The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-08-24

"a complete and detailed account accord.
ING to the records on file nj this office OF
these troubles will hereafter be made pubic.
Information was received at TINS olnce
August 13 that Tracy City branch prison
had surrendered to the miners and the
stockade was burned On Sunday. August
H. the superintendent of prisons ordered an
additional warden and guards to reinforce
the Inman stockade. On Monday, August
10, reliable information was received that
the stockade at lnman was threatened with
attack The sheriff of the county of Marion
was ordered to summon posse and protect
the stockadc. but failed TO execute the or
der and the stockade was captured by the
miners The sheriff failed to obey the
orders. The troops from Knoxville reached
Oliver Springs; the troops from Chattanooga
were intercepted. The stockade was attack
cd by the miners. who were repulsed. but II
finally capitulated to an overpowering force
Fearing SIMILAR outbreak at oliver
Springs, without waiting for official inform
alton, at once teegraphed the sherin OF
Morgan county to summon large posse anu
protect the stockade. The nearest military
forces, the Chattanooga and Knoxville
counties, were ordered to go at once to
the scene of action | ordered the sheriffs
of Hamilton and Knox counties to supple
ment the regular troops by 900 men each,
and the sheriffs of Shelby and Davidson 10
furnish l,O50 men each, and the sheriils OF
other counties to furnish their respective
quota. | ordered Gen. Carnes, with the
forces at his disposal, to proceed as rapidly
as possible to Coal Creek and disperse the
mob
II have entire confidence in the skill and
bravery of Gen. Kellar Anderson, who is in
command of the state forces at Coal Creek,
and occupies strongly fortified position.
The last official reports were that Gen.
Carnes, with a strong force, had reached
IA r.. sina a.Nff fAal
ION "Wednesday, August Il, having OBJ
tanned reliable Information of the strength
of the miners and their purpose to attack
the state troops at Coal Creek, ordered the
entire military forces of the state to con,
centrate at Knoxville under the command
of Gen. s. T. Carnes, brigadier-general n.
q. $. 7. have every reason to believe that
the insurrection will be quelled. To render
this result certain additional forces are
being sent as reinforcements as rapidly as
they can be assembled and transported.
Some Sheriffs and citizens have calamity
| made voluntary offers OF assistance ana
have been gladly received.
ut is the purpose of the executive de-
partment to use every power conferred on
It by the Constitution and the laws to restore
order and preserve the maintenance OF the
law therefore call on every patriotic
citizen to hold himself in readiness in case
his services should be needed by the state.
Coal Creek Occasional arrests by scouting
parties were the only events. All the
houses in the vicinity have been searched.
General Carnes has now nearly 300 prison
ers confined under guard in the church at
Coal Creek, having captured about 80 men,
.ther miners or their allies on Sunday.
TwENTY-sEvEN DEAD RIOTERS FOUND.
Three more dead bodies of miners were
onnd i'm the mountains, one of them badly
mortified and worms had eaten the face
! This makes in all the bodies of q miners
! found since Thursdays skirmish, A num-
er of wounded were carried away by their
Dmrades.
Fifteen guns were captured in the noun
tain, and beside each was a miners cap and
lamp. General Carnes thinks the trouble is
about over, but others believe the miners
are playing 'possum in the hills and will
concentrate to give him battle and attempt
the release of the prioners.
The Tennessee State Board OF Prison In
spectors on Saturday resolved that, in ac
cordance wish the contract with the Tennes
! see Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, all
convicts in excess of 400, and women and
| hospital inmates, must be removed from the
penitentiary, in which there are now l,O70
| The Board agrees to furnish guards for safe
keeping of the convicts wherever the com.
pany may desire to locate them.