The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-03-28
A PITCH BATTLE.
Kentucky and Tennessee Campaign
Against Outlaws.
A DISPUTE OVER A PIG
Two Battles Fought and Number O.
People Wounded.
EVERY MAN CARRIES AGUN.
RumOrs Of Killing are Plenty Mill
tia Asked For.

PINEvILLE, KY, March 25.-Thous-
ands of armed men are watching each
other in Bell and Harley counties, this
state, and Claiborne county, TenDes-
see. This city, just now being doomed
as the IRON mountain metropolis, has.
for years been a portion of the district
that has achieved unpleasant notoriety
by reason Of the desperate deeds of
the factions. Thursday night a posse
led by Albert Turner, a boy of eight
cen. captured General Sowders and q
friend named Birch and lodged them
in Jail here. sheriff j. G. HaTgus and
posse guarded the Jail that night to
prevent the Turner crowd from
lynching Sowders. Another posse have
arrested, after a desperate fight, two
more of the Turner gang. Another
Dosse have started out towards Bar
louisville for further revenge. 1t is
feared that much bloodshed will result
from this fresh opening, The trouble
at Barboursville is directly connected
with the hostilities between the Sow
ders and Turner factions. The Messer
and Slush families sided with the Sow
ders and the Smiths with the Turner's.
n dispute arose over pig and the old
sore between them was opened; fight
ensued and the friends of the two fam
lilies fiocked to their assistance. For
several days, early in the week, the
mountaineers in the vicinity of Stink
ing creek, twelve miles from Barbour
vile, were armed to the teeth.
The inevitable came and pitched
battle was fought in which it is said
more than 500 shot were fired and a
number of people were wounded. A
sheritf'S posse was sent to arrest the
rioters, but it was fired upon and driven
back to Barboursville. 1t was then
that Judge Gull himself headed posse
and made for the mountains. Another
pitched battle resulted, but the judges
party succeeded in arresting five of the
desperadoes, among them two of the
MesserS and Galloway CarneS, a
brother of the deputy sheriff of the
county. The sheriff's posse is still in
the mountains after other of the out
laws. Not only are the people
of the city and county alarmed
but those of Knox county as well, and
nobody ventures out unarmed and few
unaccompanied by a friend. Last
night word was received by courier
that in a fight near Salt Trace Satur-
daY night four men were killed and
half a dozen wounded. Additional re-
Inducements have gone out. A fort
is being erected on Sinking creek by
the Turner's. Rumors of killing are
plenty. The sheriffs of three counties
are arranging to make combined
campaign against the outlaws, who
swear they will never be taken. Gov
ernor Taylor of Tennessee, will be
asked for regiment of militia.
OPENED FIRE ON SIGHT.
PINEvILLE, Ark, March 25.-The
sequel to the arrest of General SowderI
by JEFF King, Turner and others, anC
the subseqent arrest and conveyance o.
Harvey Turner and John Coyle, to thu
Faswell, Tennessee, Jail. and the at.
rest of John Cook Turner by Sowders
friends ON Friday anu Saturday wal
enacted this morning. two miles from
town on the Cumberland Gap road
Amos Turner and jeff King were go
ing toward the gap and james Burct
was coming to town and the meeting
was celebrated by Amos Turner firms
at Burch, the ball only striking
Burche's gun. Burch returned the fire
promptly killing Amos Turner, anC
then King opened fire on Burch, kill
ing him and beating a hasty retreat Il
Clear creek. The double tragedy wa
witnessed by two men at work in |
field near nv