The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-08-26

the scis~ az Fort Anderson Raised -
Gen. Gnrncs aud sis militia Forcc Aftcr
= tsatfir On th~ Weeds. ~ which ~~v-
eral we're Killed and Wounded The
Miners al Coal Greek Surrender. aud are
Undcr Arrest.
NAsuvuLi.E. Tenn. Aug. 90 Coal
Creek Il In the h.n'ls ~ Gen. Carnes
ana forces Thcs. dispatches told
Thursday night 81 the departure 81 the
trains bearing the forces 20 relieve
Camp Anderson. The first train. which
left AZ rs, Thursday afternoon. car
rying 49, mitlamrn and about eighty
i've citizens had the brunt az the
hattie. This train went 10 Otfutt las;
night before dark. and then the forces
left there and started on a roundabout
way across the mountain 20 reach the
camp and relieve AnderSnn's men Ia
the fort. They understood that other
forces were - follow. but they knew
nothing definite.
They had proceeded but little way
when crowd Of some fifty or 100
miners concealed in ambush fired on
them from behind. These miners were
concealed behind rocks and trees
knoxvillc's business men were in the
rear and they caught the storm Of bull
lets. The command halted and re-
turned the fire. They then charged
the miners and drove them from their
position and from the mountain.
During the fight John r Valthall. a
clerk In the East Tennessee railroad.
this city. fell dead with bullet
through his brain and Bush Givens. a
constable OF this city. fell dead with
several halls through him. and Lawyer
Il. l.. Carly, Of this city, received ball
in the shoulder. but is not fatally
wounded.
Hon. $ @. IIeislscll Of this city had a
ball to glance his check and one to cut
his fingcrnail. and after this the Of
ficers thought best to fall back to the
railroad and telegraph station in or
der 10 concentrate with other troops II
there were any. and they did 50. They
reached CfTrt about noon. Here they
waited some time before they could
get communication. They finally
found that GEN. Carncs was in full pos
session Of Coal Greek and cominuni.
Gated with him. lie sent a train
for them and took them to Coal
Creek. whore they arrived abou;
s p. m ~ p. m. the men were 50
exhausted that he sen. them 70 Knox.
vile. c,snplimcnting them on their
bravery. The train arrived here to
night with them on board and the
bodies ~ the two de,d men. An i'm
A
Gen. Carnc~. who went through
I Thursday night with his force of ~
men. lay AZ Ofvutt allnight. Early Fri
day morning he moved on to Goa
1 Creek. lie moved his mcn near thu
I village in commanding petition. Iii
first order 10 the miners TO surrender
I was me; dcnantly When he began 4
advance his forces and the miners s,v
that he meant to fight they surrendered
under arrest. Many. however. whs
were arm "a escaped with their guns.
! Fort Anderson never had any idea o.
surrcndering. though the men inside
, knew nothing Of the outside world 81
1 the fate of their commander
\ Daring the fight last night and thi
morning two men were killed in th'
ort-Private Waterman. Of Memphis
and Private smith. Of Chattanooga
4 Miner spy Detected.
\ KSoxvn.tr. Tenn. Aug. 2l.-Georg
+. Irish. Of the miners grievance com
mittee at Coal Creek. has been in III
city since Tuesday. having given Il ont
that he was forced 70 quit Coal Creei