-' Me ytftpnqg SEND YOUR ADLETS EARLY For The Snnday Dispatch, In Order That They May Be Prop erly Classified. SEND YOUR ADLETS EARLY For The Sunday Dispatch, in Order That They Slay Be Prop erly Classified. mmtti FORTY SEVENTH TEAR FIRE II A CUR FULL OF COAL ONJHE ERIE "Troves on Examination to Be Undoubtedly of Incen diary Origin. AYAKDMASTERASSAULTED But Otherwise Yesterday "Was a Peaceful Day in Buffalo. A CHECK TO TEE STRIKE'S SWAY But I rery Indication That Firemen Will Quit To-Day. " Futile Attempt of Buffalo Taxpayers to Have the Militia Removed The Of ficials of AH Companies Interviewed on the Situation All Confident the Strike Is Broken Passenger Traffic Not Interrupted Evidences That Switchmen Will Strike at Many Points Out of Sympathy A Meat Famine Caused by the Btrike Train men and Engineers Anxious to Help the Strikers Sympathy at Lots of Pisces. SFICIALTELEGKAMTO TITC HI8PATCIM BtrrFALO, Aug. 19. One of the railroad company's men in the south yard of the Erie road at "William street and Bailey avenue, to-day.sav smoke at the middle of a long train in a closed car full of coal. The watchman called for help, and the fire was extinguished by the fire apparatus in the yards. An examination of the car showed beyond doubt that the fire was of incendiary origin. A large wad of paper and chips had been thrown inside of the car and the door closed. At noon to-day a number of strikers standing at a crossing in the Erie yard, gave evidence of their growing bitterness toward Erie officials. General Yard Master Barrett had in charge a freight train which had iust received a load from one of the elevators, and was carrying it up through the freight yard preparatory to sending out the cars this afternoon. Assanlt on a Tardmater. As the train was crossing Seneca street at a very slow pace, about 12:30 o'clock Sir. Barrett, who was standing on one of the ears, heard one of a crowdof the striking switchmen standing near the crossing loudly say: "look out, boys, there goes Barrett, taking out a train!" The others, about 20 in all, raised a yell, "Let him have it!" they howled. "Give it to him with rocks!" "Knock him off the cars." "Kill limit" "Don't let him get the train through!" They caught up rocks from the pile near by and threw them at the yardmaster. He 6tarted for the end of the car, but a big rock coming directly at his head forced him to stop and dodge. The strikers hooted and sent rocks and coal flying at the car. Mr. Barrett dodged the missiles. A Life Saved by Dodging. Then, just as the car reached comparative safety, a Btriker picked up a large lump of coal, and, running up to the car, hurled it at the yardmaster's head. At the same moment the latter dodged a stone thrown from farther away, and seeing that he could not dodge the coal he put up his hands and caught it. The assailants, thinking that they had injured Mr. Barrett, yelled and cheered as the car moved beyond their reach. The yardmaster made good use of his eyes in re cognizing several of his assailants. Although there were a number ot police in the vicin ity, none ot them interfered and there were no arrests made. The stone throwing was seen by a num ber of trainmen who can identify some of the strikers. Mr. Barrett is collecting evi dence against the latter, and arrests will follow shortly. IT MAY NOT BE OVER. Ad Important Crisis Reached Locomotive Firemen 'Want to Go Out on a Sympa thetic Strlkr, nnd Expect to Be So Or1r d To-Day and To-Morrow. Bdffalo, Aug. 19. An important crisis in the strike has been reached. It can now be said almost certainly that the locomotive firemen on the Lehigh, Erie, Lake Shore and "West Shore and Central roads will go out between G o'clock to-morrow evening and Sunday morning. The members of the Brotherhood of Trainmen and Conductors on the above reads, and possi bly the teleg raphers, will follow the firemen. This strike, should it occur, will be the outcome of a secret meeting of the five local lodges of firemen held to-night. It was called at a hall on South Division street, near Hickory, at 8:30 o'clock this eyening nnd lasted until nearly midnight About 250 men were in attendance, repre senting all the lodges in the city, as well as -the several roads. The trainmen and Con ductors' Brotherhood were represented by delegates. An Associated Press corre spondent learned of the result at the con clusion of the meeting. It is said that the 597 men of the Fire men' Brotherhood are unanimously in lavor of declaring a strike on the Erie, 'Lake Shore, Lehigh, West Shore and Central roads. Many of the members urged that the local lodges order the strike imme- , diately. They were held back by the more conservative men, and the matter was re ferred by telegraph to Grand Master Sergeant, at Terre Haute. It -is expected that Mr. SeTgeant will leave Terre Haute early to-morrow morn ing, and arrive here late at night He may order the strike by telegraph. It will re quire about three hours for the firemen to strike after receiving the order from the Grand Master. This strike, if&dered, will not be con fined to the yards, hi will extend to all men running out of this city on the roads named. In previous strikes ordered by Grand Master Sergeant the firemen hare abandoned their engines wherever they chanced to be at the hour specified. It would probably be so in this instance. About 390 men will be ordered out if the strike occurs. Lehigh Lodge has 50 members, West Shore Lodge about the same number and Erie Lodge 140 members. The firemen on the Lake Shore and. Central belong to one lodge. The Brotherhood has 2,700 members in the United States and Canada. A striking fund of $5,000 has been accumulated since the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy strike four years aga The men say that it is now or never with the cause of organized labor on all railroads. BUSINESS IS RESUMED. Officials of Every Road In linflalo Aver the Strike I Broken They Claim All Will Be Running Smooth'y Ones More by To-Morrow. