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Show Tennessee Coal Miners Capture Cap-ture the .Military. The Governor Powerless to Act In the Premises and Calls on the President for Heavy Reinforcements. Nashville, Tenn., July L'0. A special spe-cial Horn Priceville says: The crisis came at Pneeviiie to-'day, about 11 ! o'clock, when the miners and a crowd of sympathizers lrom the surrounding country gathered around the camp of the state mditia and captured the troops and convicts, marched them to the depot, put them on the train and shipped litem to Knoxvdie. The camp was on Little Knoll Hollow, and surrounded on all sides by mountains. The miners and friends to the number of lUO to 1,300 Uiviued into squads and approached the camp from the lour smes. Tuey sent a llag of truce and a committee to the officer in command. The committee notified the olticers that they came, lo take the convicts con-victs peaceably if iossible but by force if necessary. The officers parleyed awhile ami then agreed to surrender. sur-render. The troops were allowed to k. ep their arms anil ammunition, and with ihe convicts maiched to tne tram and sent to Ihe city, arriving here about 4:30. Tiie troops, who number 107, are at the armory of the Knoxvnle r.lles, where they now lemain awaiting tiie governor's order. The convicts were locked in jad An immense crowd met the troops at the depot. They treely cht ere das they marched through the streets. Tiie men had been on duly neai ly five davs, and had seen but little in the way of provisions and camp equipment. Their laces were bronze-i, but they presented a soldierly appearance appear-ance as they inarched up ihe street. The city is now intensely excited. Tiie leading men in all political part ies say the law must be upheld. The sympathy, sym-pathy, which had been entirely oii the side of the miners, is now against them for their lawless act at a time when everything was being done to relieve the situation. 'The mob to-day is celebrating the victory by cheering, carousing and shooting. A lorce oi 500 men, properly equipped and led, couid subdue the entire en-tire party, for they have no idea of openly facing a good force. They knew to-day from statements made them yesterday yes-terday that the troops would not tight, but every one leels that the mob has m ule a bad mistake, and will be subdued sub-dued ; in other worus they have lost the public sym pat y. It is reported here that ten com panies of state militia are en route with arms and gatling guns, and that they will be taken to Coal Creek at once. The report also comes from Coal Creek this afternoon saving the miners declared no troops can be landed there. To ere are threats that they will wreck the trains or burn the railroad bridges. The miners are getting the best ; wages ever paid them, and make from s.so to ioO per month, according to ability abil-ity and theainount of time put iu When the mineis made an attack on the camp to-day, Lieutenant Chandler, of the Knoxvitlo Rules, saluted the colonel, as a volunteer, to tight the moq with his twenty men. MKMPiiis,Tenn.,July 20. The Chickasaw Chick-asaw Guards, Hibernian Rilles, B.uif City Zouaves and Rosier Zous.ves, under un-der orders from Governor Buchanan, left this city at 9: SO to-night, for Price-vill Price-vill '. The companies are small averaging averag-ing 150 men. under command of General Gen-eral Sam Carnes. They will reach Knoxviile about noon to-morrow- .Nashville, July 20. Governor Buchanan's administration is that id the Alliance, and some politicians are discussing what tiie AlliuWu will do. A great mass ot "citizens, however, say the law must be observed, and that Governor Buchanan must enforce en-force the law regardless of caste. The sentiment here is he must send all state troops, who are few and poorly organized, organ-ized, to the front at once, and put experienced ex-perienced men and ollicers in charge. If lie has not force enough he must call for volunteers. A re poll has been circulated circu-lated here that he asked the President for 500 regulars, but the truth of this cannot be verified. It is known the leaders of the mob were not miners. Une Eugene Merrill led them, lie is a small merchant at Pricev ille, but is said to be a determined man. Other leaders aie known, and the sentiment here is that they must be arrested and taken to Nashville and punished. The miners have appointed a committee to say what dispatches shall be sent out and what not, and this committee, or some one of it. is in the telegraph office of-fice all the time, and reads all the matter mat-ter sent out by tin; newspaper men. The committee told the operator on duly that if he did not let them read the messages they would cut the wires. Much costly machinery at Coal Creek is exposed to the fury of the moi. There is another bad feature connected with the affair which has not yet been on the grounds. Yesterday many were allowed to go outside to get food, and they mingled freely with the miners. These troops told the miners that they did not want to guard the "d d convicts," and to come and get them at once, that they would not light them for convicts. To'-dav as the troops were marched off, the miners jeered and hooted them, and yelled, "Tell Buck (Gov. Buchanan) to send some more dudes; we will eat them as fast iis thev come." The citizens sav the insult is to the entire slate, and that the government must arrest and punish the leaders. Alpine Accents. IIahd work and politics. All our surroundings are boastfully salubrious.. Tiie American Fork brass band gave us a pleasant visit Friday last and ended up the good time with a dance. Saturday evening came with another an-other good time ;i Democratic rallv Mr. Ed. Olsen and Hon. W. N. Dus'en-berry Dus'en-berry were the speakers, and told their story in a manner which brought forth thundering storms of applau e. It was s II a meal of sound sense and seasoned with humorous condiments. The young people's conjoint was ; well attended last Sunday evening, and the congregation much' enjoyed the i lectures, one of which was given by J. j A. Vance, on tho subject of "C.ivula-1 tion of Blood." An experimental lee-j ture on the ' Con ipo.-d tion of Pure Water" was ably given by Oscar Vance. The gentlemen have since gone to ut-1 tend the Teacher's Institute, ! Tut: call for the precinct primary of tl-.e Democrats was responded to" on 1 Monday evening, and Wm. Eastwood and Stephen Movie were elected delegates dele-gates to aitend the District Convention at Lehi. The Stake Presidency of the Primary Association hi company with the ollicers olli-cers of other wards li'iet here to day, and the children turned out en mass to receive the good instruction from the mother of the Counsel. B. Alpine. July 14, 1801. -.-!.- |