Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-11
ou,roacs I'm the Coal Regions.


day has the following;--
Yesterday VIC gave history Of one OF
The most hellish outragcs that was ever
American citizen, who had done nothing
but gore to work to support his family,
Yves most brutally murdered and the
fcnds also attempted to hurl no less than
fifteen persons into eternity. We to-day |
give the full particulars Of tie cold-blooded !
murder of another American citizen, in n |
sick-room, ut Treverton, which has never
been published in full before. A difficulty
occurred with the men employed at the
Trevorton Collicry and the clerk on pay
day.
The men ceased working for about two
weeks, and after that they worked so irreg-
ularly that the colliery was losing money.
The proprietor then engaged n number OF
men outside of the Union, and they were
to 90 TO work on the following Monday.
Among the persons employed to 90 to work
was a Mr.. Berlihciser. an American-born
citizen, who had resided there for about
twenty years. On the Saturday previous
he paid visit to n near ncighbor, an Eng
lishman, by the name of Tilcy, who had
been confined to his bed for several years.
The room in which he lay was on the first
floor, with one window opening to the
street. Berkhciscr was setting at the foot
of the bed, and Mrs Tiley was sitting at
the side of it, on range with Berkheiser.
Between and O'Clock Il flash of a pistol
was observed and a report. Berkheiser
! Jumped up from the chair and said that
was in the ncighborhood, and before he
had hardly time TO utter the remark he was
shot in the head, the ball entering his fore
head and grazing the face of Mrs. Tilcy,
who was in range with Berkheiser, and
who was in the act of rising also, at the
same time. Before he was shot, he was
| frequently hooted at by members of the
w. b. A. because he would not join their
organization
OF course, such a horrid assassination in
n sick room created greateNcitcmcnt, and
the people were horror stricken.
1t had been charged and is believed that
Berkheiser was murdered by or at the in
stigation of members of the w. B. y. 1t
appears that the editor Of the Monitor visi-
ted the place, and after comforting with
the members, he published in his paper the
following heartless article relating to this
terrible assassination. We publish il in
full -
AT Trcverton, on Saturday evening last,
Mr.. Isaac Berkhciser, non-unon miner,
while visiting sick man named Tiley,
second shot mortally wounding him. lie
died at 3 O'Clock on Sunday afternoon, hav-
ing been unconscious all the while after
receiving the wound. The reports say
that Mrs. Tiley, wife of the sick man, waf
burned, which is not true. We have bceu
at some pains TO ascertain whether the re
port that the perpctrator Ofthe aieod WAS {
: union miner, and shot N.Y. BerEheiGer be
cause he was blaCkleg, is true or not, ant
we are reliably intormcd that the story is
: mere suspicion, being altogether withou
foundation. Our informant says there arr
people Ia TrcvcrtOn who would hang a maj
, without Judge or jury for being membe
) Of the union if they had it in their power
and we believe it,
This was published after conference will
the members. There is not one word o
: condemnation Of so horrible murder, com
, mitted in a sick room. That Mrs. Tiley
| was mot burnedn is an important poin
: to be named. There are some who woulC
| think that the writer of such an article
t under such circumstances, was accessor,
l to the murder but 10 out of every 20 dis
D interested persons could place no othc
/ construction on the above article than
C full justification of the murder. Effort
e We're made afterwards to start the collier
= by men outside the union, but the oppOsi
, ton TO it aud the difficulties encounterc
$ were so great, that the parties who ha
II taken it were forced to give it up, and
: has been standing idle ever since. Th
/ people are suffering, and a number Of rot
S berries have already been committed.
: The miners there seem determined tn
: collery shall not work, unless under thei
c control. To prove this we publish til
. following document, Of which we have see
1 the original copy, in the handwriting {
/ the Secretary. The President did not sig
Il it, hut his name was put to il as presidcr
S Of the organization.
"TREvERTON, Feb. i, 1S71.-At
meeting of the Committee of Management
Z held on the above date it was resolved tina
we, the members Of District No. of Trey
l erton, will not work with any man tha
:. worked during our present suspension
: also, that we will not work under the super
n intendent or bosses now in your employ
:, engineers, stable boy and blacksmith cA
Fl, copied. The above resolution we are {,
d tcrmined to carry out, lei it cost what
II may. Also, it was resolved that any fu
/. ther correspondence is not looked for b
the members four association, itthe abO'
resolution is not complied with. All con
! municatiOns should be addressed to
Y "JO>EPH SCHUrE, President.
II "DENNiS MULLEN, Secretary"
\ Here Is positive proof Of the existence
= an organized conspiracy to prevent me
Il from working il is an unlawful combiu
S tion rs carried out according to The gbo'
d written testimony.