Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11

Notary Public. D. C..
triot of Pennsylvania reached a terrible
crisis on the outskirts of LIE timer yester-
DAY afternoon. when a bard of deputy
shcriffs fired into an irfuriated mob OF
miners The men fell Ike SO many sheep,
ard the excitement since has been intense.
The strikers left Hazleton at $50 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. announcing their In
tention to go to Latimer. AS soon as this
became known a hand of deputies was
loaded On trolley car. end went whirling
&C ross the mountain to the scene where the
bloody conflict followed. After reaching
Latimer they left the car and formed into
three &C mpanies. under Thomas Hall. E. A.
Hess and Samuel B. Price. They drew up
in line at the edge of the village. with
fence and line of houses in their rear.
sheriff Martin In Command.
Sheriff Martin was in entire command,
and stood in the front of the line until the
strikers approached. They. were seen COM
ing across the ridge, and Martin went out
to meet them.
The men drew up sullenly- and listened in
silence until he lad once more read the riot
act. This finished. low mutterinS arose
among the foreigners, and there was
slight movement forward. Perceiving this,
the sheriff stepped toward them, and in a
determined tone forbade advance. Some
che struck the sheriff. and the next moment
there vas command to the deputies to
fire
Inc guns OF the deputies Instantly belched
forth terrible voiley. The report seemed
to shake the very mountains, and roar
OF dismay went IN from the people. The
strikers wereH taken entirely by surprise,
and as the men topplei and fell over each
other. those who remained unhurt STAN
peded. The men went down before the
storm of bullets like tent ms and the groans
of the dying and wounded filled the air.
school House Used for Hospital.
Along the bank of the trolley road men
lay in every position. some dead others
dying Three bodies, face downward, lay
along the incline. and three others were
but short distance away. On the other
side of the road as many more bodies lay.
The school house was transformed into
temporary hospital, and some of the
wounded were taken there. The. colliery
soon as possible and Immediately upon its
arrival two men,. both, shot through the
legs. were loaded into the wagon. All along
the hillside wounded men were found on
the green. on the roadside. and dn the fields
Many others, who had been carried to a
distance. could not be found.
Amid the excitement the deputies turned
their attention to the wounded and car
r1ed many OF them to places where they
could be- more comfortably treated
Martin Roski, an intelligent Hungarian
from Mount Pleasant who was shot i'm the
arm. was seen by a reporter on the car
coming over and gave this version of the
affair:
I'VE were going along the road to Lati-
mer. and the deputies were lined across
the road, barring our progress. We tried
10 go through them, and did not attempt
to hit or modest them. when they fired upon
us. We ran, but they kept on shooting on
us while we ran. 1t is all their fault"
Citizens Held Several Meetings.
Citizens meetings were held in various
parts of the city last night. Opinion was di-
vfced about the responsibility for the shoot
ing. AT one meeting. held in Van Wickie S
Casino. attended by bankers, coal oper-
ators and prominent business men, resou-
tons Were adopted calling on Gov t.
ings 10 send The n ilitia there immed ately
At other mass-me et:ngS, attended ny ti:,.-
sands OF people. the sentiment was against
bringing the troops in, and it is asserted
by these that there was no necessity Tor
having the deputies here.
1t is estimated that when the strikers
began marching on the Hazls mines they
numbered about two hundred. Many of the
men at the Halle mines quit work and
J6 incl in the march on the Latimer mine.
The body did not move with any precision,
and traverSed the highway entirely, keep
ing off private property. All along the road
they seemed jubiiant over their success at
the HaZie mines.
y,
strikers reached the line of deputies he
ordered them to halt and dispense. One
of the Hungarians said in broken English:
Go to h, you - -"
Martin then attempted to arrest the mar
who made the remark, and, he claims,
Was fiercely assaulted by the mans friends
Then the firing began. Mr.. Martin was
asked during the interview: when you
met the men. were they on company prop
erty or on the public road?
He replied: mo. they were on the public
read"
Were they marching toward Latimer?"
Had they up to that time committed
any overt act. or acted otherwise than
peaceably?'
NO"
Did Not order the Voiley.
why. then. did you order the deputies
to fre?"
Il did not order the deputies to fire; some
shot. and then volley. 1 gave no or
der"
How many men were killed."
There were twelve dead when / left.
aad about forty wounded"
We're any OF your men hurt?"
the arm"
Sheriff Martin when he reached Wilkes
barre was badly scared. Though he
claims TO have been brutally assaulted,
when seen he did not have mark on
his person to show that he had been rough
iy handled. All classes of citizens in the
city and county unite In condemning Sher-
IN Martins course in firing on the miners.
Johnny Conveys Abiuctors Arrnirn-
eel.
ALBANY. n. Y. September 11-H. G.
Blake and J. NJ. Hardy. the two kidnapers
OF the boy Johnny Conwa y. who have been
lodged in the STATEN house here for the
past three weeks. were arraigned in Ihe
police court this morning to plead. fhe
men waived examinatfor and were held