The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-08-20
COAL CREEK WAR.
THE GOVERNMENT TO SUppg.y
AMMUNATION.
Troops Arriving HourIy-The Mill
tary In Full COntrOl-Many Killed
and WOunded-MaiOr Ander.
Ralo

ny Telegraph TO the State Chronicle.
WASHINGTON, August 19-This morn
ing 1t was officially stated that general
Grant acting secretary of war had re-
ceived telegram from Governor Buch-
anan, OF Tennessee, requesting the war
department to furnish him with arms
and ammunition to aid in suppressing
the striking miners. The request has
been complied with, and orders have
been issued to forward to Gov. Buchanan
from indianapolis 900 stand of arms and
80, 900 rounds of ammunition. A request
was received from Gov. Buchanan late
last night asking the use of the arms and
ammunition now stored at the United
States custom house at Knoxville. This
request could not be granted by the war
department as these supplies belonged to
the treasury department, and are for use
in suppressing offenses against the inter-
nal revenue laws. A requisition was also
received for the use of the arms in the
State military schools, but this was also
refused as these arms are part of the
educational outfits of the school and for
this use only. No call has yet been
made by Governor Buchanan for United
States troops.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, August 19.-In a
battle between the soldiers and the
miners, private Waltham, of the Chino
vie rifles of this city and three miners
names unknown, were killed Three
miners are known to have been wounded.
When general Carnes arrived at Coal
the telegraph Office and in fact the en-
tire village surrendered without opposi-
ton. The march was then taken up in
the direction of Camp Anderson, a mile
. distant. On the way the soldiers were
attacked by large body of miners,
possibly three hundred The fire was re
turned and considerable shooting was
done for about ten minutes. The miners
sent up flag of truce and surrendered.
The battle occurred about half past
: eleven. Waltham, the dead soldier, was
clerk in the East Tennessee railroad
: office in this city and was twenty-five
/ years Of age. A special train
carrying the Springfield rifles
fifty men. the Montgomery guards
/ Of Clarkville, fifty men seventy five vol
!. unteers from Knoxville, twenty five from
Nashville and twenty f,om Chattanooga
left for Coal Creek at IL o'clock TIL,
train also carried provisions for a weeks
:. campaign. An officer of the Springfield
: ries hsaid to reporter that his compan,
intended in rescuing captain Anderson
, if it took every man to do it. A larg
crowd was at the station to see the trail
on the Knoxville and Ohio road othe
than for military SERVES. Reports re
- ceived are that $50 soldiers whipped 3,
g 600 miners at Coal Creek yesterday. l
r. is said that 12 miners are eead and nearl
Is 20 wounded. The fight began yesterda
4 afternoon at O'clock A committee o
" miners waited on General Anderson yes
terday and asked him 70 surrender The
said they had had enough of bloodshe
and wanted peace, but convict were to b
turned over to them and the soldiers cap
tured. General Anderson told them t
st 90 back and wait until the gOvernC
acted, but only death stared them in th
= face if they attacked the fort A fe
:, minutes before 2 o'clock the miners be
" gan the attack There were 5000 {
them, armed with all sorts Of weapons
u The return fire was Ordred by Gener,
~ ~ every side of the fort belched out Som
a were killed outright and many wounded
r. At the stockade they stopped and me
, clambered over the walls to release tt
w. :" convicts The fort is some distance fro
. the s1ockade and higher up. The doc
If and entrances were thrown open and II
. miners were at last in possession. The
began to order the convicts to leave az
had them all captured when General 3
a. derson assembled all his soldiers at Il
n, side the miners were on and. moving Il
~ howitzer to that side, began to bombal
=, them. The miners stopped in the wol
~. u, of releasing the convicts and turned
ly get out of the way of the heavy fusilat
&C. of rifle bullets. Again and again the
~ leaders begged them to fight but th'
lo' rushed down the hill to escape the ful
70 Gus onslaught of the soldiers. Wi
ur never a halt and never rally tn
nd reached the bottom of the hill, beari1
twelve dead and more than TWEEN
wounded miners with them. They hurri
4 far out of the sight and reach of the gur
,p5 They then collected their shattered a.
. wounded forces and it is feared there 6
lS more than half hundred wounded a
~ more dead than reported.
| CLINTON, Tenn, August 19-Genel
Carnes at the hold of the ChattanoO
contingent, reached here at o'clock Ii
IN night. He was warned that dynam
II, had been placed on the track and he e
barked his men, formed them in colun
and started on the march to Coal Cree
or. The night was dark and the road wou
nre through the heavy timber. Five mi
est, east of Clinton the advance skirmish
of General Carnes' force heard voices
the timber and challenging were
swered with a volley which seemed to
Elk. all around them. No one was hit 6
the skirmish line fell back on the m
body which was now rapidly advancil
rye The firing increased but the militlan
stood to their work like veterans.
9 ten minutes the miners were IN full
C. treat, carrying with them several de
- Four of their dead were left behind tt
CO in the underbrush. General Carnes' ca
ick- alties amounted to four dead and
Al, wounded. Names were not obtalna
$50 as the men were placed In lmprovls
l'de. abulances and taken forward on
march to Coal Creek.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. August 10
r tonse excitement prevails here too
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