Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-08-19
YAE MINERS FlGHY.
The News from Coal Creek
Large Number Killed.
= .ners Attack the Militia and are
Repulsed.

|@A4t*<40 IA1A<V nAt4Co1 OA1 tAft btfNfot'
~ Coal Creek, each time being re
pulsed, the third time with heav,
less, many being killed. The wire'
nre cut, aud nothing can be heard
The repuise IL said to have beer
very bloody. Five hundred militis
and citizens are hurrying forward
n 20 re-enforce Col. Anderson. Peo
pie here are terribly excited, and
business Is suspended.
KNOXVILLE, Aug. l9.-Yesterdas
the court house bell rang the riol
call, and since then the city has
been one huge paIpi,ating nerve.
The excitement Is Intense aud he
yond description. At O'Clock tie
wires were cut at Coal Creek, nno
newspaper men aud railroad men
knew the last step was about to bt
be taken. Shortly thereafter lh.
Journal received a bulletin that ali
attack had been made upon cam.
Anderson, and from the news nov
obtajnable the attack must have
been feeler, as no casualties wer,
reported. Ia short time another
attack was made, aud then third
III the last, gatIing guns wer'
brought to bear upon the miners
with deadly effect. Many were kill
ed and wounded.
At six last eve Mug the alarming
news was brought in that Captain
Anderson had been captured and
held US u prisoner with guaid 10
prevent the hot-headed faction from
hanging him. Details of the re-.
ported capture are not yet known,
but 1t Is said to some extent to nav,
disheartened the militia. They
were, however, fighting with des
perativn. They know that ca ptnr,
Will be followed by death at the
hands of an infuriated mob. Rein
forcements are hurrying northward,
bat they are few In number. though
brave lighters. At 8 p. m. General
Carnes aud the West Tenness,
tro ,ps not yet arrived, and 1t is
fe sred the little band that left Knox.
Vile In the afternoon will be butcher
cd before help can reach IL. Yestel.
day afternoon the posse summoneo
BY Sheriff Holloway was armto
with Winchester rifles. 1t numb. y
cd eighty-fve men, among then
some Of the most prominent busi-
ness and professional men In the
city, and commanded by Major ID.
A. Carpenter.
The posse was joined ty the NIL
tia under command Of Col. WOOL
ford, numbering probably one hun
dred men. The party Immediately
lett for the scene of the trouble. AT
Clinton they were met by number
ol citizens Of Knoxville. Clinton,
and Coal creek, who urged the alb
eolute madness Of going forward
without reinforcements. A thousand
armed miners, they said, were
drawn up ready to fire upon them
~ they alighted from the train, and
dynamite was everywhere. Major
Carpenter heard them through, and
turning to the men, said: "Boys, i
guess we will go on" And as they
went beyond Clinton they aye
not been heard from.
At Clinton the sounds of battle
arc plainly heard, and there Is no
doubt deadly fighting RACES beyond
tho mountains. The possible fate
Of Knoxville troops Is leaking out,
and thousands Of angry and excited
men are In line In the streets, aud
curse Buchanan for weakness and
~ miners for madness. The court
house bell Is again ringing the riot |
CALL and excited people are rushing |
IA that direction. Men are volun-
teering but there are no arms. Gen
oral Carnes, with 400 men, has Just
reached Knoxville, and will i'm.
1nediately go to the front. The
opinion is growing that an awful
loes Of life ofgood citizeas and inno-
cent men can only be ayerted by
prompt action of the governor 10.
calling on the president to send fed
oral troops 10 the scene Of action.
KNOXVILLE, Aug. l9.-Lntest
news OF yesterdays fight at Coal
Cieek Il 10 the effect that twelve
|uiners were killed aud twenty
wounded. Attack by miners was
made with 300 men against l50. A
Heturu fife was ordered by General
Apdsrson and u blaze from every
iIile of ths fort belched out. Some
we're killed outright and many
wounded. At the stockade they
|topped and the men clambered /
D)er walls 10 release the convlcts. :
~ the fort some distance from the ,
fookade higher up, doors aud en- ,
oppea were thrown open and the
1lners at last were Ia possession. I
( Thoy began TO order convlcts 10 I
ave aud had them all captured /
Aen General Anderson assembled
y hts soldiers at the side the mi !