Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-19
THE LATEST OUTBREAK IN TEN
NESSEE.

For the benefit OF those who have
not clotely followed the particulars Of
the latest outbreak Of miners In Tennc-
see, and causes connected herewith,
We here reproduce q Dispatch to the
Louisville Courier Jouraai IL con-
talns details that did not appear In the
press kilograms published here.
NASHVILLE, Ten, Aug. a.
Especial. )-Once more Tennessee has
fiOtous miners. A prison sl0ckale has
been burned aud again have the con-
vlot Inmates been temporarily driven
from competitor with iree labor. The
scene OF the latest trouble 10 ut Tracy
expected.
NJ O'Clock this morning the stock.
AIDE was burned and the 800 con.
DO started Tor Nashville. At
committee OF miners AwORe T..
U. Nathurst, Superintendent OF the
mines for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad Company, and asked him
that the miuurs be allowed as many
hours work In each week as the con
yic,s. Mr.. Naihurst reploi that he
would submit the matter TO tho com.
pany and DO what he could.
TINS committee then LETT and Mr..
Nathurst, knowing that secret oath.
bound organization had been formed
some weeks ago for purposes unknown,
al once began TO ~ pcct trouble. He
went to Deputy Warden Burton, aud
together they began to circulate among
the miners, who were gathering In
groups, Hnd toy 10 influence thom to
keep quiet.
Their efforts were Of no avail, Slowly
the OminOus air OF suppressed excite.
ment Ueeame Hinged with threats and
promises OF destruction TO tho et0ckaue
or a battle.
Al $3.50 O'Clock mn organized body OF
$50 men, 100 OF them armed and MY
apparently unnrm ad, advanced on the
stockadc. To capture IL was the work
OF minute. Without uuduc confusion
every piece Of property belonging TO
the rouncsse Coal, Iron and Railroad
company was removed 10 n safe dis.
lance and the convicts who were In
the stockado were led out under guard.
Then tho torch was applied, aud at
o O'Clock tue buildings were q mass OF
flames. The minera nj once proceeded
10 the mine-, took possession OF the
convicts, marched them 10 tho railroad
station aud loaded them IN box care.
Next the telegraph wires were cut aud
a guard was placed over every engine
Ia the yards 10 prevent carrying the
news down the mountain.
Later ON Conductor Finch and I'm.
gineer BOlten were ordered 10 leave
| Immediately with the conviots. Being
covered by guns they were Obliged to
obey. Thetrain arrived al tho foot OF
the mountain at pm. Captain Bur.
ton, with twenty-five guards, has the
conviCts Ia charge and under control.
Between Sowanee anu Mohtcagle,
the cOnvic,s cut the train in two, nud
ten or fifteen made n break lot liberty.
! Several sh0lsweTe fired. Matt Wilson,
white, was Kilied, anu the jaw OF JOhn
| Smith, n Memphis negro, was shot OIL.
/ Three others were wounded, but they
/ succeeded In escaping, ~ tho guard
could not leave the train,
Last simmer when the conylcts
were released at Coal Creek, Oliver
/ Springs aud Bricevillr, an uusuccess.
ful altempt was made TO have the
/ Tracy City miners take similar action,
| but II failed for the reason that the
| rennesses Cohl, Iron anu Railroad
Company was working its free miners
/ on iull time, and they did not feel that
they were Injured by the conviots be.
ing nj work there.
| Recently, however, the company
| found II necessary ~ reduce the q i
output, aud during July the output
was only %, 900 tons, whereas year
/ ago the output was $4,000 tons. The
| loss all Tell on the Tres miners, who
| were put on half time, while the con.
| viuts worked full time. This caused
| the organisation OF the band that today
| burned the stOckades.
Vice. President Baxter, Of the Ten.
| nessge Coal, Iron and Railroad Com.
pany, Wednesday informed Governor
| Buchanan that trouble was anticipated,
and Superintendent Of Prisons Wade
ON Thursday made an investigation
and reported all quiet He, however,
| engaged my new guards u reinforce
the tnitty already ON hand.
10 Ia quite cOincident that when
| Governor buchanan received news Of
| tbs trouble this morning he was In
| conference with c0mmittoc,of miners
from Coal Creek, who had presented
resolutions recently adopted by the
Tree miners asking the withdrawal Of
the State troops, aud plejglng ggcd
! behavior, When they heard Of the
trouble they at once wont home In
order 10 prevent any trouble that might
be causpd there.
Gov. Buchanan has officially 70.
c,ivud no information Of the trouble
except that the couvlCts were Al
Cowan. Adjt Gen. Norman ordered
o special train to bring the convicts,
numbering 800, 10 Nashville. The
State Board OF Prison Inspectors will
order the return OF the conviols 10
Tracy CITY as soon rs tho stuukado is
rebuilt, aud viii furnish the guards
necessary 10 protect them. Gov. Bu.
chauun is powerless In the premises.
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