Show IS SHED I 1 down in the state of TeH fleSSe 0 I 1 MINERS ANU AND MILITIA engaged iu fierce battle the striking Swit switchmen chMell of new york KNOXVILLE tenn aug 18 this afternoon the court house bell ran rang the roll call and since then the city has been one huge palpitating tating nerve the excitement is ia intense and beyond description at 2 the wires were cat ra kt coal creek and the newspaper men and railroad men knew tha last step was about ti t be taken shortly v thereafter the journal received a bul betin that an attack had been upon camp adderson Ar derson aud and from news auw obtainable the attack must have n a f feeler eeler as no casualties are reported in a short time another attack was made and then a third in the ast gatling galling were brought to hear bear apon the miners with deadly effect blany were killed and wounded at 6 this evening the alarming news wad brough broughm bro iu in that captain andersen had been captured and was being held beld a s a prisoner with guards to prevent a faction hanging him the details of the are not yet known rhe ml allitia litia however is fighting with pa they know that mat capture bould be followed by the death of all ai at the hands handa of tle th e infuriated mob reinforcements are hurrying north ward vard but they are few in number brave fighters at absom 8 D in general games carnes and the Tennes tennessee eee troops had bad not yet aniced it is feared the little band ahat left knoxville this afternoon will be butchered before help can reaca them this afternoon a pease was fum mooed by sheriff halliday armed with wincLe it numbered eighty five men among them some of the post moat prominent busi busine ea and professional men of the city and commanded UY ly Ua bajor jarDA D A carpenter th the a posse was joined by the tha militia under command 1 I colonel woolford numbering pro ba babiy y a hundred men the pary I 1 immediately mediately felt for the scene of t the 11 e rubble it at clinton they were met by i number of citizens ot ol knoxville clinon and coat coal creek who urged that it as aa absolute to go forward without rei reinforcements in eats Thousand Thou sanda ti of armed miners were up read ready Y 0 fire I 1 upon them as aa they alighted from iii tj train and dyna dyn dynamite amity i 1 te was everywhere bajor carpenter heard them through t ld iid ii d then turning to the men said buys I 1 grebs we will go ou on and they w went e 1 I t beyond clinton they ba haie e jot been heard from at clinton hounds f a battle were heard and no doubt leadlay figh fighting tim ra raged ged beyond the mountains 14 na thousands of angry and excited men line ine the streets and curse governor buchanan Bue hanan for his and thy the caucis for their madness the court bouse bell is again ringing the riot call ud aid excited i 1 eop copie e are rushing in that fi men are volunteering but nere here are no arms general C carnes imes ith wen meu hs has just reached knox biffle and will ill jo 0 o immediately to afi the e robit the opinion is growing that an y ia fill loss of lite hiie of cit zens and inno ert men cau only be averted by the prompt action of the governor in calling r ou on the to send federal to 10 the scene of action 11 at this hour the wires re ref artill till down and real news is im not at maule it is know that majar C car ar aulle men reach tt Of flutts live dve milea frum coal creek in galety it a 6 pw siota that the fist heard of him will ft ill bo ba of camp anderaon aldemon And ereon aether a sight skirmish with tte me sur miners A courier came into vintan ilin tan at 11 with tho news that thai dring was kept up all the afternoon hat the gating eating gun was out of condi conditi tim stud nut four tul diets were killed no rie ae dence given this however it tow low transpired trans that firing haab has been een lisul tory no set quacks having been made thi the miners claim none cz cl ibea a axe e been injury d but this rint not believed the reports report ii saw aho ah o conica comes that general and rion ibon has baa ien wen removed from the alel ti at coal creek that lie he will aill be milled too tonight gilt it chii abia proves ane vengence eug erce of the people will lie be awful 11 liners iners irom kentucky are aw swarming arming tr to coal cepec and it is reported that trev captured a gatling galling gun from some militia company and are aie bringing it with them if general carnes reaches coal coal creek he will open telegraphic connection with knoxville having wire ji aap operator oper with him chattanooga A special to from the scene cf war held field at 12 m say say 11 that the report reporter tr who has been under arrest bv the miners s since night before last laet has just escaped he ha anys fighting began at ballock and cont mud d without c cess essa 1 cessation tion until 6 during ins tie the fight two or three leaders of the miners were captured by general Ande Am dersons raona troops A truce was railed s and the miners told anderson if hu he surrender render their leaders they would allow him bm to return to the fort ford ile he took the men en and went down among tie mob when out of rinji ranee of the aas he be was captured and not cot allowed 0 raburn the leader of the mob is the nort nor orious budd lindsay Lin deay a brother or 01 th the e cited stats attorney for the district who murdered eight or dr ten men one time lindsay put his pistol to andersons Ander sens head told hio him he must surrender or ho would shoot general anderson Jeri oo general anderton anderson answered with ft a defiant wave cf 0 his hand band and a arm shoot and be damned I 1 adding nat he be would never tell his men to surrender anderson was waa then than taken to tie te hotel bete as aa a prisoner it is reported that miners intend to lynch him one khorsand tho thor sand citi citizens and soldiers are now on their way as rt rein botet in ants thy they I 1 tiava e plenty of ammunition two 9 guna una and two cannons they are under tinder L c inland of general carnes carnee of memphis and he be islarea dalares they will go to coal creek tonight or wade through boki nothing hr he been heard frow iron the traia of forces that left knoxville at 1 0 o p m since it pasted passed clinton it is hoped that they will reach coal creek in m time to decue general on if he fie is i lynched ever miner seen nill vilil bu be shot on right |