The Red Cloud chief., 1892-08-26
ANARCHY RAMPANT.
Tho Labor Troubles Becoming Very
Serious.
The Mountains Of Tennessee Alive With
Riotous M~iucrs-Thcy Capture the
militia and Defy the Authorities
Tho situation NJ buffalo.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Aug. 10. -Anarehy
reigns supreme In the mining regions
north Of this city. Excitement here IL
intense and Is heightened by the lack
of definite Information from the scches
Of the trouble, the wires having been
cut. The mob Is In actual possession 81
the property Of the East Tennessee rail-
road In the neighborhood Of Coal Creek
and Oliver Springs They have cut wires
In numerous places, torn mp the tracks
In every direction and captured every 10
connective In the mining region
The miners az Coal Creek, Jellico,
Newcomb and other points seized three
trains and with drawn winchesters
compelled the trainmen 10 take them
bered 1900 men, including the miners
At the latter point. The warden heard
of their approach and when the miners
were NJ least n mile from the stockade
cowardly abandoned his post and with
his convicts and guards marched IA mile
TO surrender.
The miners were led by II. l. Monroe,
who makes no attempt 70 disguise the
part he took. The guns of the militia
men were takcn from them and they
reached Knoxville about Z o'clock last
night. The miners then seized three
= trains, on which they had gone t. OH
vcr, and loading tho first with convicts
and guards, and boarding the other
two, pulled out for Clinton. From this
point tho convicts were brought TO
Knoxville, and the miners left for Coal
Creek, where the miners OF the entire
region arc concentrating.
The wires arc cut beyond Clinton and
nothing can I've heard, but the universal
belief Is that Coal Creek will be ut
tackled before morning. Al least $500
men arc congregatcd there, md the
miners say they cnn secure 5000 men IL
necessary.
MILITIA CAPTURED
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. ls.-Over
1,600 miners are massed no Coal Creek,
all heavily armed. They have captured
two companies OF militia sent to Oliver
Springs. They locked the soldiers In n
warehouse at Clinton and then 1000
strong marched them across the mount
ain to Coal Creek. When the proposed
assault ON Camp Anderson Is made they
will force the captive soldiers In uni
form 10 march at tho head Of tho
column and have sent word to the Of
ficers in command Of thelr intentions
They believe that the officers Of tho
camp will refuse TO FIRE on them ~ long
as the soldiers IRE in front
Various estimates are made of the
number Of the rioters, some estimates
running up into thousands. but n gen.
eral opinion prevails that ''the woods
nre full of them" The number may be
greatly exaggerated but they doulHlcss
have a reserve force which will number
fully 5000 rcsolute men Injured 70 hard
ship and fatigue, many of them veter-
ans Of the late war. Should they break
out into open rebellion and defy the
troops sent to Quell the disturbances
they will prove a very dificult body of
men to handle, familiar rs they are
with all the mountain retreats, passes
and bypathS
STATE AROUSED.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. lathe
state is thoroughly aroused and men Of
oil classes are ready to join u law and
order company TO aid the military in
restoring quiet, " NJ the cost Of u
few live1 Sheriff Holloway, of Knox
county, has called for 500 citizens of
Knoxville 10 go 70 the relief Of the SOL
diers of Coal Creek. This IL under au.
thority Of an order to that effect from
Gov. buchanan. Petitions have been
wired to the governor asking him 10 call
on the general government for aid.
SOLDIERS sTRIPPED.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. lS-Thirty
soldiers OF the National guard reached
the city last night, having walked the
greater part of h way from divers, q
distance Of thirty-six miles They were
hungry and almost physically exhaust
ed. They started to divers Tuesday
and were captured by body Of 500
miners, who stripped them Of musketS
side arms and belts MAJ Chandler
and Col Macbeth, of the Third regi-
ment, were threatened with lynching.
1t Is stated that Col. Macbeth paid $40
for his release, provided he should re-
turn 70 the city. Chandler pressed
q mule and made good his escape
n SITUATION AT DUFFALo.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. ls.-The Lake
Shore switchmen have Just quit work.
A gang Of them were seen and they said
they had been ordered out, and TINT
the Lackawanna switchmen will follow
them. Seven switch engines In the
south Buffalo yard, usually Mt work,
are idle. A telephone message from
the Eleventh precinct states that the
men In the east Buffalo Lake Shore
yards are also out This Is confirmed
by other railroad men.
A telephone message from the Della.
ware, IAckawanna Il Western office
says the ~Lackawanna and Nickel Plate
men are expected to strike.
This city Is a freight belenguered
town, The pulse Of railroad commer,
cial business has stopped and the
wheels Of business are clogged and
clothed with accumulated and accumu-
lating freight trains People who as.
sumo familiarity with the symptoms OF
great strike movements are grave Of
manner and speech.