Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-23
VIGILANTESON DECK.
An Armed 6and of Citizens After the
McCleIlandtOWn Fiends.
THEY WILL BE SHOT OR STARVED.
Robbers Are Plentiful, and Are Now Giving
Ohio Taste.
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UNIoNTowN, March 22.-At intervals
from O'Clock to midnight last night men
on horseback, mostly alone, occasionally in
pairs, were seen to leave Uniontown, ap-
pearing at random from all directions, but
all galloping away toward the mountains.
Few who saw them suspected that this was
party of vigilantes, organized secretly,
and which has been the only organized ex-
pedition yet made to capture the McClel-
landtown robbers. There were ten from
Uniontown and five from the vicinity Of
the latest outrages of the band, among them
two Of the victims from McClellandtown.
They were to have been Joined by 25 or 80
picked men along the road and from the vicin-
ity of the outlaws camp, near Markleysburg,
where the people are greatly excited and will
ing to aid in removing the bad gang from
among them They appointed meeting place
near the point of assault, and were to assem-
BILE quietly after midnight and no attack was
to have been made until after daybreak this
morning. The gang had been under surveil-
ance, and they were known to be still en-
sconced in the Hill house yesterday, and the
movements of the posse were made as quietly
as possible. to avoid letting the band know of
the intended assault.
TO BE SHOT OR STARVED.
The party were all well armed with revolvers,
and the delegation from here had Il Winches-
ter rifles. The mountaineers all kept them
selves well supplied with firearms and the whole
party made a body of considerable strength.
Should an assault fail to surprise the inmates
and capture them, the party proposed to sur
round the house and starve the gang out,
shooting anyone who made his appearance
with arms.
Tonight word was received here that the
vigilantes had tried to force an entrance into
the log house IN which the robbers are at bay,
during which shots were exchanged on both
sides without injuring anyone. The robbers
refuse to surrender and are prepared to sell
their lives as dearly as possible, and to die if
Nine men and three women constitute the
party in the house, among whom Lewis, Sulli-
van and Ramsey were recognized.
BROUGHT TO BAY.
The attacking party have the house all sur
rounded. and are watched at a safe distance by
about 100 wondering mountaineers, who have
no arms. All the armed men in the neighbor-
hood have Joined the posse. The outlaws have
an abundance of ammunition, four Winchester
rifles and l6 revolvers, and are not afraid to
use them. The attacking party are proffered
cannon, which is in the vicinity, with which to
batter down the house, but hesitate as yet to
use it until they can ascertain if they can do so
legally.
The principal reason for the messengers trip
was for information on this point. The intelli-
gence that the band was corraled spread like
wildhre here, and soon Sheriff Miller had
started for the scene of the difficulty with a
large posse raised here. The vicinity Of the
robbers den is ablaze with excitement men
and, with good leader they expect to finally
land the band in jail.