The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-08-23

William Holland and James Parftt, as re-
ported in yesterdays HERALD.
Richard Amour is not dead. Yesterday
Drs. Hamilton and Stein, of town, and DIR. j.
G. Biddle of the Miners hospital made de-
the officers chest, but after considerable
probing concluded that the victim was too
weak to allow any more work. 1t is under
stood that efforts to locate the ball by probing
are to be abandoned and the patient is to be
allowed rest Should blood poisoning or like
serious results become apparent the doctors
may try to get the bullet by performing an
operation.
Amour is in very critical condition and
while the doctors do not give any alarming
| reports there seems to be an under current
which do not afford the friends of the officer
much encouragement. Yesterday all visitors
to the house, with the exception of the
doctors and nurses, were denied admission to
the sick chamber and the same rule was en-
forced to-day. The doctors say the injured
man must have absolute rest and must not
be tempted to exert himself in any way for
several days.
William Connor and Evan Davis, two of
the wounded, are now at the Miners hospital.
Both these men will recover.
John Briggs, the man who fred the first
shot and who was wounded in the head and
leg, is at the Pottsville jail with Arthur
Weavil who is charged with being another of
the posse who fired shots.
Sheriff Vol, Deputy Ochs, District Attor-
ney Ryan, Deputy E. W. Bechtel, George J..
Wadlinger Esq, and Stenographer Moore, all
of Pottsville, spent most of yesterday at Gill
berton cleaning facts concerning the riot.
Yesterday afternoon Coroner Marshall, of
Ashland, and his deputy, DR.. Enterline, Sc
lected the following jury at Gilberton; j, j.
Williams, ms,merchant Thomas Rafferty,, miner
Thomas Carlin, miner; William Parvis, mer-
chant; Thomas Holden, merchant; John
Powers, hotel keeper.
Squire Haggerty, of GilbertOn, yesterday
issued warrants upon the application of COun-
Gilman Stone for the arrest of Briggs, Weavil
and Amour, as active participants,and against
Superintendent Jones and McH Henry Wilhelm,
Esq, counsel for the company.
McHenry Wilhelm, Esq, spent a few
minutes in town this morning while waiting
for the departure of the train to take him to
POttsville. He said the object of his visit to
the county seat was to prepare papers for the
arrest of all the Gilberton people who took
part in the riot.
To-day's Miners Journal publishes an
interview which reporter of that paper
claims to have had with Briggs after the
latter's arrival at the county Jail,
Brigs is reported as having said; 81 was
asked to go to Gilberion to defend the COM
pany S property and was taken there in the
"Din KY" a car used in transporting repairs
men and supplies to points along the line.
There were about dozen men in the car
and Robert Benny was the motorman. Dick
Amour acted as captain and came into the
car with six Winchester rifles Just as we left
Girardville. He loaded the guns shortly
after we left Girardville and handed them
around after he was through.
"our car stopped at the point where the
tracks had been torn up at Gilberton and we
did not go out right away. We soon found
that the car was surrounded by hooting
crowd, and Dick went out on the platform to
quiet the mob. I remained inside chatting to
the others of our party until l heard the
crowd boohing and bahing about the Girard.
Vile soldiers. Then l went out ON the pl at
| form and said to them: / belong to the Cir