The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-23

DAY, many " u" N"'SN"
strongest witnesses admitted on cross
examination that their object In going
to LattImer was to get the men at work
there to quit and 30 with them. An
thony RenoVltoh testified that he was
In the seventh row Of the marching
column. The sheriff called out some
thing. Then he took hold of the witness
by the coat collar and pointed his re-
volver at him. Witness knocked the re-
volver aside. Then he heard the sher-
III give the command to fire. He said
| Sheriff Martin was about three nun
| dred yards In advance of the deputies
Martin Sholocki was suffering much
pain from a bullet wound In the shoul-
der when he took the stand. He said he
was running toward the bush when he
was shot. He saw the sheriff In the
middle Of the road. heard him say
something, and Immediately the firing
began. He admitted that he was with
the mob at West Hazleton In the
morning when the sheriff warned them
to 60 home.'
Mrs. Kate Case, who resides at Latt-
mer, swore the nelghborhood was ter
rorlzed because the rumor got around
| that the strikers intended to blow up
the town. She said that she fled to tho
mountain with her family,a ,as did num-
ber OF her nelghbors.
Mrs. Ellen Witchie, who was on a
car going TO Lattlmer, said:
"I know nothing OF the strikers Tha
| deputles not on my car to intercept the
| strikers. noticed the deputies lined
along the first houses in Lattimer, and
when the strikers came the sherin
walked from his deputies into the road
and stopped the men. Then the shoot
ing began. and the deputies held their
guns so careless that those In the car
were in danger" -
"Did you see the men do anythlngT"
asked Judge Lynch
mo, sir, l did not see them do any
thing. They came along very quietly"
"Did YOU see those men do anything
at all?" asked Attorney Fell
"No. sir. did not"
shot In tho Back.
Matthias Czaja, one of the strikers,
said he was marching with the men and
was shot in the back. He said:
when we got to LattImer saw men
| standing with guns. The sheriff came
and told us TO stop. The sheriff pulled
| out his revolver, pointed It at the man
who carried the flag and said: "If you
20 further / will shoot you" was
frightened. The sheriff got on the out
side, said something and the firing be-
gan"
on ross-examinatlon the witness said
that he came out to see the crowd pass
ing and they made him go with them.
"You were afraid of them?" asked
Lenahan, counsel for the defense.
yes, sir"
"They compelled you to go with
them?"
"Yes, SIR"
Anthony Angeno, an italian, said he
met the strikers and they compelled him
to march with them. Andrew SivarNo.
2, Of Harwood. one OF the strikers, said;
81 was In the third or fourth line Of
| the marchers. / saw The men with the
guns along the road and we were stop
ped by the sheriff. Some one said: Go
| on and the sheriff grabbed him and
pointed a revolver at his breast, Then
the shooting began and I laid on the
| ETOuTu uUlll II WIS ONtls II luhAtu hu'ut
two minutes"
"Did the sheriff read a paper?" asked
Fell.
mo sir"
"Dd he attempt to read a paper?"
asked Judge Lynch.
mo sir, he did not"
"Did the men make any demonstra-
tion?" asked Fell
mo: one Of the men pushed the sher-
ms revolver away, That was ALL
Jacob scwa, another OF the marching
strikers. said:
81 was ten yards from the front I
saw the deputy sherffs with the nuns
and when the firing began | dropped In
to a ditch and lay there, was afraid I
would be shot"
At this point, District Attorney Fell
said:
"G might state to the court that al
though there have been some remarks
made here about the conduct OF this
case. we have subpocnacd all the Wit"
neBBes who kncwanythlng OF this shoot
Ing, but believe they know nothing
different from what has already beon
adduccd. There are thirty-thrce Wit
nesscs to be heard"
ouuss hyVI I nv ~ n ntIcnon u "'ru n,, SUI at,n
s,mo on,o TS innrry ,Ir "' iobn Tnrr, yoinn,ccrcd
% %no'''v ,IiIu' ~, ''',n ~. ,I,.
something new ilo sa,a, ALI
NNol"",e'r "''"''''
when the shooting was over, ! went
bnck TO give my uncle and cousin somc-
thing 10 drink, as they were wounded.
| A deputy named Clark said: Give them
| HI Then he got "a hold OF mo nnd