New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-14
uYsrERI0US D0IYGS IN 4 CAVE.

EXCITEMENT AT UNIONTOWN, PENN.
THE ARRIVAL OF FIVE STRANGERS N TIE TOWN
THEIR STRANGE BEHAvIoE---A BLAST Thai COW
EEED TIE ENIR,NCE TO \ wEfL-K Own CAVE
THE DEPARTURE p TIE MEN
IRON An oCCA sIoNAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE rmBrNEl
UNIoNTowN, Penn, Nov. lin the most
gloomy rugged and inaccessible part Of the
Laurel Mountains about eight miles from here,
near the top OF a lofty peak. Il the entrance To
an immense cavern known 10 people IN the
mel hborhood "a Dcaucy'- Cave. Largo bouii'rH are
strcWn about and overriding the entrance which ~ a
circular shaped hole about fonr feet IN diameter MI
mcrous parties have made excursions to this cave for
years past but. OF late has been but little visited
The cavern has never been fully explored although sew
crI persons have penetrated than mile from Its
mouth Il contains vast galleries and immense apart
mons which. strange TO say, are free from daminess
aud moisture
Altte more than a month ago 1--WE rather peculiar
looking men stepped from the Southwest pennsylvania
Railroad tram from the East and remaining
few days IN town, disappeared no one knew
where. They looked a. II they might DE skilled me
chanics They stayed 20 the Fulton House here; werr
quiet weli-hchnvcd and rctccnt The evening before
they disappeared they paid their bl al hc hoi' IN gold
aud In morning were gone. During their stay at the
hotel they occupied large bedroom containing I've
single beds They registered under the names Of Jane,
ODonncll. Charles Donovan, Maurice jay, Daniel
Flannel and Thomas Fem. o'D'unrI registered Tor
his companions and paid the bin FOR the five shortly
aitcrwarI O'Douucu came into town 10 receive four
large heavy square boxes hoppcd with iron, nui marked
James O'DounoIh Uuiontowu, Iayettc County, Penn
sy'yau!, handle with care" and on the opposite side.
To be called FOR" The way -Ul showed them {" have
been shipped from NcW-Yors. 4 short time before the
freight Office closed IN the evening four horse ira De-
longing a. sam Mage, hycrysahlc keeper here Ir-
rNCI ~ lhc n'Po'. u. p .1, n', i,,' rI 49,
%. D, VIZ .bnl. cnni,auions Tue next morning
I,,V.s md
Na.ir's stable by mouuta.uccr living In
Lin Hollow Who said De had been
oycrtlEcu the team mile from town, ana ~" dr'r
hpn offered MN d"itit j." pIIHt ~ 80" T." 80 i.
O'Dpuuo l. who engaged The team, pad Maize Tor l' nee
cam, To- town h- clothes were sord and torn iu places,
and he rode tc most ior0ru looking horses ever
seen. His money was a. good, however, 49, before hh
after buying some gfocrri.s ana oihrr 1nA aIu'' h'
turned me souo"fui loosing beasts mead toward the
TWO weeks ago he again hired the team hc bad uscI
before lie hired ~ Tor Two days ahd gave M'ri" TWO
6'DonncI drove the wagon up to the freight depot AMI
delivered 10 the freight agent three ot the boxes ne h
to James Mccoy, commission merchant, New ORR,
IVA +. Il. RI Oponucn paid the freight
store and bought i've long, heavy oycrcUats.
The conductor the morning train next day noticed
ON the same DAY the l,it place "A mountain
Ger, David Rankin, living not far from the cave CANE
the cave, he heard loud report, AZ Of a blast
far under ground Some men determined 10
hew about town that the Fcnians, Niun-ts
or robbers. Yesterday six started for the cave on
to be closed The earth around the cave was beaten ana
packed hard with the marks Of Footsteps nnd wagon
closed the mouth Of the cave issued suphurous doors
10 move the stone which scaled the entrance was I'M
possible, aud the party returned ana reported "H"'
second party, armed with crowbars aud blasting
turn OF the men will several days before any
body Will be able to enter the cave.