The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-30

While Cen Sam r r4rnes auothpr
| famous NcTpbisU assemble the state
troops AZ brigadier-genera of the or
gauizati0u. the miners thinking thew
had the surrounded militlamen Al Fort
Anderson in A 0uandarv hoieted "A
white flag and reouested COL Anderson
10 come out and confer with them.
IToF+ Tyoonnns poL;aJ
AeAI "eaPoHS oeHlhu'
TnhrcLrr, hi. svord and ta.yi,g ho-
bind bIs u.s mGn 9SnT hndnraon UeDt
| forth no meet his enemies absolutely
unarmed when he arrived in The val
lev tbs nincrs surronnded him re-
o0estine him AT first and then attemut-
ing TO compel him 10 sign surrender
| papers.
With more than 90 reyolvers levelled
at his head and a burly negro standing
within 10 feet with a n9o sqe re rope, Cot
hind him and told them to shoot. at the
same time saying to them;
III you think you will escape the
thousands Of militiamen from all over
the state who will be on your heels
when | am killed, then shoot away
After that the scene at the headquar-
tiers OF the miners Is obscure. Col. An
derson disappeared as though the earth
mad swallowed nun up, ana Tor three
DAYS neither troops nor miners kheW
ana Arkansa began 70 arrive at lhe
scene, an under Gen Cathes, a..
W men enough soiuIers 70 nhHute wv
Stu"tion my enuainpeu, NVm' mNHe
nvb"n @tlo1'nh EEelS n,aH - !" IL, eer 49,
ase OF 'oal reeh ne couIu !ihu' rlNsaE
ole ne 1carteIA'cu III tne o TnithhsJJ
tn"n'H y ,un "'eh T. Ia nv " Nil
n n'strr 80 Ji n,IDg ae ~ he siternstive 70
n ina = | ,ni E''l nts 81 al sn1 %sS9pr@ dasd o op
aiES,. ~ hanoing NJ nver1 NAN in the
| cchhtirGb' " '' ~
"WSithin Is hours-six hours before the
cvniration Of tho uItimatum-CoI An
dorgnn ,ras LA 10 Gon Garnes, head
|,artrrs nnbor,nod tSor threa DAYS "a
Trio or ~Icvei.hcaded miners had KID
named him from, he wrath of more fool
tsb' W. w. uIhh"n ~, - tad 20 I'M rim and
kent him hid in The nnderbrush, also
away from the soIdiers
M. N
MlneIS AIe VuleGeu'
This ouIeted the disturbance. the
,rmr" W,nro ,bhd,od "nd In 1Sa2 Inc
mcent AVN Tboss wbo tailed 10 return
NAV" "o = SsToo,r IT, attornai aieen an ION
If tba Nh at Fort Anderson
VI Iatte,. IN tho ,a6'e a ivnrh{np at Mill
lngInn 'rcnn caused Inc Calling out
mm{eth,' NLounm,r'IIi ]n,iIItti, INT there vas
~ TX ilT,"aitn u Ih Iai XnderSson tool
NV $500 ian
'""'hiI ooG =" mbS" tho Na,ne was sunk
| u,n" T ,@", .ss "n' ,]nlliti, Win col Ander,
.nr ~ t,ho Mad entered Inc service of
America They never got farther,
thmvgb tbon ICSmn Cohumbia. s G, AL
though they hey earned, as " result OF their
m,ne-day mo%ptllhaSron n anu tha s onve
nrhho NJ a. v''% ~ raG ont again in Eeh-
Wy "IVeuoTo ~
ruarE, lo'S, phnh>n,,na irsurroctiou
Nhtn etnnne ",taprnv nnnsnt caIlcd
arosc w. l9S', any i" natimnai army
ior N.iunteV,e &c ored nix ser"ices ard
Nh NHog'S VIZ" Of 'vinrsinia was the
w,Inmn cGuiiH,a 20 rise to the RAM Of ma
onlS GiVllih" ~ riSe ~ ,mo P Sr rnin :
ior Wlth"9 previous u.s. rn Andar-
lhE 80 w. - 10 NNMom","n,hion in his
som w II '"ro ,rnod In 1901 the
taa,P"i Nan n,orcnIng in a parade
w. 'bo station tn meet hin
W 40 bp ths ummer Of 1908. a band
or destructionists residing in the sec
U,n ~, nr TenTessea Kentucky and Ark
nun ", ,ud pooifont AXE Tenn. he
@mn"9 n omnsign ~ burninr whipping
sMMH ]aTins SSalinp themselycs the
nicht rriJccrgo Their campaigns %origina-
, n,55 a]gainst citizens VINO cncroached
w nnn, 'sf%e alleged rights of veteran
upon ame tn ~ regiSen
HTTha sar,ns ~ lawlesa events reached
,,her rni 0uent,n RANKIN and
60 re vinr ,yere token ont by a large
bond 81 naslsed man Col Rankin was
litied htit cen, Tay1or made a daring
conad death While 20 riders fired into
thhpp ioe IN the other side,
n,,So+ pidaru
J AAOoPS N"Ao" A"
The Tennessee militiameq o we're csr ggaiin \
ne feii Their presence in the vicinity
was enough to quiet the neighborhood
and activities Of the nightriders sud
denly stopped, With the soldiers hold
ing sway the civil authorities were at
liberty to make arrests, which they did
by the wholesale.
Three or four of the ringleaders OF
tho riders committed suicide, the al
legged president absconded westward
With S1b, 900 OF the organizations money
ana more than 60 suspects were ar
rested, The Memphis troops suffered
, two casualties, one private being killed
by an accidental shot and another
Wounded accidentally.
In 1916, when the United states gov
ernment sent militia from seVeraI
states TO the Mexican border, the Mem
phis troops were along with the rest
under Col w. /. Terry. They left Mem
nils in MAY. going to Nashville, where
they encamped several months. Finally
IN Sent. lb. they received orders tC
, entrain for the border, and on the fol.
lowing day passed through the city ell
route To the scene of Villas and Car.
r]Sngn's war
Although they engaged in none o.
the small skirmishes nor the punitive
exneSition into Mexico they remained
snrlnK of 1917,
rntn. Curoooon Wor
hiiUeI ""A'
They had beer mustered out upot
theiy return In 1917 less than so day,
whan tbrv we're summoned into tn,
federal service for warfare against tn,
Germans, The Tennessee regiment wa,
! i~mnaaintalv rerruited 10 full wa