The Portland daily press., 1897-09-13

heaps already in the road. All those not
too seriously wounded to move, fled to
the woods on either side of the road.
linen the deputies put up their revolvers.
There was no one left to kill. The scene
was one of extreme horror. Dust no long
er arose from the road as men passed over
1t; 1t was damp with human blood.
The dead lay in all positions, two and
three deep. The writings of the serious
" wounded and those in the contortions
of violent death, were frightful to wit
ness. Others crawled about like wound
ed beasts, blinded by their own blood and
thinking only of escape. Others, not SO
badly wounded, but that they could
crawl, dragged themselves slowly over
the bodies of their comrades in an
effort to escape into the woods. Many of
them succeeded. They were found there
later, dead.
The entire town of Latimer turned out
and the inhabitants of the neighboring
towns rushed in. In the throngs were
the families of men who had been Killed.
Their agony was pitiful to witness and
drove tho crowds into frenzy. Their
fierce denuneiations and tho cries of the
afflicted served to make of it q place
where only strong minds could keep the
balance and not give way. The dead
were piled up in a hastily improvised
morgue The wounded were rushed to
the hospitals here.
Gen. Goblin, in an interview, expressed
himself as well satisfied with the con-
duct of the troops. tThe men, he said,
each company has an average Of 40 out
of so men present. The situation last
night was very serious, but today it is
not SO bad. / am very much pleased at
the friendly feeling with which the troops
have been received"
When spoken to in relation to the posit-
ion of the regiments, Gen. Goblin said:
They have been so assigned that per-
feet law al d order will be maintained.
will not permit the marching of large
bodies of men along the roads, and all
such will be ordered to disband at once.
My mission here and the mission of the
soldiers is to maintain law and order.
| have nothing to do with what the men
are striking for, or what the operators
are seeking. and, as Ear as I am officially
concerned, do net care.
AS L said before, we are here simply
to maintain law and order and that con-
ditiong shall be maintained. I'have ar
ranged my regiments accordingly. am
especially well pleased with the prompti-
tuae with which the men responded to
tbs call for duty, and by nightfall /
expect to have nearly all under canvas.
Some of the latter have now arrived,
and the remainder will be here shortly.
The soldiers are not manifesting any
feeling. but are attending strictly to
duty"
Until late hour tonight the streets of
the city were filled with miners and citi-
zens. while here and there among the
throngs were soldiers. There was abso-
lutely no bitterness shown with the ex-
ception of the general denunciation of the
action of the deputies yesterday.
At the mass meeting of miners and
sympathizing citizens on Donegal hill,
fully 5000 miners were in attendance. The
meeting was addressed by q number of
priests in the Polish Slavish tongues. An
address was also made by John Fahy, q
labor organizer of Pottsville, John Shea
of Wiikesbarre and Matthew Long of this
city. Resolutions were adopted denounc-
ing the shooting of the miners and a COM
mittee was appointed to solicit contri-
buttons for the purpose of prosecuting
morrow and next Sunday collections for
this purpose will be taken in all the
Polish and Slavonian churches. A reso-
luton was also passed protesting against
the declaration of martial law as "un-
necessary and for the sole purpose of
protecting murderous deputies from ar
rest by civil process.
DR.. Thoforovich, secretary of the Aus
TRAN consul at Philadelphia, arrived to-
night and held a long conference with a
number Of prominent Htngarians,
preachers and citizens. 1t was announced
that prosecutions will be instituted
The question of obtaining indemnity
for those Hungarians killed who were
not citizens of the United States was also
considered.