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DtSPATCS.1 BUKrALO, Aug. 19. So far as the (witch men are concerned there is no question but what the great strike here is over. It it only the question of a day or two wheb every road which has been drawn into the struggle will hare a plentifnl supply of men and will be doing the usual amount of busi ness. The Central is doing it to-day. There Is no question about this. From one freight house alone it loaded and sent ont to-day more than 170 carloads of freight That is considerably above the average day's work for that house. Vice President Webb said to-night: "The Central is in precisely the same position that it was before there was any trouble. We are doing the normal business perhaps more than the normal amount We re ceived some freight from the Lake Shore and sent it ont. Our depots at Green, Erie, Black Bock and East Buffalo were running fall time, and all the business that we had was handled. We Were a little short of Lake Shore, because of the strike ia Its yard. It could not give us the amount ot freight it usually does. We received all the Michigan Central stuff and handled that. We received all the lake business offered and emptied the elevators. We have not delayed a single lake boat There has not been an hour's delay. The strike, so far as we are concerned, is over." strikers Allowed to Resume Work. This afternoon a committee of seven striking non-union switchmen waited on Assistant Superintendent Gould and asked if they could go back to work. They were led by John Welch, a switch tender. "We have come to our senses," said Welch to Mr. Gould. "We are ready to go back to work because we believe now that there are enough troops here to protect us. The reason we struck was because we thought we'd get killed if we remained at work. We were threatened by the strikers from other roads. The men on the Erie, Lehigh Valley, West Shore and Lake Shore approached us and threatened to take our lives if we remained at work. There was nothing else for us to do, and now that we know our lives ore safe we stand wiltihg to go back," Mr. Gould littened to them, asked if they were all ready to return to work, and when all answered tliev were, told them to take oft their coats find en to work, The men did - as thev were told, and are now at work making up trains an tending to switches, and it Is expected by to-morrow that freight will be going cast as if there never had been a strike. Khlglit of Labor Seeking Work. Almost as interesting is the fact that Knights of Labor have arrived here from New York to take the strikers' places. At the time of the Xev York Central strike, two years ago, a couple of hundred switch men in Knights Of Labor Assembly 127, of New York, went on strike. They have been idle ever since. Learning of the' recent strike of the men who took their places, they have come to Buffalo to secure work. A delegation of the assembly went to Mr. Webb this morning and asked if they could go to work not as Knights of Labor, but as individuals. Mr. Webb received them kindly. He told them the Central did not wish to employ any union men, but if they desired work, and would not brine up any grievances, they could go right to work. Seven started. The Lake Sboie, while still the most badly tied-up of any of the roads, moved some 'freight Superintendent Niles said to-night: "We have 12 switchmen at work in the yard. Our regular force is 90. We will have 30 more at work in the morning, and perhaps more. By to-morrow night, or Sunday morning at the latest, we will have a full force. TeeU Certain the Strike Is Broken. "We hauled all the live stock that came to us, and all the perishable freight to-day. xnat was tue best we couia ao with our force, but notwithstanding, I feel justified in saying that the strike is broken dead, practically. There is no doubt at all about onr getting all the men we want to-morrow. We are not worrying in the least, and we will take all freight given to ns and will handle it" The Nickel Plate had the same story to tell. Its agents said: "We are handling the business that comes to us. We will not take the risk just yet, on perishable freight, but we are getting everything that comes to us through the same course as usual. We have about one-fifth the regular force of switchmen. We will have half the regu lar force in the morning, and all by night, I think, but I wouldn't be certain about that We will surely have the force by Sunday morning." "How are your trains moving?" Super intendent Brnnn, of the Erie, was asked. "All forenoon," said he, "we have been making up trains. This afternoon we were sending them out" "How many engines have you at work?" "Ten." "Is that your usual number?" "Ho; about half the usual number. We are operating as much as pos sible with the protection that has been given us." Mora Than Enough Men Now. "But aren't yon fully protected now?" "The additional troops have no more than got here," replied Mr. Brunn, "and, of course, it takes time to place the men. As soon as all pointsm our lines are fully protected we will be in full operation." "Have vou men enough?" "More than enough." As