Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-08-25
A REGULAR BATTLE

| Ger. Car,e. aud Hfs Militia Force After
Battle In the Woods, In whicn 80
eral were Killed and Wounoeo-1
Miners at Coal Creek Surrender, and arc
| Under Arrest.
| NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 2o.-Coai
Creek is in the hands of Gen. Carnes
and forces These dispatches told
Thursday night of the departure of the
trains bearing the forces to relieve
Camp Anderson. The first train, which
left at $3.50 Thursday afternoon. car
rying 1856 miltiamen and about eighty
five citizens had the brunt of the
| battle. This train went to Offutt last
night before dark. and then the forces
left there and started on a roundabout
| way across the mountain to reach the
camp and relieve Anderson's men in
the fort. They understood that other
forces were to 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.
| Knoxville'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 E. Walthall, a
clerk in the East Tennessee railroad,
! this city, fell dead with a bullet
through his brain and Bush Owens, a
| constable of this city, fell dead with
several balls through him, and Lawyer
T. L. Carly, of this city, received ball
! in the shoulder. but is not fatally
/ wounded.
| Hon. s. G. Heiskell of this city had a.
| ball to glance his cheek and one to cut
| his fingernail, and after this the Of
/ ficers thought best to fall back to the
/ railroad and telegraph station in or
| der to concentrate with other troops il
| there were any. and they did So They
| reached Cffut about noon. Here they
! waited some time before they could
| get communication. They finally
found that Gen. Carnes was in full pos
session of Coal Creek and coInmuni--
Gated with him. He sent q train
for them and took them to Coal
Creek, where they arrived about
i 8 p. m. At 4 p. m. the men were so
| exhausted that he sent them to Knox
! vile, complimenting them on their
bravery The train arrived here to-
| night with them on board and the
| bodies of the two dead men. An inn
mense crowd met them at the depot.
Gen. Carnes, who went through
Thursday night with his force of 515
men. lay at Offutt all might. Early Fri
day morning he moved on to Coal
Creek. He moved his men near the
village in a commanding petition. His
first order to the miners to surrender
was met dcfiantly. When he began to
advance his forces and the miners saw
that he meant to fight they surrendered
under arrest. Many, however who
We're armed escaped with their guns.
| Fort Anderson never had any idea of
surrendering, though the men inside
knew nothing of the outside world or
the fate of their commander.
During the fight last night and this
morning two men were killed in the
fort-Private Waterman. of Memphis,
and Private Smith. of Chattanooga.
Miner Spy Detected.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 21.-Gcorge.
E. Irish, of the miners grievance COM
! mittee at Coal Creek, has been in the
| city since Tuesday, having given it out
that he was forced to quit Coal Creek
because he made an address to the
| miners convention counseling peace.
1t developed last night that he had
been furnishing the miners information
of the movements of the militia and the
authorities. Trusty men were employed
by him to carry messages to Coal Creek
On horseback when the wires were
down. He was very conspicuous on the
streets Yesterday, but last night he was
not to be seen. Several citizens are on
the lookout for him, and he will be
warned to leave the city.
The Capture OF Capt. Anderson.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug, 2O.-A spe-
cial from the seat of war. filed at 10 a.
m, says:
A reporter who was under arrest by
the miners since night before last and
just esca ped says that the fighting be-
gan at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon
and continued without cessation until
6 o'clock. During the fight two or three,
leaders of the miners were captured by
Capt. Anderson's troops A dls of truce
was raised and the miners told Ander-
son if he would surrender their leaders
they would allow them to return to,
their fort. He took the men and went
down among the mob. When out of
range of the guns he was captured and
not allowed to return.
Bud Lindsay Under Arrest.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Aug. 21.-Gen.
Carnes has Bud Lindsay, the leader
OF the miners, under arrest at Coal
Creek He is a deputy United States.
marshal and thoroughly desperate
character. He has killed several men,.
It was he who proposed hanging Capt.
Anderson Thursday and was only pre-.
vented by his brother, who is a good
citizen and postmaster at Coal Creek.