The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-19

time without incident, although 9
Knoxville & Ohio passenger train on
another branch was held up by several
hundreds miners, who after searching
II for soldiers allowed tito proceed. In
formation from Knoxville ia that the
mob at Coal Greek captured q freight
train and went to the stockade, claim:
ing they were going to take II, but failed
TO attack. Early in the afternoon the
wires were cut, and since then nothing
definite has peen heard. Captain An
derson is q veteran confederate with a
good war record, was for years the cap.
tain Of tho Chickasaw guards and Will
fight to the last.
His command numbers about 176
men with reech-loading springfelds
and plenty ammunition and q gatling
gun and howitzer in position. They
will not surrender, and an attempt TO
capture them will lead TO q long list Of
killed and wounded on both sides, and
especially the charging party.
AT 9o'clock this morning the second
regiment made up of companies from
West Tennessee, numbering 1b0 men,
reached the city from Memphis under
command Of Brig, Gen. Carnes, the
commander Of the state guards.
An hour or two later. train from
Nashville brought $50 men Of the Sec.
ond regiment under tho comma nd OF
Col II. S. Fox.
Tho men stacked arms in tho station
and took breakfast at the Read House
GREAT EXCITEMENT.
Excitement was at fever heat in the
city. The troops were marching
through the city, preparing to leave for
the scene of disorder, and the widest
rumors of sensational developments
were afoat.
The sheriff was busily engaged with q
large number Of deputies summoning
prominent citizens to report for duty
as special posse. Col. r. l.. Watkins,
prominent and wealthy citizen, was
placed in command and the posse
marched TO hardware house where
i130men were given Winchester rifles
and 100 rounds OF ammunition. The
posse then Joined the militia and the
entire battalion left on a special train
for the scene Of the trouble.
Innearly all the counties where the
disturbances have occurred public sem
timentis largely with the miners and
the usual processes Of law are
set aside and nulliied by in
different or hostile officers. Passenger
trains have been wanton1y seized
and the occupants left on the siding,
while the rioters took the engines and
engineers to further their own pur+
poses, and not q hand has been raised
by the sworn officers Of the law to pre-.
vent them or protect the property.
WIRES CUT.
AT / o'clock the miners cut the wires
out, iron Coal Greek, and since then no
news has como except from Clinton.
The last news from Camp Anderson, at
Coal Greek, just before the wires were
cut, said Anderson had not surrendered
and would NOT.
Clinton ia the county seat Of Ander-
SON county and distant from Chatta-
nooga by rail 1856 miles, and the news
gravitates TO this city because it ig,thei
base Of supplies and rendezvous for oil
the troops and bodies OF men passing
from one part OF the state to another.
This.i is to explain why most dispatches
come from this city, which is not near
the scene Of any Of the disturbances.
EXCITING SCENES.
The scenes in Knoxville as depicted
in special to the Times ofthis city,
must have been full Of excitement and
recalled memories Of the exciting days
Of '6l. The hardware stores threw
open their doors to the citizens who
were going to the front, The million
aire trod with firm step alongside the
molder and the bank president beside
his book-keeper.
The train which left here at $3.50 p.
m. for Coal Creek carried 500 armed
men, Of whom 115 were volunteers
from Chattanooga, and the remainder
members OF three military companies
and a battery Of the First and Second
regiments.
THE TROOPS ORDERED OUT