The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-12

zelton, and it seemed as il all were being
spoken at once. The men decloed 10
take no action until Monday, when
committee consisting of four Poles, four
Italians and four Hungarians will visit
the operators and notify them of their
intention to remain out with the other
strikers until every demand is granted.
AT THE HOSPITAL.
The hospital was the heartrending
place today. Here all day long groups
of sunken-eyed, sailow-cneeked women.
many bearing children in their arms,
hung about the steps and eagerly watch
| ed the doors. Some sat in stony silence
as if unaware as yet Of what had hap
pened, while others were bowed and bent
beneath uncomfortable storms of grief.
| About the dead house in the rear or the
hospital building, where lay two or three
| bodies the scene was Infinitely plufui.
During part of the day lamentations no
| less mournful could be heard a the build
ing called the morgue, a one-story wood
en- structure which ordinarily does duty
as stable Here lay four bodies, two in
plain pine boxes, their bloody and waxen
| features exposed TO the gaze OF whoever
cared to look, while a rod beyond an un-
canny bulge under heap Of tarpaulins
told of two more victims.
THE BUTCHERED.
The long line Of cots on either side OF
Wounded" ward in the hospital pre-
scented d CHASTITY spectacle. On one Of
them lay a swarthy fellow Of some 20-odd
years, whose shoulders, where the ban
dasc1 permitted them 10 be seen, We're
a mass Of coagulated blood and powder
black. He was jacob Tomashontas 1t
was marvel 20 the physicians that ne
| lived throughout the day. Three bullets
! had found their billet in his body. One
entered over the heart, another pene-
trated the right lung, and a third lodg-
| ed in MS arm. Almost opposite him lay
a flaxen-haired boy Of IS, joan Bonko,
| who had been shot through the head.
All day ne lay there conscious, gazing
wistfully at the bowed form Of his elder
brother, who, shaken by sobs, sat a the
foot Of the bed. The doctors were look
ing for mis- death a. any moment.
THE CORONER WAITING.
Tie time when the coroner's inquest
VIII be held is still undetermined. Last
| night tha jury empanelled by that official
viewed the bodies Of the eleven men
| Who were instantly killed, and today
they viewed the ten additional victims,
| nut the formal inquest will not occur un-
| Ill matters have shaped themselves into
a finality by the death or recovery Of
the wounded.
MAY BE MONEY TO PAY.
! Of no An
strian consul at Philadelphia, arrived to-
night, and held a long conference with
a number Of prominent Hungarians,
preachers and citizens.
II was announced that prosecutions
will be Instituted.
The question OF obtaining indemnity
for those Hungarians killed who were
MOI citizens of the United States was al
so considered.
GOVERNORS PROCLAMATION.
Harrisburg, Pa, Sept lion account
of the horrible slaughter yesterday af-
ternOcn at Latimer, in the coal region,
the governor tonight issued the follow
ing proclamation:
Whereas II has been represented to
me- by the proper authorities of Luzerne
in various sections thereof, whereby the
lives Of the people are threatened, and
safety Of the people are threatened. and
which the civil authorities are unable to
suppress. and
Whereas, The constitution and laws
of the commonwealth authorize and re-
quire the governor, whenever it may be-
come necessary, to employ the military
of the state to suppress domestic violence
ard preserve the peace.
Nov, therefore. 1. Daniel II. Hast
ings, governor of the commonwealth, do
hereby admonish all good citizens and
all persons within the eye and under the
Jurisdiction Of the commonwealth,
against aiding or abetting any such I'M
lawful proceedings, and I do hereby
notify them that the lives and property
Of all citizens of the commonwealth will
be protected: that the laws will be en-
forced: that the humblest citizen will be
protected in his right 10 earn a liveli-
hood and in the enjoyment Of his home
and family; and that the safety Of life
and property Will be guaranteed on all
| occasions. at Whatever cost; and do
hereby command all persons engaged in
riotuus demonstra tons and unlawful
conduct threatening the peace and dig
nifty OF the commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania to dispense forthwith TO their re-
spective places Of abode, warning that
persistence in violence or unlawful as
semblage will compel such use OF the
military arm OF the commonwealth as
may be necessary 70 enforce obedience
to the laws and the maintenance OF
good order.
Give. under my hand and the great
seal OF the state, at Harrisburg. this 11tn
: day Of September, in the year OF our
Lord. one thousand eight hundred ana
ninety-seven. and Of the commonwealth
the one hundred and twenty-second.
by the governor: J. E. BARNETT,
Acting Secretary OF the Common
wealth.
(Signed) DANIEL II. HASTINGS,
GOMPERS CALLS IT MURDER.
Washington, Sept. I1.-President Com
pers Of the American Federation OF La
Dor. after denouncing bitterly the killing
of the men near Hazelton as brutal
murder, said:
The men were marching on the pub
lie highway they had as much right 10
march 10 Latimer or any other place on
the public highway as the sheriff or the
/ - "a Ia ~vAGi-