Mr. Brunn spoke engines could- be seen going through the yards in different directions, and appeared to be moving with considerable freedom, though slowly, for the non-union men at work'were green. Superintendent Bonzans, of the Lehigh division of the Beading, said: "As I stated yesterday, we have more than enough to fill the places of strikers, and they are working in the yard now. The Lehigh sent out only two trains to-day. Ten others were made up and prepared to send out, when orders came from the East not to send any. more freight at present The reason for this is not known, but it is said there has been some trouble at HornellsvHle. " GBAHD CHIEF ABTHUB'S OPINION. Had His Order's Policy Been Followed Trouble tt ould Mot Bare Arisen. Toeokto, Ont., Aug. 19. The Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers are holding their annual convention here. P. M. Ar thur, Grand Chief, in a brief address," said the polioy of the Brotherhood Incases of differences between members.and officers of' the companies is to refer to a committee ot PITTSBURG SATURDAY. AUGUST 20..- 3892-TWELVE PAGES. adjustment Every effort is exhausted be fore coercion is attempted, and with one exception only during the past 12 years the Brotherhood has been successful If this' course were always pursued by labor organizations, there would not be the troubles and conflicts that afflict the labor world, and the difficulty at Buffalo at pres ent existing would not have occurred. DON'T WANT SOLDIERS. Taxpayers and Strikers Protest Against Further Guard by the Ml'ttla So Satis faction From the Sheriff or Mayor The Soldiers TVitl Stay Awhile, Though: Buffalo, Aug. 19. A committee of 12 taxpayers living in the vicinity of the rail roads where the strike is in progress td-day called upon Sheriff Beok for the purpose of protesting against the great expense of holding the militia here when, in their opinion, there it absolutely no need for it Michael Martin, the spokesman, stated that they came to ask that the National Guard be removed, not to-morrow or the next dav, but to-day, unless Sheriff Beck could find some war of footing the bill other than by compelling the taxpayers to foot it "We are speaking through our pockets." said Mr. Martin. "We have been right over the ground, and protest that there is no need ot the militia. One policeman is better than 25 men, and that National Guard is no use at all." One of the party asiced Sheriff Beek If he could not disperse the soldiers, in that he had ordered them in a minute. Strikers Call on the Mayor. A committee of four strikers called upon Mayor Bishop to present their side of the case. They suggested that Sheriff Beok be sent for, which was done. The spokesman of the party stated to the Mayor and Sheriff that the object of their visit was to ask them to recall the troops. Some time was spent in arguing, during which the railroad corporations were loudly denonnoed. Sheriff Beck plainly told them that they must take into consideration what had been done, and that they would say nothing of what might happen. "Cars have been burned and a train wrecked," said Sheriff Beck. "But, mind you, I do not say that any of the men who went out on strike were accomplices to this act" The delegation argued from the stand point that no harm had been done, that no acts ot lawlessness had been committed, and that it was a useless waste of money to keep the great number of troops here at such an expense to the county. "We don't want anyone to come from New1 York and dictate to us," said one of the men. "We are law-abiding citizens, and are only de manding the rights we are justly entitled to." The men asked that the officials appoint a time when to give them a decided an swer as to whether or not they would with draw the troops. jhn f herlff's Answer Unsatisfactory. "Now," said Sheriff Beck, "we don't know what will happen, but we do know what has taken place. We know that on Sunday night the property of the railroads was set fire to and destroyed, and that pass enger trains were held and other unlawful acts were committed. We do not know who did it, but the fact remains that it was done, and the militia is merely here to see that these things do not occur again. The troops are not here to protect the railroads, but to preserve peace and to suppress riots." "For my pari," said Mayor Bishop, "I can only say tbatas soon as business is resumed,-and the men and trains pass unmo lested, the troop will be withdrawn." "Well, gentlemen," aald one of the party "we have received, the answer, and with- rdraw. The answer means that the militia will not be withdrawn till we are compelled to emigrate, and others have been brought to .fill our places." - One of the members stated that ,the dele gation represented, the .Brotherhood of Trainmen, the Switchmen's Union and non union men. BB0THEEH00DS ANXIOUS TO HELP The Buffalo Switchmen, bnt Rot In the TV ay of a Sympathy Strike. Toronto, Aug. 19. Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, was called to Buffalo by telegraph this morning, otring to the possibility of the engineers beooming involved in the switch men's strike. One of the prominent-officers of the brotherhood said to-day: While we want to see everything fair and square between the men and the companies, there Is now a very good feellnic between the four orders that is, the Conductors', Engineers', Firemen's and Trainmen's and they naturally lielo each other In trouble of this kind, not necessarily by striking, but in other ways. What the engineers will do at Buffalo I do not know, but I hope they will avoid a strike, if possible. NO TROOPS FOR SAYRE. Adjutant General Greenland Pays Pennsyl vania Soldiers Won't Be Seeded. Harrisburg, Aug. 19. Adjutant Gen eral Greenland and private secretary, in the absence of the Governor, state to-night that there is nothing in the report that the First Brigade will be ordered to Sayre to prevent trouble in that section of the State. General Greenland, who left for Pittsburg to-night, has been assured by the Lehigh Valley Railroad officials that troops will not be needed. SXBIKE 3MIS8ABIES ABBOAD, Watching the Movements of Trains and Kindling: Discontent Among Men. Reading, Aug. 19. Bumors continue to be received here that emissaries of the strikers have been sent to all principal yards along the Lehigh Valley system to watch the movementiof trains and non union hands and report the facts to Buffalo. It is also said strikers have hired non union hands to spread discontent among those sent from the Schuylkill Valley. It these reports are correct, so far they have tailed in persuading any of the non-union men to stop work. Pennsylvania Switchmen Confer. Buffalo, Aug. 19. Grand Master Sweeny this evening received a deputation from the Grand Lodge of Switchmen of Pennsylvania. The andience lasted nearly an hour, and when It was concluded the three.men retired. They would not tell the nature of their business with Mr. Sweeny, nor wonld Mr. Sweeny furnish any details when the delegation had retired. Walk-Oat Expected at Wilkesbarre. Wilkesbabbe, Aug. 19. Spedal' All the switchmen employed on the Beading Railroad held a secret meeting to-night and it ia expected they 'will go out almost any hour. The company has employed a num ber of men should the present employes go out More Non-Union Men JEa Boats. Philadelphia, Aug. 19. Eighty ad ditional non-union men left here on the Philadelphia and Beading Railroad to night to take the place of striking switch men. Their destination is Buffalo. The Strike Causes a Meat Famine. Reading, Aug. 19. The meat famine in Pennsylvania towns along the Lehigh and part of the Schuylkill Valley, it is be llevedwill be raised here to-morrow, as shipments have been made by way of the Continued on JftnfA Page. LAW ENTHRONED IN TENNESSEE Coal Creek Garrison Holds Out Till Gen. Carnes Comes to the Rescue AFTER A FORCED MARCH. Anderson Released When 100 Miners Are Held as Hostages. THE ARM'S PERILOUS JOURNEY Through Eain and Darkness reset by Myriads of Unseen Foes. Four Soldiers Fall by the) Wayside Some Loss of Life Among the Mob, but the Number of Casualties Among: Them Unkno-rtm A Complete Btory of Two Days of Battle and the Belief of the Besieged, Fort Anderson More Arms Received From the General Government Latest Phaae of the Moat Remarkable Labor Struggle of Recent Years. rsrxciAt. titioiuu to tub DfsrATCm.i Chattanooga, Aug. 19. Last night's dispatches left the result of the repeated assaults upon Fort Anderson still in doubt, with reinforcements hurrying to the scene. To-day brings tidings of a complete victory of the forces of law ever the legions of dis order. The brave little garrison which struggled so manfully, beat off the third and most desperate attempt made on it yesterday. Shorn of Its leader, who was captured by treachery, it held out till relief came. General Carnes' army of rescue entered Coal Creek to-day, after a forced night march through mist, rain and unseen foes. It had beaten off desultory attacks and had dropped four victims of the enemy's am buscades. With 200 prisoners captured ou the way and at the seat of war itself, Gen eral Carnes demanded and finally received the surrender by the mob of General An derson, safe and sound. THE CITIZENS' BATTLE. Sheriff's "posseBear the brunt of the Sharp est FlehUng; Tby Bont tile Enemy, bnt Flrjji It Necessary Ve4 Return Sur rounded by Knemlea,- rK IsraCIAL TSfEQBAJI TO THE DISPATCH.'! Knoxville, Aug. 19. At a late (hour to-night it seems the rebellion in Tennessee is suppressed. That iB the opinion of Gen eral Carnes. Miners make dire threats and claim that they will make another attaok to-morrow and fight to death, but certain it is that the Memphis General has an iron hand over the rioters, and they will shed their own blood if they attempt to lift it General Carnes has brought his guns in training to proteot Camp Anderson, al though the topograph of the country makes it dangerous for him to march a large force to the stockade. Detachments of volun teers made their way by stealth into the stockade and informed the besieged of the relief party's' movements. Soldiers from the stockade have made their way to Coal Creek, so there is perfect communication. Back of the camp is a steep foot-hill with a narrow defile. Several hundred miners concealed in the bushes could massacre a regiment of soldiers, therefore General Carnes is in no undue haste to reach the fort Tho Strength ot the miners. It is difficult to make a conservative esti mate of the miners' strength in the valley. Although It is probably not greater numer ically than 3,500, their knowledge of the wild country is their greatest advantage. There were two important events of the rebellion to-day. One, the surrender of General Anderson, whom the miners had captured, and the battle of the Sheriff's posse on the crest of Walden's ridge. An importantresult was the proximity to Camp Anderson which General Carnes gained without the discharge of guns. Decisive aotion by the Commander brought about the release of General Anderson at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Carnes held 100 