ON the President to send federal troops
TO the scene Of action
The command under Gen. Carnes is made up
Of company OF Memphis, Capt. KYLE. thirty
six muskets; company b. Memphis. Capt.
Dufrey. forty-two muskets; company c, Jack
son, Capt. ". T. Harris thirty-uine muskets:
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twenty -nine muskets The latter company was
recruited and mustered into service yesterday
afternoon and having no field pieces were
armed with muskets as sn infantry command
An hour or two later q train from Nashville
brought $50 men of the second regiment
under the command Of Col II. =. Fox The
companies were company A. Murfreesboro'.
Capt J. W. Sparks. jr., thirty men: company
c, Nashville, Capt A. II. Bayless. forty men;
company y. Nashville, Capt. Z. II. Rooch,
thirsy-hve men; battery A. Nashville. Lieut.. W.
J. Hust, twenty men, one gstling and one six
inch rifed cannon.
A report that increased the excitement. at
Knoxville last night was to the effect that Capt
Anderson had been taken from the hotel and
spirited away. Ii Was feared that he had been
lynched-
A courier who arrived at Clinton at 9l5
O'Clock from Coal Creek said that fighting had
been going on all the afternoon, that four SOL
diers we're killed and that their gatling gun is
cut Of order.
KEpoRTxR's STORY.
A reporter, who was under arrest by the min
srs since Tuesday night and escaped, reported
that the fighting begun at O'Clock and con-
tnued without cessation until o'clock Dur
he the light two or three Of the leaders Of the
miners we're captured by Capt Anderson's
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