▁burn ed ▁the ▁stock ade ▁at ▁Oliver ▁Spr ings , ▁free ing ▁ 1 5 3 ▁conv ict s . ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁out break , ▁a ▁second ▁tr uce ▁was ▁negoti ated ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁min ers ▁agreed ▁to ▁allow ▁the ▁return ▁of ▁conv ict s ▁to ▁Co al ▁Creek ▁and ▁Oliver ▁Spr ings , ▁but ▁not ▁Br ice ville , ▁where ▁T C MC ▁president ▁B . A . ▁Jenkins ▁had ▁grown ▁dis gr unt led ▁with ▁conv ict ▁labor . ▁The ▁state ▁dispatch ed ▁eight y - four ▁milit iam en ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁J . ▁K eller ▁Anderson ▁to ▁guard ▁the ▁conv ict ▁stock ade ▁at ▁Co al ▁Creek ▁and ▁a ▁small ▁force ▁to ▁guard ▁the ▁one ▁at ▁Oliver ▁Spr ings . ▁Anderson ▁built ▁Fort ▁Anderson ▁on ▁what ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁known ▁as ▁" Mil it ia ▁Hill ", ▁over looking ▁Co al ▁Creek ▁via ▁the ▁Wal den ▁R idge ▁water ▁gap , ▁which ▁was ▁out f itted ▁with ▁a ▁G at ling ▁gun , ▁and ▁the ▁conv ict s ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁Co al ▁Creek ▁Valley ▁on ▁January ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 1 8 9 2 . ▁ ▁Rel ations ▁between ▁the ▁milit iam en , ▁most ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁from ▁middle ▁or ▁west ▁Tennessee , ▁and ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁Co al ▁Creek ▁sou red ▁quickly . ▁ ▁Mer rell ▁wrote ▁to ▁Governor ▁Buch an an ▁compla ining ▁of ▁the ▁troops ' ▁behavior , ▁and ▁for ▁several ▁months ▁min ers ▁and ▁soldiers ▁ind isc rimin