The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-16
TROOPS ORDERED OUT.
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| the surrounding mines, of which that at
lnman is the principal.
From Tracy City 1t is but short days
Walk down the mountain to Victoria, and
trouble was partially expected there after
the outbreak at Tracy City. The suspicion
waswellfounded, for early Sunday morning
| little knots of miners began to conRregate.
among them some strangers from Tracy
City. They gathered together about two
hundred well-armed men and proceeded
| towards the stockade. The squad of guards
formerly on duty at Tracy City, who had
taken tho released prisoners from there TO
the penitentiary at Nashville. were en-
route TO Inman to reinforce the men pro-
tectins the prisoners there. At Whitwell
the train was stopped on trestle and the
| reinforcement cnt off; then n movement
made. and 2S2 oOnvicts and twenty.seven
guards were taken prisoners by q mob If
free miners. led BY one X. p. Helton. the
party having left Whitwell secretly Inst
night. The prisoners were marched To VIC
torla. loaded IN cars and hauled away by
| the switch-engine. The stockade was not
burned and no damage was done TO the
property of the company. Last night work
was ordered suspended by the company.
| the free miners having been missed from
the village. The convicts were taken TO
| Bridgeport Ala. aud from there sent via
the Nashville 81 Chattanooga railroad TO
| Nashville, under charge of E. b. Wade,
superintendent of prisons.
| Everything is qnist at Inman and the
members of the mob are returning to their
homes. BY the terms of the surrender the
property Of the company IL to be left nm
harmed. Whether that agreement will be
kept remains to be seen. Judge Moon of
| this clrcuit, holding court at Jasper.
promptly ordered the sheriff TO summon
posse and, If possible. protect the captured
stockads. The sheriff says he cannot
i! cure sufficient force to enforce the order,
| bnt left on the first train for Inman. 1t Is
thought that work will be resumed in the
mines tomorrow morning. The wires were
| cut early the morning and communications
| were sent by roundabout circuit 10 Nash
vile. A messenger boy, on horseback. was
| busy carrying reports from the station
at Whitwell TO tho telegraph office. The
miners ordered him to stop aud he, not
horse shot under him. The stOckade may
not be burned. as the town of lnman would
| burn with it. and there Is a high trestlc of
the branch road built above the etOckade
render work In the mines impossible. thus
cutting of tho mon who composed the mob
as we'll as the convicts. Sheriff Morrison
| wired Governor Buchanan the facts in the
case this morning and was ordered by the
Governor to eummon posse and protect
the company's property. The sheriff says
the people are 80 much In sympathy with
the miners that he cannot get a force. He
does not know any of the men In the mob
and has little TO say. He advised the
Governor that he the sheriff. IL utterly
helpless TO do any thing towards bringing
members of the mob to justice
| A special dispatch from o member of the
l Times staff. Who went TO the scene of this
mornings outrage. says: Utter cOwardlce
on the part OF the guards was shown. as
the twenty-seven men were strongly posted
and could have kept Oft the rioters until
assistance arrived. The miners appointed
cised rigid censorship over every dis.
patch that went out. As one result of
the mobs action the mine. with an
output of $50 tons per day, will be shu
down. thus throwing flve hundred men out
of work and closing three blast furnaces at
South Pittsburg. A second mob assem- Ied
at lnman this afternoon, and. armed with
axes. practically demolished the tockade
In. the interiOrs of all the houses are in
ruins and the dining hall wrecked. Fir G
was not used for fear of burning the rail
road trestle and several private buildings
Situation at Homestead.
| PITTsBURG. Aug. 15.-The locked out
men at Homestead were somewhat FESTIVE
to-day. Some of the strikers pursued q
non.union man and the militia fired sever.
al shots to scare them away. Fplthets
were exchanged over the fence between
the strikers and some of the mill men. also
between strikers and some men at work on
the new houses for the non-nnion men.
At no time did anything serious
occur. The Western Union newspaper of.
flee has been closed, about all the CORE.
spondents having left the place.
Three signatures to the scale were re-
celved to-day from the West They ART
those of the Etna mill, of BridRepoRt, o.;
the Labelle works of Wheeling, and the
Terre Hante Iron and Steel Company
| clusively iron concerns, and employ COZ and
200 men, respectively. The last makes both
iron and steel, and gives employ mont to 6Ot
men.
Don't Bsiieve In Killing Capitalists
PITTsBURG, Aug. l5-Anarchist Knold
who was released on bail Saturday night
does not feel very sanguine as to the cut
come of tho case against him. Speaking
on tho subject last night he said: Il an
almost positive that l will be convicted;
not because am in any way guilty o.
planning the assassination of Mr.. Frick
or because was In any way implicated In
the attempted assassination, but merely
because l admit that | am an Anarchist
and say i am proud oft. The Anarchists
do not believe in the m urder of capitalists.
What possible good would 1t be TO me i
my employ ers were to he blown to atoms b,
the explosion of bombf That would no
better my situation one bit. Neither woul'
| 1t help tho cause of anarchism. 1t would
do far more harm than good to our cause
Prospective Trouble on nm Indiana Railway
KALAMAZOO. Mich, Aug. 15.-Four Crane
Rapids & Indiana engineers were dis
charged recently for alleged color blind
ness. The men were among the oldest il
the employ of the company. Two of then
had their sight tested by experts. 1t wa
found to be better than the average. Tn,
men have asked to be returned to thei
positions and 1t 10 understood that the
officials will not accept them. Brother
hood men here say that unless the men arr
rsrnstated trOnblc will follow. The train
men's unions will support the brotherho pod
and the result 10 being looked forward Il
with great anxiety.
Will Double It's Force.
PITTsBuRG, Aug. 16-The steel.works n
stowe near Pottstown, Will, 1t is said
double its force. and run on double tim,
from the Gath inst The ceuse of this il
the general improvement In the iron mar
ket
Frick Catching Trout.
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