The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-11
SHOT DOWN.
Miners Marching Along Public
Highway Near HazeltOn, Pa,
Met by Sheriff and Deputies
Who Fire on Them.
Nineteen Killed and a Lar ge
Number Wounded.
MINERS NOT ARMED.
Sheriff Says One of the Miners
Struck Him.
Wild Excitement Now Prevails
at HazeItOn.
TROOPS ORDERED OUT.
Regiments Are Being Hurried
to the Scene
To Prevent an Outbreak of the
FrenZied People.
Regiments Are Being Hurried
to the Scene
To Prevent an Outbreak of the
Frenzied People.

Hazleton. Pa, Sept. 1.-THE strike
situation eliminated yesterday in
terrible slaughter of the striking men
ers.
Nineteen dead and Al wounded is the
record of the Winchesters welded by
terrible slaughter at Latimer yesterday
afternoon. Eleven of the unfortunate
miners dropped dead in their tracks un-
der the battery. four more died during
the night and four were added to the
record this morning. The work of iden-
tifying the dead was actively going on
all night, and is still so far from COM
plete, that an accurate list of the vic
tins will not be obtainable for some
time to come.
Some of those known to be dead are:
MIKE CHENLOLL, Harwood.
FRANK CHEKA, Harwood-
JOHN STANISKA. Crystal Ridge
GEORGE KULICK, HarwOod.
STEVE HORRICK, Harwood.
Among the injured are:
George Krese, Harwood, bullets
through leg, hip and knee.
Joe KerloVicn, shot in neck.
Andrew Snabolick, shot in breast.
John Kuhch, shot in stomach.
John DanenskO, shot in both legs.
George Nreishek, shot in both legs.
John FOrti, shot in head; will die.
john klsshok, shot in hip.
Kasimier Dalis, shot in breast.
Jacob kulskot, shot through body;
will die
Steve Ersku, shot in body.
John Koti, shot in arm and left side.
Joseph Bobick, shot through back.
john Triebel, a deputy, shot in arm.
Three bodies were found on the road
near Latimer. The strikers left Halle
ton about $3.50 O'Clock in the afternoon
and it was their intention to go to Lat
liner AS soon it became known posse
of deputies was loaded on trolley car
and went whirling across the mountain
to the scene, where the bloody conflict
followed After reaching Latimer they
left the car and formed into three com
panies, under Thomas Hall, z. A. Hess
and Samuel b. Price. They drew up in
line at the edge of the village, with a
fence and line of houses in their rear.
Sheriff Martin was in entire COM
mand and stood in the front of the line
until the strikers approached. They
were seen coming across the ridge and
Martin went out to meet them. The
men drew up suddenly and listened in
silence until he had once read the riot
act. This finished, a low muttering.
arose among the foreigners and there
was a slight movement toward. Per
ceiNing this, the sheriff stepped toward
them and in a determined tone. forbade
advance Some one struck the sheriff
and the next moment there was COM
mand to the deputies to fire. The guns
of the deputies instantly belched forth
terrible volley. The report seemed to
shake the very mountains, and cry of
disTnay went up from the people. The
strikers were taken entirely by surprise
and as the men toppled and fell over
each other those who remained unhurt
stampeded. The men went down be-
fore the storm of bullets like ten pins
and the groans of the dying and
wounded filed the air. The excitement
that followed was indeScribable The
deputies seemed to be terror stricken at
the deadly execution of their guns, and
seeing the living strikers fleeing like
Wltd, and others dropping to the earth,
they went to the aid of the unfortu-
mates whom they had brought down.
The people of Latimer rushed pell
nell to the scene, but the shrieks of
the wounded drowned the cries of the
Sympathizing and half crazed inha BIZ
Jants- A reporter, who soon afterwards
reached the scene, found the road lead
ing to Latimer filed with groups of
frightened Hungarians. Some surround
ca dying companions, and others, fear
ful of pursuit, chung to the new conner
and begged his protection
At Farley's hotel there were two men
lying on the porch. Both had been shot
in the head
One had three bullets in him His
Sroans and appeals for doctor or
death were heartrending. All along the
road the wounded men who were able
to leave the field of battle, scattered
themselves and sought the shade of the
trees for protection, but there was no
need of that then. Approaching the
place where the shooting occurred, peo-
pie We're met wringing their hands and
bemoaning the catastrophe. They could
not talk intelligently, and it was with
the greatest difficulty that information
was CLEANED.
All along the bank of the trolley road
men lay in every position, some dead,
others dying. Three bodies, face down.
ward. lay along the incline, and three
others We're but a short distance away.
On the other side of the road as many
more bodies lay. The school house was
transformed into a temporary hospital
and some of the wounded were taken
there. The colliery ambulance was
summoned to the place as soon as pos
sible. and upon its arrival two men,
both shot through the legs, were load
ed into the wagon. All along the hill
side wounded men were found on the
roadside and in the fields. Many of the