The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-08-25
LABOR TROUBLES.
"A Band OF Free Miners Drive Away Com
Vlct Miners.

vIct Miners.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Aug. To-
The convict lease system which occa-
stoned the law lessness Of the Coal Creek
miners at Brcevlle, in Anderson Coun-
ty, about this time last year, is again the
iuciLing cause for riot and lawless out
breaks il another district. Mutterings
and threats Of this have filled the air Tor
months, and correspondents who were
on the ground al Bticcvillc IT. ccly stated
that there was Il reriect org aulzatiou of
all Tree miners III the States OF Tcuucs-
see, Georgia and AlaOama, who were
sworn TO rid ali mines Oi conv.cts.
The idea was hot received with iull
cr"dcncc, ard no extraordinary prccau-
tiunS have been taken TO prevent an
| outbreak in other districts remote from
"a" scenes OF the troubles of '9l. The
!ir*t mL'matlon was an unexpected at
tack on the guards IL, Tracy City last
Friday night, and the liberation OF the
r"nNicts. The story OF how they were
sent back To Nashville was told in these
dispa;Chcs.
Tracy City is on the Western branch
ct the Cum 01rl.tLu Mountains, Eastern
being separated from it by canal shap':d
valley, up which ruus the lately built
Stquachec Valley Branch OF the Nash
vil!r, Chattanooga ard st. Louis Rail
road to PIkevilIe.
About Unc-iorth Of The way up the
valley from where the SrQuacncc River
emptlcs into the Tennessee at South
lhttsburg, tho Tennes see Coal, Iron and
Halfway Company have mines at Inman,
al tho end OF spur track OF about eight
or ten miles This spur leaves the line
al Victoria, whcle the company have
III operation Il lagc number ofcoke ovens
supplied from the surrounding mines, of
wh;ca that at lnman is the principal.
From Tracy City it is but a short
days walk down the mountain TO Vic
torla, and trouble Was partially expected
alter the outbreak at Tracy City. They
suspicion was we'll lou lded, for early
Sunday morning little knots of miners
began TO congrcgate, among them some
strangers from the Tracy City, and
every miner was visited by them. They
gathered together about two hundred we'll
armed men, aud proceeded towards the
stockade. The squad OF guards form.
c!ly on duty at Tracy City who had
taken The released prisoners from there
to Tie rcntcntiaty at Nashville, were
cn route TO Imam To reinforce the men
protecting the prisoners there.
Az White Hall the train WAS stopped
on trestle and the reinforcement cut
Oil. Ihcu movement was made on
lnman. NO res stance was made, and
2S2 convlcts and twcnty.seven guards
were taken prisoners by mcb of free
miners, lcd by II. L. IIellon, the party
having left Whitewell sccre ly last
night. The prisoners were marched to
Victoria, loaded 0u cars. and hauled
away by a switch engine.
The stOckade was not burned and no
damage was done to the property OF the
company. Last night work was Or
dcrcd suspended by the company, the
Tree miners having been missed from the
village. The convicts were taken to
Bridgeport, Ala, and from there sent
Via the Nashville and Chattanooga Rail.
road to Nashville, under charge of f.
Is. Wade, superintendent Of prisons.
Everything is quiet at Inman and ,hc
Other company works in the valley, and
| most OF The mob arc returning to their
homes. by the terms Of surrender the
| property OF the company is TO be left
uL:iarm"d. Whether that agreement
viii be kept remains to be seen.
Judge Moon Of tins circuit, holding
court at Jasper, promptly ana vigorous
| ly ordered the SIerin To summon Il posse
and II possible to protect the stOckaIe :.
| The sheriff says he cannot secure sunl.
Gent lolce TO enforce order, but he lef.
on the lirst train Tor Inman. 1t is
thought that work will be resumed in
the mines tomorrow morning. and there
seems to be considerable measincss
among the free miners, they fearing II
lockout a8 Il result Of their action TO-
| day.
Wires were cat cally this morning,
aud communications were sent y, a
roundabout circuit to Nashville. A
messenger boy on horseback was bus,
carry ing reports from the station at
Whitewcll TO tie telegraph office. The
miners ordered him to stop, and not
needing either orders he was fired on,
and the horse shot under HIM. The
| stockadc may not be burned, as The
town OF lnman would burn with it, and
there is high lrestle OF the branch
road, built alb )vc the stOckadc that
would 20 also, ID which case it would
thus cutting of the men who composed
the mob, as well as the convicts.
Sheriff Morrison wired Governor Bu-
chanan the facts in the case this norm
ing, aud was ordered by the Governor
to summon posse aud protect the
companJ's property. The Sheriff says
the people are so much in sympathy
with The miners that he cannot get the
| n
any OF the men in the mob, and has
little to say. lie has advised the Gov
crnor that he (thc Sherctl) is utterly
helpless 70 do anything towards bring
ing The members OF the mob to justice.
Texas Steers at Large.
NEW YORK, Aug. lG.-Four Texan
steers got away from their quarters this
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