The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-13

erected on which the ten collins Will
be placed. Then addresses in Polish,
Lithuanian and English are to be made
py priests and others The bodies will
be carried inside and pcntihcal high
mass VIII be celebrated. After the ser
vices the procession will go to the Pol
ish cemetery, where eight Of the eof-
fms, those containing Poles, will be
placed in one large grave. 1t is the
purpose TO acquire by subscription suf-
ficient funds to erect over this a. mon
ument bearing the names Of the vic
TINS and brief history of the event
Seventeen societies, all but one, made
up Of Poles. Hungarians and others of
the Slay races, and one of Irish are to
march in funeral procession. If Cen
eral Goblin executes the intention he
expressed tonight this whole pro-
gramme VIII be upset and it is feared
that the men will resent any interfer-
ence with the disposition of their dead
Dr.. 81. p. LewanJosai of New York
representing plle Polish societies of that
city, arrived here today. He is en-
powered to assist the strikers in every
possible way; to help them 10 gain their
demands from the operators, and to ar
range for the prosecution of the Sheriff
and deputies. Later in the day he said
he had received word that d check for
$1,000 from the National Polish Alliance.
which recently met in Philadelphia, has
been sent on for the aid of the miners,
and mat ne mas promises OF large ad-
dftfoual subscri Dtions from New York
and other cities. There are 1900 Poles
in the United States number of
Polish priests from New York. Buffalo
and other places are also expected to
arrive tomorrow.
DIR. Thorodovitch. secretary at the
Austrian consulate at Philadelphia
participated in a meeting tonight to
consider methods of prosecuting the
deputies He obtained affidavits from
a number of the miners who were in
Fridays affair which throws new light
cn the ohooting They declare in sub
stance that on the morning Of that day
a messenger arrived at HarWood and
asked the fcFeiGners to come TO Lati
MGR, as the employees of colliery No. l
at that place were about to strike
Later d second message TO the same eff
feet arrived, ana then the men started
over 70 Lati1ner. At Hazel coliierY. so
the affidavits continue. Sheriff Martin
met them and warned them not 30 60
through Hazelton, but to go round the
either way, They did So but arriving
at the fatal bend in the road near Lat-
ner, uleg again found themselves con-
froalted by the sheriff. this time backed
up by an army of deputies. AS soon as
they reached The spot. it is all4eGed
Sheriff Martin stepped out and roughly
sTa.eAsa the foremost man by the coat
collar. With his other hand ne thrust
a revolver into his face and used
abusive language. The miner knocked
the sheriff's revolver from in front OF
him and tried TO wrench himself from
the officials grasp Almost instantly.
the affidavit says. the order to fire was
given. The deputies were lined up in
a halloW square, the fourth side Of
which was formed by the body of Strfh-
ers, Tats would possibly account for
the fact that SO many were shot in the
back and sida.
Stories of viclenee on fG1e 2art of
strikers long before the outbreak CT
Friday are coming to light. 1t is said
that in their marches from mine to
nine they used brute force TO make IN
dividual workers join their ranks.
In the office of the Lshigh Traction
company is 4 brown getaway coat.
which one CT the men, new dead. wore
on Friday last. There are three bullet
holes in it, one through the front, one
through Che arm and a th9rd through
the tail In an inside pocket was found
4 Cneap nickel 32-ea4Fnyee bulldog re-
voIver. This had not been used in the
plet, hecause the chambers contained
neither empty nor loaded Shells. and il
could not have been fired before the
man Was shot, because he would have
had nc time to unload it. 1t is esta5-
IIshed that this is the only weapon con-
tanned in the whole mob of miners and
the conditions Indicate that the first
shot ccaId not have been fired from
their side. There we're three companies
of deputies and one of these is made up
Of men Who have served as mine police
il the past and who have had much
L
occasions, and were said to be in a re-
Yengeful mood against them.
All was quiet in the camp throughout
the day. several of the bodies includ-
the governors troop, .aking practice
d--lls.