The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-08-20
Decisive Battle Fought and Won by The
Soldiers at Coal Greek.
KBEY ElHERS KILLED AND YOUEDlD.
Description of the Battle and tho Dark
Lonesome March over the Mountains
10 tho scene or Connict-Ciuzens
Young and Old Volunteered
for the Service

reported on all sides Railroad men tell va
Tious stories Of carnage and battle. Cap
tain Keller Anderson, commanding Coal
Creek. is still q captive, and will be held as
hostage by the miners. Carnes swears to
lberate the Captain and the men will fight
20 Jhe death for him. A special received
this afternoon says that the miners are
Withdrawing before the troops and posses.
The force Of men now in the field in COM
mand OF General Carnes is composed OF
men OF rare nerve and pluck. and they can
be depended upon IN any emergency.
oiEN IN THE FIELD.
The force is as follows First regiment,
Colonel H.. T. Fox. go men. second regl-
ment. Colonel A. r.. Taylor 250 men; IhHd
regiment. Colonel Gator WoOlford, $50 men;
Independent company stationed at Coal
Creek under Captain Anderson, 100 men
B battery. Nashville, six-inch steel gun and
latest eating. with ~ men under Lieuten-
ant Heist citizens posse from Chattanooga,
Captain B. l.. Watkins, 200 men; citizens
posse. knoxville, Captain -. A. Carpenter
200 men; citizens posse, Nashville. Captain
5. A. C0nsidene. 80 men. This makes
total of 1.257 men now al Coal Creek ready
for any sort OF service.
MORE MIN CALLED ron.
has succeeded excitement and the streets
are crowded with people, who are anXousy
scanning the bulletins without heed Of the
fsst-faling rain. The riot bell is again ring
ing and q call Is made for 1000 more men
70 20 TO the aid Of the fighting soldiers and
citizens. SO conflicting are the reports from
the scene of action that no definite infOr-
melton can be given. 10 is known that the
6ght is on and with spirit, but no one can
give any details. The fate of Captain An
dersOu is the anxiety of the people, who fear
that be has been lynched by the mob.
private in the MurfreesbOrO company was
accidentally killed at Clinton and bis re-
mains will be shipped home to-day. Strong
reinforcements are being formed at the
courthouse.
$50 SOLDIERS DEFEAT 5000 MINERS.
KNoxvILLE. Tenn, August 19.-Reports
received here are that l5O soldiers whipped
$3.50 miners at Coal Creek yesterday. IL IS
said that twelve miners are dead and nearly
twenty wounded. The fight began yester-
day afternoon nt 2 o'clock. committee on
miners waited on General Anderson yester-
day and asked him TO surrender. They SAID
they had had enough of bloodshed and
wanted peace but tho cOnvlcts were 10 be
turned over TO them and the soldiers ca
General Anderson told them TO go back
and wait until the Governor acted, but only
death stared them IN the face II they at
tackled the fort.
few minutes before o'clock the miners
began the attack. There were three tnou-
sand of them, armed with all sorts or
weapons. The return FIRE was ordered Dy
General Anderson and blaze of fire from
every side of the fort belched out. some
were killed outright and many wounded.
TWELVE MINERS KILLED.
At the stockade they stopped and men
cIambered over the walls TO release the con-
yicts The tort is some distance from the
stockade and higher up. The doors and en-
frances were thrown open, and the miners
were al last in possession. They began 10
order the cOnvicts 10 leave. and had them
all captured, when General Anderson assem-
bled all bis soldiers at the side the miners
we're on and moving the hOWltzer TO tnat
side began 70 lombard them. The miners
stopped IN the WORK OF releasing the con
victs. and turned 20 get out OF the way OF
the heavy fusilade Of rifle bullets. AGAIN
and again their leaders begged them 70
fqht Iut they rushed down the hill to
escape the furious onslaught of the soldiers.
With never a halt and never rally they
reached the bottom Of the NIL, bearing
twelve dead and more than twenty wounded
miners with them. Ihey hurrieo Iar o.t oI
the siVht and reach OF the guns. Ihey then
collected their shattered end wounded
forces. and it is feared that there are more
thar a half-hundred wounded ana more
dead than reported.
ANOTHER VICTORY FOR THE TROOPS.
Crrgrov. TgSv, August l0.-Genera
0arnes AZ the head OF the Chatta-
noooa contingent. reached here al
O'Clock last night. lie was warned
that dynamite mad been placed on
tbs track and he disem barked hls men.
torreed them in columns and started on the
,,eroh to Coal Creek. The night was dark.
and tie road wound through the heavy TIM
bera Five miles east of Clinton the advance
Administers Of General Carnes. force heard
voices in the timber and, challenging were
answered with a vOlley. winch seemed 70 be
all around them No one was hit, ana the
skirmish line fell back on the main body.
which was now rapidly advancing Inc
firing increased but the mihtiamen stood 20
their work ike veterans. Ia ten minutes
the miners were ip full retreat, carrying
with them several dead -Four OF their dead
were left behind them IN the uhuerpusn.
General Carnes' casualties amounted 10
fopr dead and six wounded. he names
were not obtained as the men were placed
in iroprovised ambulauces aud taken tor-
ward on tho march 10 Cosl Creek.
afNERs SURRENDER ALL ALoNo.
Kvoxvrty. Trsg.. August BIN bat
lie betweeu the soldiers and the miners
Private Waltham of the ChihoWie isihes ol
this city and three miners, names HhAuO"1'
were killed. Three miners are known u
have been wounded When General Carnes
arrived az Coal Creek with bis regiment
this morning the telegraph Office ana IA
fact the entire village surrendered without
opposition. The march Was then taken up
in the direction of Camp Anderson, a mils
distant. On the way the soldiers were al
tackled oy large body Of miners. possibly
800. The fire was returned and considerable
shooting WAS done for about ten minutes.
The miners sent up fiag Of truce and sur
rendered. The battle occurred about 1880
O'Clock
Waltham. the dead soldier. was q clerk in
the East Tennessee railroad Office IN this
city and was twenty-five years Of age
10 RESCUE CAPTAIN ANDERSON.
KwoxylLLE. TgEE. August 10. A special
train carrying tho Springfield Rifles. fifty
men. the Montgomery Guards Of Clarksvile,
hlty men. seyenty-hye volunteers from
Knoxville. twenty-five from Nashville and
twenty from Chattanooga. left FOR Coal
Creek al 1 O'Clock The train also carried
provisions for week. An officer Of Spring
neid said 10 a reporter Of tho United Press
that the oonpnnT intended Ies0uing Cap