Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-09-18
TWENTY ONE ARE DEAD
OTHERS WILL DIE FROM THEIR
WOUNDS-LIST OF THE DEAD.
State Warriors Arrive in Great Num-
bers-HazIeton's War Time
Appearance.

Hazleton, Pa. Sept. l3.-Twenty ont
corpses lay yesterday morning in frame
shanties scattered about this hilltop
town. Forty MANNED, wounded and bro
ken figures lay on the narrow cots Of the
Hazleton hospital. Of these, it IS almost
a certainty that five will be added to the
death list before another day dawns
Such was the execution done Friday at
ternoon by l02 deputy sheritfs, armed te
the teeth, upon about $50 Ignorant for
eigners whose total armament consisted
Of two little penknives. These facts are
undisputed.
Here is the ghastly roll as it stood Sat
urday night:
The dead-Andrew Nickowski, John
Chobenski, Steve Urch, Andrew 1ehr-
man, John Frankie, John Zernawick
Frank kodet, John Zahzlack, John
Sheka, Anton Greellio, John Turnas
vich, Andrew Yrch, Andrew Zimerski
Adam Zimenski, John Burski, Stanley
Sackdreski, Sebastian Bozotoski, John
Futa, Adelbest Czata, Andrew Collick
Rachael Beckwicz.
The injured who are at deaths door
Clemens Blotack, Caspar Dulass, John
Bonke, Andrew Joabini. Jacob Toma-
shanti
Forty others are badly hurt, including
John Treble, deputy sheriff. All these
men ranged in age from Is to 45 years:
all foreigners-Hungarian Poles and
Slavs
Excitement Was Intense.
The situation Saturday night was as
intense as the day was full Of event and
incident. First and foremost, the purpose
these men had in view when their march
received it's tragic end was consummat-
ed The 100 workers at the Latlmer
mines, to whom they were bound in an
effort to induce them to join the strlk-
ers, have laid down their picks and have
sworn to do no more work until all the
demands of the men in the district have
been satisfied.
i''o'Aseii\
of warrants this afternoon for the arrest
of Sheriff Martin and lO2 deputies. These
were issued at the instance of the United
Hungarian Societies. They were made
out in the name of Joseph M. Healte,
president of the st. George society, OF
which nearly all the dead were mem
bers. Robert p. Riley, manager of the
Anthracite Detective Agency, took
charge Of the documents, but up to a
late hour they had not been executed.
Sheriff Martin, who spent Friday night
at his Wilkesbalre home under a strong
guard, came to Hazleton Saturday morn
ing with the Ninth regiment OF the
Third brigade. His presence in town
was not known until late in the day.
Then it was discovered that he was
still under the guardianship Of the sol
diers and he could not be reached in the
afternoon Constables Airey and Gala
CHER made an effort to arrest A. Hess,
who led one company Of deputies last
night, but he had sought shelter within
the military lines kept by the Ninth
regiment, and they refused to permit the
constables to pass the guard. The war
rants charge murder, assault and battery
and threatening to kill.
The third event Of note was the offer
made by Superintendent J.. A. Wall OF
the Lehigh-W Wilkesbarre collieries to grant
an increase Of 10 per cent over the Le-
high basis to the men of the company,
about 2OOO in number. A big meeting
was held at McAdoo in the afternoon to
consider this offer, and after much dis
cl1sson and speech making it was de-
cided to accept the proposition. But 1t
tie confidence follows this decision, as it
is taken for granted that as soon as the
men return to work pressure from the
men still out will be brought to bear to
restore them to the strikers ranks, and
it is admitted that there will be no re-
sistance.
This was only one Of three mass meet
ings held Saturday.
Sympathy for the Murdered.
Another at Harwood adopted resolu-
tions expressing sympathy for the muir
dered brothers who were shot down at
-Latimer, and continuing in this fashion
"For years we have been oppressed by
G. Pardee & Co. by the payment OF star
vation wages They have deprived us
Of our liberty by compelling us to deal
in their company store. They have fore
ed us to purchase powder at five times
its actual value. and have otherwise
tyrannized us in ways too numerous tc
mention, so that we are no longer free
men, but slaves. We assembled together
peacefully and to seek redress for oul
grievances. Not one man among us was
armed. Our mission was not to take hui
man life nor to destroy property, but te
90 and meet our fellow employees Of the
same company at Latimer, who were IL
sympathy with us. We were opposed OF
the public highway and without provo
cation were shot down like dogs.
"Rcsolved, That we deplore such re
sistance to the right to assemble anc
march. That we look upon such shoot
ing as unprovoked and uncalled for, ane
that if such slaughter is not murder IL
law it surely must be before high heaven
That we denounce such action as crue
and wilful and cowardly murder.
"We place ourselves before the bar o
public opinion and appeal to the gooe
citizens of this state and country and ask
them if there was justification or warran
in such assassination.
"Resolved, That we extend our sympa
thy to the friends and relatives OF thos'
who have fallen, and pray to God tha
those now dead will live in our memorle
as martyrs to the cause Of downtroddel
labor.
The third meeting was the most largel.
attended. It began at Hazel Park abou
5 o'clock in the afternoon, and adjourned
to Dologal hill, an open place, where
was in progress at night. The purpose o
this meeting was also to extend sympa
thy and to decide upon course of ac
ton in consequence Of Friday night
catastrophe.