miners as hostages and threatened to open fire on the village if-the brave Meinphian was not released. This had its desired effect, although the rioters hesitated, be cause they too knew that reinforcements were coming from Kentucky. The CIllz ns' Share or the Glory. The battle of Major Carpenter's posse was a brave one and the march one of great en durance. He was compelled to fall back, as the miners were too well advised of his movements. They could have annihilated his force from their mountain fastness. Two dead end several injured he brought back to Knoxville. Many of the operations now depend on the attitude of Governor Buchanan. He is universally denounced for his contemptible vacillation. There is a suspicion that the Warden at Oliver Springs received a tip to surrender on 12 M., the second day, tor he showed himself a brave man on the first day, when he told the miners to come and get him and be &. When the press dispatches closed lost night it was believed that Major D. A. Carpenter, with his Knoxville posies, two skeleton oompanies from .Knoxville and Chattanooga, had reaehed a position within a mile of Camp Anderson. Developments to-night show that this surmise was cor rect Where the Heaviest Fighting Took Place. These volunteers had a strong and rough fight, returning to Knoxville at 1 o'clock to-night somewhat disfigured, but satisfied with the part they took in the war. The heaviest 'fighting was done by this detach ment, and two ot their men were killed and several wounded. They brought several miners to earth, but the exact number of the enemy killed- will not be known for many days. The story of the posse's march was one of hardship, and the actions on the mountains savor strongly of a war-time engagement There were 1X6 Knoxville men and the Chattanooga contingent that marched down Gay street to the depot yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, This number was dimin ished by deserters. Major Carpenter, a Union soldier, wh was prisoner at Ander sonville during the war, was in charge of the Sheriff's posse, while Major Chandler, who is accused of deserting his Boldicra at Oliver Springs, was in command of the troops. The entire force reached Clinton shortly after 6 o'clock, and, disembarking, marched about five miles up the mountain side. Citlzrns Bivonac on the Cold Ground. So wild and rugged were the mountains that the men were compelled to march sin gle file in and around the huge boulders. About 9 o'clock they prepared to camp on the mountain top. The civilians had no tents nor blankets, but they stretched them selves out on the stony ground. There were no provisions nor drink In the party. Toward midnight a drenching rain fell and the men were without protection. In order to quench their thirst they dug little pools In the ground and managed to get water. The storm abated as the morning came on, and the exhausted menprepared to nfove. The civilians carried Winchesters. A de tail of 14 were ordered out as skirmishers. Plokets had been on duty all night, but they saw no sign of the enemy save an occasional brush fire in the distance. The skirmishers started for the brow of the mountain, and when within view of the Coal Creek Valley they came upon a party of miners. The skirmishers asked the miners togive an ac count of their movements. The miners, about 14 In number, by way of reply fired a volley. The Miners Fly a TVhlto Flag. The skirmishers replied with a fusillade from their Winchesters, and the enemy re treated. Three volleys in all were fired, when the miners put up a white flag. Hos tilities ceased and both parties retreated. A few minutes later the main body was at tacked by miners from the rear. Then came a cross-fire, in which the fatal work was done. The posse was under a great disad vantage, but after repelling the enemy in the rear, it charged the men in front and drove them over into Coal Creek Valley. The soldiers could not see Camp Anderson at this distance, but rioters were in front of them, to the right and to the left, so it was deemed best to retreat, as it was impossible to gain further vantage from this point The miners carried their dead away. Bunch Givens, of Knoxville, was in the front ranks of the posse. He fell dead with a bullet in his brain. John Walthall re ceived a Winchester bullet through the brain and did not live to see the rout of the miners. Picket Carty was shot in the shoulder. liVilliam Fayette and several others of Knoxville had narrow escapes, bullets perforating their garments. This battle began about 6 o'clock and lasted un til 8. Within 400Tards of the Stockade. The posse retreated down the Cumberland Mountain and marched to Offutt's and then to Clinton, where they took the train for Knoxville, reaching here at 7 o'clock. The city was wild with excited people. The in jured were placed in hacks and driven to their homes, the dead being taken to an undertaking establishment The volunteers marched to the court house and stacked arms. Reliable men of the party state that they were witblu 400 yards of the stockade, but could make not a move further because a large body of miners were directly in front of them. They could hear the firing of General Carnes' troops, they say, although a man just in from Coal Creek states that Carnes merely fired a salute of three guns. For almost 24 hours the posse went without food and with but little to drink. Major Carpenter, who is an old man, is completely prostrated from the trying march and his condition is somewhat alarm ing. Thewoonded aie doing fairly well. SiTfrSl'ef-.Wiem'Bttedde'dfhe