The state capital., 1892-08-27
wal DENIS RIDGE VICTIMS.


Mass Meeting of Citizens a. Knnxviia
Tenn, to Take Action In Regard 70 the |
Deaths of Bruce Given and J. ~ wat |
tham-A Fund Started for the Relief oi
Givens' Family. to which Liberal Con-
trihutIons arc Being made.
Knoxville, Tenn, Aug. 2i.-ln the
big public hall Of the county courthouse
was held, beginning at noon SATURDAY
aud lasting two hours, a meeting Of citi-
zens which shows clearly the feeling oi
the people of this city and surrounding
country regarding the acts oe lawiess
ness in the mining regions.
MANY business houses were closed
| promptly at 70 o'clock In the window
Of each house that closed placard was
posted bearing the following announce
mcnt: sCi3sed in respect to our brave
dead soldiers"
The mass meeting was called to order
bv Mai. Carpenter. the hero OF the
Wa,den's ridge fight. He moved that
the Rev. D. d. Sutherland, pastor OF
tho Second Presbyterian church DO
called to the chair, and also open tho
meeting with prayer. 1t was an
uounced that the meeting was to be
held in respect to the memory OF brnce
Given and J. E. Waltham, the vlet'i''s
of the fight at Waldcn's ridge,
Col. Lcdgerwood suggested that on
behalf of the people of Knoxville they
annoint a committee of five on rcSolu'
tions to draw up suitable memorials O
the high appreciation in which the de
ceased were held. The committee was
annointcd. Givens left Il family in DIES
titntc circumstances The speaker s1N
him ten feet off on the battle fleif
fighting uncovered. He thought th
!. neoplc owed a debt of gratitude, an
, moved that Mai. Carpenter be nc
. uuested to act rs agent to receive con
: tributlons for the aid Of Givcns' family
, On motion Of Capt. l. c. Grant rest
luton of thanks was unanimously car
: ried applying to all who went on1
I defense of the law.
Mai. Carpenter said that he was IN tn
r civil war three years and saw SON
= hard service, but he never saw hardt
a service than was experienced by II
:. Knoxville soldiers on Walden's ridg
- Some were mere boys, but they were
r. gallant IN their DeidFlot ''o FO0Ni'
Is could be.
! Col. Lcdgcrwood said: "What great
y, love can a man show for his trien
- and country than to lay down his life
~ such cause One of these men was
- native of Knox county. and had MI
~ places of trust. The other had con
~ from Virginia to cast his fortunes WI
~ this state. When the sheriff summon
IA the people of this county to come
-. the succor of the law, those two me
- though knowing the danger wei
w. Thcy lost their lives and their spr
~ went to God who gave them. Nh
-: the order came to take the top OF t
mountain, the young men spran9 ]
ward with the courage Of tigers, a
~ these young men of Knox county W.
OIL snch as older men should wish til
"a sons to be.
-! Col. w. A. Henderson, the IL
w speaker, said it was well that they v
went were men who wore both
eve blue and the gray. Givens was br
union soldier and the father Of yo'
Tou Waltham died covered with gray.
While the meeting was in progl
hat the bodies of the dead lay iii state
the private parlors of an undertake
let- establishment two blocks away. III
om' sands passed through the parlors
t a looked upon the silent forms and p
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