Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-19
, Desperate Fight Between Miners
and Militia at Camp
Anderson.
,.IrltNa GUNS USED WITH
DEADLY EFFECTS.
General Anderson Said TO he
Capiire-sRngulnary Scenes
Expected.
THE TENNESSEE RIOT.
p,ndiy Encounters between Miners
aud niiitih.


p,ndI, Encounters Between Miners
aud riiitiA.
KNoxviLLE, Aug. 1s.-This after.
,son the court house bell rang the riot
ali and sluce then the city has been
sne large palpitsting nerve.
The excitement IN intense and be-
yond description.
Al Q O'Clock the wires were cut ut
Coal Greek and the newspaper mon
snd railroad men knew the last stop
was about 10 be taken.
shortly thereafter the journal re.
eeiy,d a bulletin that an attack had
beep made upon Camp Anderson aud
nom tho news obtainnble the attack
must have been fecler, ~ no CASUAL
ilrs were reported. In a short time
another attack was made, and then n
Ihifd, In the last, Calling guns were
liDlght 10 bear on the miner with
deadly effect. Many were killed and
wounded.
Az SIX THIS EvESING
the alarming news was brought In that
Captain Anderson had been captured
AMI wak being held IA prisoner with
guards 10 prevent faction from hang
Inc him. The details reported that
tho capture had not yet been made but
nis believed 10 some extent anu VIII
,oon he Hscertgined. The militia,
however, Is fighting with desperation
a. they know that capture will be fol.
lowedby the death Of nll at the hands
Il the Infatuated mob.
Relnforuemcnts ARE hurrying north
vAtj, but they are few IL number,
ihouS brave fighters.
AT S +. NJ.
General Carnts and the West Tennes-
zee troops hal not yet arrived.
10 Is feared that tho little band that
ln Knoxville this afternoon VIII be
lu,cherrd bciorehtlp can reach It,
This afternoon q pusse was sum.
moned by Sherih Holloway aui ARMED
with Winchester ritica. II numbered
tighiy.nye men, among them some Of
he most prominent business and pro.
isssiDnal men OF the city, anu com
sn,Bded by Major u. \. Carpenter.
TIE posse was joined by tie militia
unatf command Of Colonel Woolforj,
NUMBERING probably u hundred men.
The party Immediately LETT for the
Icene Of trouble. At Clinton they
vtp met bya number OF cltlzena OF
Knoxville, Clinton and Coal Creek
Who urged that II was absolute mad.
pas. going forward without reinforce
nents.
A thousand armed miners, they said,
yefo drawn up
READY To FIRE
upon them IA they alighled from the
tain, and there was dynamite every.
where. Major Carpenter heard them
through anu then, turning to the men,
tald.
"Boys, guess we 10 on" and they
won't beyond Clinton. They have not
been heard frOh.
At Clintou the sounds OF battle were
heard ana there u no doubt that
deadly fighting ragcd beyond tho
mountains.
Thousands Of angry and excited men
line tue streets anu curse Buchanan
for his weakness and the miners for
their meanness. Tho court house boil
u again ringing the riot call and ex-
cited people aro rushing In that direc-
ton, and men volunteering, but there
afs no arms.
General Carncs with four hun bred
men has just reached Knoxville aud
WILL 90 IMMEDIATELY 10 THE
FRONT.
The ax,lniOn ia growing that an
Awiu'S>oi lilo OF citlaons and inno-
cent men Will only 10 avoided by
prompt action Of tho governor In call.
lng On the president TO send federal
Hoops to the scene.
AT ELLvES O'CLOCK.
kNoNvILLE, Aug. is. - At this
hour the wires are still down and real
Lews Is not Obtaiuable. Ii II known
mai majority OF Carpenters Knox
yllle men reached Onutts, about
safety.
~ hposSible the frat heard OF him
wiz be inside Camp Anderson, after
sklTmish with the surprised
a courier came into Clinton Mt II
O'Clock with the news that the firing
was Kept up all the afternoon, that the
"Aulhg gun was out OF condition and
PouR SOLDIERS KILLED.
ever.
" now transplres that the firing has
vuvh uesultory,no such attacks having
been made.
Ihe miners claim none Of them have
zen injured, hut this IL not believed.
report also comes that General An-
uvtQn has been removed from the
hosi AZ Coal Creek aud that he will
Killed tonight. II this proves true
me vengeance OF the people will be
Mlul' Miners from Kentucky are
warming TO Coal Crock, aud II Is rp.
,oNeu they captured Calling gun
ym homo militia company aud arc
nIinglng II with them.
~ GENERAL Carnes reaches Coal
1ieeG he VIII open tolegraphic con-
neu'ioh with Knoxville, having wire,
"ueinsn anu operators with him.
GENERAL ANDERSON CAPTURED.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Aug. ls.-A
slee!nl to the Tmos from the scene of
~ hlei at /. M, says the reporter
"np ms been under unrest by the
nlutIs since night before las. has lust
tVapeu. He says the fighting began
ss, q o'clock and continued without ces.
'n!ion until 0 O'Clock.
DuIlns tue fight two or three OF the
Sausre OF the miners weTO captured by
sueial Anderson's troops. A truce
,alstd and the miners told Ander-
SUI " he would .tifr.ndor tb.I, I.,n,,.,,