Coroner's in quest, nrhicft wns 'held about 8 o'clock. STORY. OF THE MARCH. A Midnight Tramp In the Rain Tbroagh Ambuscades Greeted by a Dynamite Explosion and Desultory Shots The Arrival at Coil Creek and Anderson's Surrender. I BT ASSOCIATED F11ES8.1 Chattanooga, Aug. 19. Uncertainty no longer marks the condition of things at the seat of war. Fort Anderson has been relieved by the arrival of reinforcements and is no longer in a state of siege. On the contrary, the tables are turned and the miners, instead ot being hunters of men, are the hunted. General Carnes' forced march was (from Oflutt's station, north of Clinton, to the neighborhood of the beleagured camp, reaching there at daybreak in the rear of the miners' lives. On his arrival on the ground a wild scene of confusion ensued. Scouts in advance of the line had either failed to do their duty or hed been captured, and the position of the miners was not known. The forward movement was very cautious ly made. General Carnes and his heteroge neous army of citizens and about 300 militia left the train at Offutt's station, fearing a trap somewhere on the railroad, and pushed forward across the country. Greeted by a Dynamite Erplojlon. As they cautiously felt their way amid the rocks and rushing streams of the mount ains, a sudden explosion from a bomb of dynamite startled the men as they shook the clogging mud from their overburdened shoes or wrung the accumulated rain water from their sodden clothing. From Oflutt's to Coal Creek by the route taken by the column of General Carnes is a laborious climb and as laborious a descent of a mountain pass as the foot hills of the Cumberland range anywhere affo rds. It is a good eight miles as you go, but "1,000 as you slip,'' as remarked by one of the soldier boys, whose first experience of monntalu climbing was found in this tiresome night march. As the head of the column cautiously pushed ont from the cloud of fog and dark ness which had enveloped it, as it came down the side of the mountain, a shot rang out where all had been the stillness of death, except for the etridy' tramp of the advancing column. Young Walthall, whose death is referred to later on, had gotten upon a rock to get a view when be was struck by a ball and fell headlong among his comrades, a corpse. The Miners Dodging Capture. ' A body of miners had chpsen a sheltered rock which formed a natural defense, and from its shelter fired a volley which caused the- only casualty. Curiously enough, the miners had taken no other provision to pre vent the rear attack, their outposts being the voluntary service of a few men who felt the dangers ot an exchange of clothing which capture would mean, for many of tbem realized that tbey would have to take the lock step and wear the hated stripes of a convict if caught in their act of treason, and were -on the qui vive for the first inti mation of the approach of the military. A mad rush was made for the cover of the rocks and trees of the mountains. Not all were so craven, for a desultory firing began and was kept up ior a while. Cue or two of the militiamen were struck by their bul lets. Eighteen of the miners were cap. tured, the remainder having escaped into the woods. General Carnes' advance guard at once ormed into a charging line, after receiving a scattering Tolley from a loir who failed to take the first opportunity to esctpe. Two of the Sheriff's posse John Walthall, a clerk in the offices of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, of Knox ville, and Bosh Givens, also of Knoxville were shot and killed. A Perilous Night rnrthe March. The detachment had a most arduous task to perform in crossing the mountain at night in the midst of a heavy rain. Mist made it impossible to distinguish objects more than a few feet away (. sthe un known and possibly alert t' if ' TJjery rock, bush and tree might'. 5?3.Jis"? place awaited arrive in tne locality ei uamp Anae.tt i in the localitv ef Camp Andeft5. iQl It was under cover of nightlfcai iney were enaDiea to restcntneir destination almost without disaster. At Clinton, before leaving for the im mediate front, they were subject to innuen does nnd threats, with numerous gratuit ous bits of information that the way was lined with dynamite, and that strong Dodies of well armed and disciplined miners were swarming on every side. Two bodies of dead miners were found after the skirmish, and several wounded were taken in and cared for. With these exceptions the casualties among the miners are un known. Of 200 miners whom General Carnes had captured en route, 100 were held as hostages for, the release of General Anderson. This brought the insurgents to time, who lost little time in delivering up their prisoner, alive and well. More Arms From the Government Secretary of War Elkins has been re quested by Governor Buchanan to supply him with 20,000 rounds of ammunition to be shipped to Knoxville. The Secretary replied that the request was granted and that an army of men were on their way to Knoxville to sustain the law. The orders issued to Sheriff McLendon, of Shelby county, Sheriff Skillon, of Hamilton and Captald Mallery, ot Madison county, who were ordered by the Governor to proceed to the seat of war, have been countermanded. Acting Secretary Grant, of the War De partment, this morning telegraphed instruc tions to the commandant of the arsenal at Indianapolis to forward to the Governor of Tennesieeat Knoxville. 