The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-13
RIOT SPIRIT KEPT DOWN.
COIL STREN Frs PLAN RETENGB
BHEN THE SOLDIERS LEAVE.

Tho Deputies Who Shot Down sheriff Mnrtin'p
AsSniInntS mt Lttiimcr said TO ne Marked
Mcn-FunrraiS or -Four or the Men Occur
New JournalIsui'a Exaggerated stories ara
observation-disclosures Not shot In the nacr--
Tho Real storo or :hc Strikc-Its Trivial
Beginning nnd the Way II WAS Conducted
A DcpmiS Protected by militia In Cnnp-
Constablrs rho Tried to Take Him Arrested.
HAzLEroN, Pa. Sept. 12.-Onc more man diod
at the hospital hero to-day from n wound no ro-
ccivcd on Friday when the Sheriff OF Luzerno
county was dctlod by the striking coal miners-
Ono more will die before morning, and the doc
tors say that i've others will die before the week
is out. This will make the list OF fatalities foot
up twcnty-four. Some make the number twenty
seven, but the bodies have not been found to
bear that out. The number of wounded Is not
accurately known to-day. 1t is between forty
and fifty. There are thirty.three wounded now
in the hospital.
There is not likely to be any bloodshcd while
the troops are hero. That is admitted by every
body. Even the Huns and the Slavs and tho
Poles respect n uniform when n gun and q
measure Of determination is behind it, but
although it Is admitted that there will not 10
bloodshed while the troops are here, it is also
declared openly every where that the seventy or
eighty men who we're sworn TO enforce the law
and did the shooting are marked men; that
blood demands blood. and that sooner or later,
when the opportunity is ripe, these men will
pay the penalty of death. THE Sun reporter
was told to-day by not les, than a dozen men
that these deputy sheritfs would be shot or
stabbed one by one or done away with in some
way or other. In fact, tie statement was
hawked about the streets.
With 300 troops here, divided into five
camps surrounding the city, a stranger might
easily have got the impression that the town
was in q state OF siege. There was a battery
with Calling guns overlooking the city, ana
troopers rode here and there. They were only
looking for militi&men who were absent from
camp without leave. but that fact was not
generally known, and folks were expecting
any minute TO see them charge upon the
crowds that lined the streets. There was an ex-
aggerated idea abroad Of the powers of the mill
tia and what they were sent here TO do. There
was one clash between the militia and the civil
authorities, and Of course the military won, and
the civil authority, in the person Of a constable
armed with a warrant for the arrest of one of
the deputy sheriffs who took part in the shoot
ing, spent twelve hours in q guard tent on 40
count of it,
FUNERALS OF THE DAY.
In addition to the troops and the riding troop
ers. the city streets all the afternoon were filled
with marching men in black following hearses.
which were preceded by bands of music playing
funeral marches. Four Of the dead were buried.
They we're Poles or Huns. Ono of them lived in
Humboldt. The other three lived in Harwood.
1t was from these two towns that most Of tho
mob that met death came. The funerals were
held at the same hour, and the procession Of
uniformed men alone numbered several thou
sand.
These men were ELL foreigners. All foreigners
in this region belong to gold -lace-wearing soci-
cites. In addition to these thousands there
were q thousand or more men not in uniforms
and many more women. There was no disturb
ance Of any kind. The marching men were
, sulcn and the line was impressive. Some OF
the church bells OF the city were tolling. There
was nothing sensational. The priests who con-
Quoted the funeral services. and who have lost
no opportunity since the shooting to de-
nounce with unstinted vigor the deputy sherifs
who did IL, preached colorless sermons. They
. manner in which the men died at all. once ON
T IVA" VAS 50 in nHf 'front.' TSHne Of Valley ale Ho'si. w sseGsp he
headquarters OF Gen. Goblin, commanding the
Il for "A half hour. The General was impressed by
-, the showing the men made.
While the procession was. standing here tho
9 widow of one OF the men made a scene. She was
hystcrical. She denounced sheriff Martin and
n called for vengeance, for her husbands death
. wit blood. She called men around her towards
o bee use they had not killed the officer and she
her fate and the tate of her children. She was
qqieted finally.
ception OF that OF the man who died to-day. will
9 be held tomorrow. This fact is the excuse that
. alnrHe number o. the strikers who have agreed
r 10 return to work gave for not going back TO,
day, They say they want 10 attend the funeral
q tend the funeral in a body leads some persons TO
$ think that there ma, be trouble, but there 10
militia are here. Tho police say they do not
, fear any.
THE MOBILIZATION OF TIE TROOPS.
U There is n great deal OF pride felt here at tho
g%nickness with which The soldiers appeared.
The quick mobilization OF tins brigade OF the
things in connection with the trouble: 1t was
not until l o'clock on Saturday morning that
in the brigade to report, at ,Hazle,on. At 3
I o'clock in tho morning the first Of tho roRi-
That was seven hours after the call was 10
sued, and y could have been Two hours
from Wilkesbarre. which is more than a two
n ment was followed in less than an hour by other
y regiments OF the Brigade, and before l o'clock
It duty except the men from Scranton. They got
a IN at . o'clock. The Governor Troop WAS ON
s Ssaf s1 10 arriy tN was %I ths City IF 'Fsoo sp's Of ,
10 d tSnr hS G as much n o The e o pride q Tns that At, town im w,s az
70 their horses at 7 O'Clock las night. The reason
W they we're so late in getting here was That they
IS IS TS5s " ) a sr Ssrt, Of "9 9fo "F Frs, hi h;iF.d hn' i ~ Z
N attached to this brigade Just for the oGcssion.
sr Just AZ i was attached 10 the Third Brigade
1t during the Homestead troubles.
Arriving, here tho soldiers iell in at the sta;
tion. Each regiment reported TO the Geheral
commanding, each was assigned it's place in.
stantiy, and before dark last night tents were
pitched and the brigade was in camp. 1t was
!" better and quicker work than was done at
Homestead. and TINT " - II record breaker in
"a National Guard mobilization.
a, DEAD AND WOUNDED Not SHOT IN THE BACK.
As to the condition of ~atrairsi in The city Mt this
:" writing. this much should bc said: The worst
TO feature of the situation Is tho use that tho
le papers Ut the Pulitzer stripe are making Of II 10
-, arouse all that is bad in the ignorant people,
=" Yesterday the county was flooded by papers Of
=, their strlup with the S'rt emput That nearly all
t. the wounded IN the hospital and the dead AZ tho
al murguo had been shot in the back.
p" Instead of being in the act of resisting the
~ Sheriff and his sworn assistants the, mus
%. have been fleeing for their lives when they were
49,. shot do N. This : atom mt WAS investigated
-. ca etully by TnE SIN reporter tt- .ay. The mag
OF most conn ctont to speak is. OF course, DR.
no Keller of the hospital. where thirty nine OF the
ho wounded are. nr. Kelior SAIL:
ho The lest answer 10 your Question would ba