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At the Tcnne . -e S.-ho,,l fur tin- Blind there 

 ..'white and i:t colored pupils in llecein- 



!(!. 1 S !MI. Tin- receipt- lor (wit \eals Wen- 



*;;i IM;>.<;<. and tin- c\pcn-e- $88,480.10. The 

 Tennessee Deaf and Dninli School contained 1','T 

 pupils oil the Millie date. The leceipl- for the 

 preceding two Veal'- \\eiv X.>,:;<>S. 10, anil tilt- ex- 

 pense- !f.V>. HlS.'lO. 



Industrial Srhool. Since the opening of 

 the Slate Industrial School in ISM?. UlKl whin- 

 ami I!',' colored per-on- ha\e liei-n placed under 

 its discipline, of whom ti.'i white and 7 colored 

 had lieen discharged up to Dec. 1, 1H!)0, leaving 

 on the latter date MS while and L'") colored per- 

 sons in the inst itnt ion. For tin- two years end- 

 in. ,' !>'<. 1. l s '-<. Ill" receipts were f860&87, 



and the expenses x:i.~i.S>.t .j;j g 



t'omirt Mining Troubles. On the night of 



July II a moli of :IIMI arnud men. composed of 

 miners and persons in sympathy with them, at- 

 tacked and overpowered the guards at the State 

 convict camp at Bricevillc, in Anderson County. 

 and forced the ICSM-CS having charge of the pris- 

 oners to carry them l>y train to Knoxville. The 

 local authorities, being powerless to cope with 

 the moli. called upon the Governor for assist- 

 ance, and on July 1") In- ordered Adjutant-Gcn- 

 cral Norman to place t\\o Chattanooga com- 

 panies of the militia and one Knoxville company 

 under orders to go to Brici-ville. Taking H 

 train from Nashville, the Governor was joined 

 at Chattanooga by the two companies and at 

 Knoxville by the third company. At the latter 

 place, where he arrived on tlie morning of July 

 Hi. the car containing the expelled convict.- was 

 attached to the train, and Bnceville was reached 

 on the same day at noon. The mob having al- 

 ready dispersed, the convicts were peaceably re- 

 turned to camp, the number of guards increa-ed. 

 ami a detachment of the militia left to insure 

 protection. At the request of a committee of the 

 miners, the (iovernor then attended one of their 

 meetings near Briceville, at which he counseled 

 obedience to law. and emphasi/.ed his determina- 

 tion to preserve order. The grievances of the 

 miners, as set forth at this meeting, \ven- that 

 the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company, their em- 

 ployer, and tin- les-ec of the State convicts, ha- 

 bitually paid them in scrip instead of lawful 

 money: that they were not free to purchase 

 their supplies wherever they desired : and that, 

 when they asserted their right under the law to 

 appoint iheir own check-weighman to protect 

 their interests in the weighing of coal mined, 

 the company at once shut down their mine- in 

 order to bring them to terms. A still greater 

 grievance wa-. that they wen- compelled to work 

 in competition with low-priced convict lalxir, 

 the presence of which was used by the company 

 .-'- a scourge to force free laborers to its terms. 

 The (iovenior returned to Nashville on July is. 

 and ordered Adjutant-(ieiieral Norman to Brice- 

 ville as his representative. Before the latter 

 reached hi- destination the miners had gathered 

 from various quarters, armed forces coming from 

 Kentucky to aid them, until they had sull'n-ient 

 numbers to overpower the guards and militia: 

 and the latter, to avoid a disastrous conflict. 

 airreed to withdraw >n\icts again to Knox- 

 ville. The Governor then ordered out ten com- 

 panies of militia, and again went to Knoxville 



on July 21. Then-, on JuU . .'. n committee of 

 the mnier-a-ked for a o..n!. t tv., 



I in--.- nation 1 1 'ibiiul to a 



return of the convict*, with the under-landing 

 that the (i..\i rnor would call an extra MM 

 the Legislature and advj<- the r-j*-iii 

 lease system, or its modification to meet u 

 mauds of the miners, together with Mich 

 legislation as woidu give them their right-, 

 coidingly. on Aug. ? the Governor iwmed hi* 

 proclamation calling mi extra -I-MOM t.. 

 on Aug. :M. The proceeding- i.f this session me 

 elsewhere treated It not only failed to make 



the slightest change from the" lease s\M . 

 in the terms of tin- exi-ting lease, but n 

 ferred greater jiowers U|xm the Governor lor 

 preserving order, and impo-ed I envy penalties 

 for interference with convict-. It- only conces- 

 sion to the miners was an act requiring UP 

 mcnt of employes in cash, and a settlement 

 with them at least once in thirty d-,ivs. Thin 

 result was accepted with ill grace by the miners, 

 and by the people of the eastern part of the 

 State, who were generally in sympathy with the 

 miiieis. and whose attitude made the work of 

 the mob in each case much less difficult than it 

 would otherwise have been. After the close of 

 : he -i ion. on Sept. 21. a period of quiet ensin d, 

 during which the miners sought to obtain relief 

 through the courts. A ca-e was brought in the 

 local court based upon the claim that the mine- 

 were not a prison within the meaning of the 

 coinict lease, and that prisoners were illegally 

 worked therein. The local judge su-taimd this 

 view, but the State Supreme Court, to which 

 the case was appealed in Octolier. reversed the 

 decision. The miners thereupon took matters 

 into their own hands again. On the night of 

 Oct. 80 an armed mob of about 2.000 persons 

 visih d the camps at Briecville and Coal Cre k. 

 intimidated the guards, set free .'!<>."> convicts, 

 furnishing them with citi/.ens' clothing, set lire 

 to the camps, and ransacked the store of the 

 mining company at Coal Creek. The news of 

 this outbreak brought Gov. Buchanan to Knox- 

 ville again, where he issued a pt elamatioii on 

 Nov. 2, offering a reward of $r>.(MH> for the capt- 

 ure and conviction of the leaders of the mob, 

 and $25 for the capture and return of each of 

 the escaped convict's. Meanwhile, on the morn- 

 ing of the same day. an armed mob of about 200 

 horsemen descended upon the camp at Oliver 

 Springs, released about I'.O convict-, and set 

 lire to the camp. This new humiliation was 

 followed by a new proclamation of the (inventor 

 offering the same rewards as in the Hriceville 

 and Coal Creek affair. Great efforts wen- now- 

 made to recapture tin- released convicts; but the 

 work was slow, and many had left the Slate. In 

 the course of five or six week- about :>i<() had 

 IM-CH returned to the main prison at Nashville, 

 when- they were kept to await the order- of the 

 Governor. Meanwhile the -tK-kade8 at the 

 mines were rebuilt, and late in l>eceinbr pre|- 

 arations were made ton-turn I he convict 

 the third time to Hriceville. On their : 

 journey. Jan. 1, 1SJ>2. they came wroini 

 I \ ins 'militiamen, with Qatling guns and with 

 supplies for three month-. N" op|x.-iti. 

 offered by the miners. At the d.>-e of the year 

 the mob leaders were <till undiscovered. 