600 stand of arms and 89,000 rounds of ammunition for use by. riots. MORE RECRUITS MOVING. Troops Hurrying to Coal Creek From Nashville and Other Town. Merchants, Capitalists, Lawyers nnd Doctors Talce TJp Arms A Fighting Furion to Lead. Nashville, Aug. 19. Sywcfat. The regular train to-day carried ont a posse of 37 men, all well armed, from Jackson, under Captain Malloy. Lieutenant Hen derson's company.First Regiment,Murfrees boro, telegraphed for transportation for a number of the company as men and vol unteers from Rutherford county. There were 50 or 75 men in this squad. The Sheriffs of Franklin nnd Robertson tele graphed that they had a posse. They were at once instructed to proceed to Coal Creek. To-night a mass meeting of citizens was held in the Court House in Nashville. Five companies of 35 men each were formed and officers elected. They then proceeded to the Capitol and tendered their services to Adjutant General Norman, who addressed them. The companies were com posed of merchants, lawyers, capitalists, doctors and mechanics. A number of mem bers of Washington battery and volunteers, about twenty-four men, under Cor poral Monroe, left this afternoon. Colonel David C. Kelley, of Spring field, ' who is one of the most eminent devines of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and who made a reputation ns "the fighting parson" under General Forrest during the late war, was asked to lead the. companies formed in Nashville. He accepted, and will serve if the occasion demands.. Large volunteer companies were raised in Chattanooga and Memphis. Go'vernor Buchanan this evening issued an address to the people of Tennessee, in which he reviews what had been done in trying to protect the stockades from inva sion, and calling upon all patriotic citizens to be ready to serve on posses. VALLEY SCALE SIGNED. Ma-utactnre rs Objected to Some Clans?, bat TIel d The Best or Feeling Mills to Start Up Immediately The New Youngstown Steel Plant a Certainty. YoTJifGSTOWir, O., Aug. 19. SpertaL' The Conference Committee of the Amalga mated Association and the manufacturers reconvened this morning. The manufact urers objected to the clauses regarding rolled billets, and insisted that iron should be placed upon an equal footing with steel. In the scale agreed upon at .rittsDurg, tne Jianon ing Valley iron manufacturers asserted that the Pittsburg manufacturers have decidedly the best of it, in the respect that while a reduction is made on steel they are not benefited, for the reason that steel is not made here. The mannfactnrers also found objections to the wages demanded tor labor not governed by the iron scale. The con ference adjourned at 3 o'clock this after noon until evening. At 10 o'clock to-night, after a prolonged session between the Conference Committee of the Amalgamated Association and a com mittee of the Iron Manufacturers' Associa tion, a decision was reached and the scale signed. The scale is the same as that adopted at the Pittsburg conference, except ing a slight change in the deviation clause. Theconference closed with the best feelings on both sides. The manufacturers stated to night that the mills would be lighted up as soon as repairs are completed. Several will be in readiness to start up next Monday. It is expected that a full meeting of the stockholders of the new steel plant will be held to-morrow, and the site for the mam moth industry decided upon. Henry Wick, President ot the company, with Julian Ken nedy, of Pittsburg, returned to-day from a tour of inspection of the largest steel plants in the country. Although numerous offers for free sites have been made, it is regarded certain that it will be located near this city. CRESP0 IN VALENCIA. He Captures the City Kaiily, bnt May Hava to Fight for Cabello. Panama (via Galveston), Aug. 19. Social. Advices from Caracas state that General Crespo has captured Valencia. His storming force consists of 1,600 men, with about the same number held in reserve. There was little resistance. Only 300 soldiers occupied the city at the time of the attack, and they retired after a short and feeble street fight The Cresposists are expected at Cabello next The city has been barri caded since August 4, when an attack by a small revolutionary force was repulsed. Cabello has two cannon and the garrison is armed with repeaters. It is thought there ' will be hard fighting before Crespo can capture it In La Guayra and Caracas everything is quiet as the grave. The famine continues and the poorer people are dying in unusual numbers. Throughout the country bands of marauders still seek plunder, but as all the wealthy families have been impover ished or d'riven away already they find small reward for their enterprises and are gradually dwiudliug away. Bloodshed is seldom reported. In faet the country has been devastated and starved until there is little or no spirit left CAMPAIGN gossip from headquarters by Charlra T. Murray In TUE DISPATCH tomorrow. THREE CENTS GUARD1NGTHE GUNS, Homestead Houses Where the Captured Anns Are Kept Being Watched - p,f AnV. l May Be Made to Secure Their Rifles To-Day. MILITIA TO LEND ASSISTANCE. The Locked-Cnt lien Hold a Large Picnic at Boss' Grove. DOINGS OP YESTERDAY AT HOMESTEaD Night and day a corps of Plnkerton de tectives zealously guard the Homestead houses where the rifles taken from the barges on July 6 are kept So well do these men conceal their movements that, al though the Advisory Board keeps the clos est watch on all strangers, it bos never been able to discover the detectives. All the same they are always on duty. They now know exactly were all the guns are and probably within the next 24 hours the houses will be raided and