The sun., 1897-09-14

church, one the regular Catholic service and
one of the dead was Greek.
sermon in Polish was preached at the ceme-
IIery by tho Rev. Father lychowicz OF Glen
Leave cay. justice TO take vengeance for what
preached by the Rcy, Father, Mpylan. who do.
cl4red that tho Eng ish-speakikS people and
Poles who were dead iIo counselled iorbeNr;;
ancc III the present crisis, and said there existed
grave pcril when tho least false move might pre-.
cipitate terrible isis, worse than that the pco
pl had gone through Then there was another
sermon in another language. 1t was preached by
the R,y. J. Martyczus. The. bodies were then
buried in one plot. IL Is the intention to have
nll the dead buried In the same plot and thon to
c-cct a monument over them. on tho base of
which they will be described as martyrs.
DEPUTY PLATT's STORY OF THE SHOOTING.
The strike extended today. The men struck
In sympathy with the HARDWOOD mon. but 1t is
SrN reporter to-day got the first detailed state
ncnt from a deputy shcr'f who was In the
froSas as; on n Friday That has oeCn made; The nun
middle age, and is one Of tho wo!l.todo citizens
acter of the mob for which the Pulitzer stripe of
papers Sr are trying to arouse sympathy. He said:
high valley station below 10 SSeF SsrS ho 0 sheriff f
was with us. There were tfty.eight in our
were coming across the mountain and wo
were, going TO head them off from an assault
on No. Stockton mine. At l O'Clock
formed at Harwood and was ON the way to
Cranberry. We started for the nearest point to
head % them of. They passed through Cranberry,
driving people out OF their houses and compell-
ing them To Join the ranks. They sent de.
ed tn Woods 5S SEys I eF sS
caught one man there who had taken rcfuge in
mine and boat HIM to nscnsibility. His life is
From Crystal Ridge they marched to West
Hnzleton. and i was there that we met them.
mcr aud wo came up across street and got to the
turnpike when the mob was half way past. We
6kS it in two ina and then went % on the doq6s
-,,, -, Fan back! Fail back! Stop, You are
They; kept right on. We got to the head just
before West Hazleton, was reached. and there
act to them. They were ugly and were shout
ing and yelling, There was row. Some Of our
With stone Three rifles w we're = pointed , to at him. m
He dropped the stone. but stood where he was
and said: Shoot. shoot; you don't dare shoot.
side street leading toward IIarwood. and we
thought that they were going back home, We
instead of going home they had headed cross
lots toward Lattimer. We got the first car in
stopped at Hsrloigh. which is a traction com.
pany junction; thinking that they would take
1Se ned 50 to Sad0 to
mcr. We sprinted for the highway there and
good view OF the situation and form our lines.
At Lattimcr we were mot by officials OF the
Lattimer mines, who notified us that the prop
erty along the highway was their property and
they demanded protection for it. When the
bead OF The mob came into the turnpike the
wanted 10 go with HI m. Go back he said. l
will meet these men alone. and viii argue with
They must go back He took q copy OF the riot
act In his hand and Ment down the road waving
II above his head. He was seventy-hye yards
from US. and he waited there.
As the head of the mob appeared he COM
They light ON lie esed to them Sm 10 afMn
and started reading the riot act to them. They
were coming on dog trot and were acting like
wave on the saashore We could see him strug-
Cling with them. shot was tired in the crowd.
This was before we had fred a shot. We could
see the sheriff grab one man and at the same
time draw his revolver. He pulled this man out
were shaking their fats in his face and cursins
him; The yelling kept up.
ON came the rest OF the mob straight At US
to the private property We were guarding. Then
don't know how 1t camel don't know who
gave the order but the shooting began. II did
The moment sa a man drop shouted to stop,
and in a moment every man IN the posse dropped
There was not another shot fired.
" The stories Of shooting at men as they ran is
happened and was over quicker a good deal than
IL takes to toll you. The men ran like sheep tho
s the sides % OF the % men Who had taIien As soon s
as order was half way, restored all but twenty
OF tho posse were ordered to stand one side in
might make II it reformed, and the twenty fell
to caring for the wounded.
got water and whiskey., Everything was done
for these men by the deputies that could be
Injured were eft on the fleld and that We went
the car that carried the last OF the wounded that
The fact that some of the dead were found
300 yards from the spot where the shots were
were shot as they fsd The men whose bodies
were found that distance were wounded men
died Where they were found. '1'' 41D '''' anu
Mr. Platt told OF the sorr3w Of the deputies
T5S dd 70 the bs hS sx a
assaultlnE the shsrr MS life was in danger
counter at I,attimer was the, sixth that sheriff
Martin had had with the mob in a week. Each
act '' to % them. sherir Martin cant came to to Hs. M
zl-ton this afternoon and he was ,ques'
Of BY een he o Ho dS the
story, that, he has told before He said he was
struck in the face. He said there was man on
either side OF h m W tn n revolver. He denied
that he fired b own revolver. He said he be-
lieyed his life was in danger and his deputies
investigation, he said for in that way h Is vindi.
cation and the yindication OF his deputies would
come.
| Gen. Goblin Wns visited by District Attorney
Fail and the Deputy Coroner, and in the talk
the General was asked what he would do II an
attempt made to serve the warrant OF ar.
rest for murder on Sheriff Martin whom the
Sheriff was on his way back to Wilkesbarre.
The General said:
"I'd sent squadron out to get him and pro-
tect him"
The question was asked then what the Gen.
eral would do In case the District Attorney
ordered his detectives to serve the warrants OF
arrest on the accused deputies. The General
said, looking at the District Attorney:
"rd lock you up SO quick You would not know
whcro you were at until you landed In jail.
That's what I'd do
The District Attorney laughed. To the re-
porters Gen. Goblin said:
- am going TO see to it that the laws Of the
State ure not violated. From the Information
have learned from tho Sheriff and others am
convinced that these miners who were shot by
tho Sherifs men on Friday were yiolators OF
the law. They were marching In II body on the
public highway, and they had no right to be
ihero. They had been daily warned, and they
knew that the ,Sheriir was the officer OF the law
They should have returned home when the
Sheriff met them at West HazletOn.
Gen. Goblin was asked how long no expected
60. f,, In oil attn Iln guil