the fire-arms restored to their rightful owners. Tester day was fixed for the raid, but owing to an unavoidable accident the seizure was delayed. To-day their little dif ficulty will, in all probability, be over come. Even if it is not, the guns will not be taken from their supposed hiding places by the locked-out men. This would be im possible. The militia stands ready to back up the Pinkertons in their endeavor to re cover their property. When the raid is made the militia will assist The Srlznr May Cause a Battle. It is thought the arms will not be given up without a struggle, and the ugly feeling which has been gathering against the soldiers will come to a head in a short but decisive battle between the troops and strikers. The Pinkertons have other duties besides keeping a watch on the guns. Some 14 or 15 of them are constantly following up every movement of tho strikers. Hardly an utterance of theirs escapes the detec tives' earj. The Advisory Board's plans are speedily found out Each day the de tectives make out a written report of their day's finding and send it into the city office of the Carnegie Steel Company. Burges3 MeLuckie is home. He arrived in Homestead lost night from his Eastern trip. Hugh O'Donnell did not come with him. The Burgess says the young leader is still in the East and does not know when he will Teturn. O'Donnell is still en Kaeed in looking after the interests of his brothers in Homestead. MeLuckie Stands by His Doston Speech. MeLuckie was not mnch given to talking. He was shown a telegram published in The Dispatch from Boston under date of Au gust 10. It was a report of his speeeb made in Boston, in which he made a number of .charges against the Carnegie Company. Among -other things he said the company 'was running a speak-easy in the mill, that there had been riots between the new men, in which it was necessary to call ont the militia, and a number ot other things. In reply he said: "I will stand over anything I said in regard to those matters. The facts are true, and I can prove them. As regards the story that I said a man had been cut to pieces in the mill, it is untrue. Another speaker at the Boston meeting made that statement. I have been in formed, however, that it is true." Mr. McL'uckie was asked abont the story published in the New York Herald concern ing O'Donnell saving that President Gom pers, of the Federation of Labor, would not be recognized in the Homestead fight "The story is a bare-faced lie." said Bur gess MeLuckie. 'The New York ITeraU does not tell the truth in printing it O'Donnell's Statement Relative to Gompera. "O'Donnell and I were together in New York when a Herald reporter asked him about Gompers recent visit to Homestead. The question asked was whether the Feder ation 3 president would be chosen to lead the fight O'Donnell replied that those who had so far been in charge of the struggle would likely see the fight to a finish. As to the statement of David Lynch concern ing mine and O Donnelrs trip .bast being without authority as leaders from the As- sociation, I would say you'll have to see Mr. Lvnch. I have nothing to say abont it" The'business men of Homestead were to have held an open meeting in the rink yes terday. No one turned out The reason of the meeting could not be learned. No one in Homestead seems to know. Those of the merchants who are in the Protective Asso ciation knew nothing at all about it One of them said last night that they had dis posed of the idea of boycotting the non union men long ago, and why a meeting should be held now was more than they knew. James Jameson, the roller in the 38-ineh mill, who is aid to have left the mill, was at work yesterday. He did come oat Thursday, but it was merely to take a rest Several Insignificant Court-Martlals. The Bessemer mill will start on double turn Monday for the first time in its history. All the other mills were running along as usual yesterday and nothing happened in side the works worthy of note. A private in Company D, Sixteenth Ee iment; two in Company H, Sixteenth Begi ment, and one from Company F, Sixteenth Regiment, were court-martialed yesterday for absenting themselves from camp with out permission. Thev were found guilty, and will be sentenced in 20 days. The pun ishment will likely be a fine. Chaplain Hayes, of the Sixteenth Eegi ment will hold services in the mill Sunday morning. Homestead's Advisory Board will to-day issue a lengthy statement It partakes of the nature of a general review of the whole situation. Considerable space will be de voted to the prospect of winning the fight It also dwells on the extent of the success the company has met with in operating the mill. Secretary McConazhev, of the Advisory Board, last night said that Assistant Super intends Wood and Assistant Superinten dent Skewins had handed in their resigna tions to the company. The report came oat too late to see either of the gentlemen. BTTBQES3 K'LUCXTZ B2TT7B1TS. Ha Declares That Eastern people Are la Sympathy With the Men. Burgess MeLuckie, of Homestead, has just returned from an Eastern trip. He saya in all the cities he visited the sympathy for the locked-out Iron workers Is very strong and that the trades unions are anxious to furnish all the aid possible. Mr. MeLuckie emphatically denies that there is discord among the members ot the Ad visory Committee. Regarding the condition of affairs at Homestead, the Burgess said he thought matters looked brighter now than they have for some time. He U more than confidsat ', i
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