Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-09-17

tracks There they were drawn up In
the form Of a crescent with the horne
toward the road
The strikers made their appearance
soon after marching down the road to-
ward the Lattimer breaker. They were
IN orderly array. six abreast, carrying a
small American flag. Two small boys,
one and the other II. sons Of one Of
the strikers. were In the van walking
hand In hand several feet In advance OF
the men
After the shooting found these two
little fellows lying side by side. dead.
They were pierced by at least dozen
bullet wounds and had probably been
instantly Killed, as they lay side by side
on the spot whore they were last seen
alive
strikers Crowded Around the sherifR
As the strikers approached the depu-
ties Sheriff Martin left his men and
advanced toward the oncomers. who
stopped upon his command. saw the
sheriff talking vigorously to them, and
then he read the riot act The strikers
crowded around him to the number Of
al least 100 but I do not think he was
Knocked down. az ne states Finally
saw him pushed aside into the ditch
at the side Of the road. and then the
strikers, headed by the two little boys
have mentioned, swept toward Latti-
mer and IN a minute or two were In
front OF the deputies
As the van confronted the armed
men, Samuel Price Of Hazleton, who
had volunteered his services, stepped
out in front of his line, whereupon one
OF the deputies cried with an oath,
Come back, or wen shoot you tool"
Price did not reply in words. but
leveled his rifle at the strikers and fired
Almost as If Prices shot was the signal
came the crash Of the volley from the
other men.
The sight was indescribable The
strikers were daaed for q moment and
then fled in every direction, most Of
them toward the schoolhouse, where
Miss Coyie and ! stood. We were pet
rihed with horror. ! did not realize our
danger. so that involuntarily we re-
mained spectators to the last and saw
all the horrible sight.
II thought one volley would suffice to
disperse the strikers II did, but II was
not sufficient to satisfy the ungovern-
able rage for blood which the deputies
exhibited. They no longer fired In vol
leys, but one after another, taking care
full aim and firing to kill. and with
deadly effectiveness. too for man after
man dropped as he ran, screaming with
fright, for a place Of safety.
"A bullet crashed through our school
house window. Then one Of the fleet
est Of the strikers, with blood streaming
from his arm, ran toward US TO gain the
shelter of the building. He had almost
reached the corner when he was shot
between the shoulders and fell dead al
most at cur feet You can Judge Of the
care with which that fatal shot was
sent when / tell you that the man fell
fully 300 feet from the foremost Of the
DEPUTIES.
Deliberately Shot Down.
Il saw men who had hidden behind
trees and fences during the first fusil-
laGe leave their places of concealment
only TO be deliberately shot down. One
poor devil, whom I afterward found was
shot through both legs at the knees, had
crawled some distance from the depu-
ties, and sitting upright, was shot
through the back and killed
Il wish could describe to you the
deliberate bloodthrstiness of the shoot
ers but cannot lind words sufficiently
strong to tell the story. 1t was horri-
BILE
Inc bhOotihB cOntlnued Tot ~ OF 10
minutes. l am sure 1t was more than
10. and when 1t had ceased Miss Coyle
and l went to help the wounded. One
man passed US who had been shot
through the stomach and held his pro-
truding lntestines IN the hollow Of his
hands. clasped together about the
bloody mass. Miss Coyle, brave girl,
did not recoil at this sicken'ng sight,
but asked the man II he could 90 into
the schoolh0use and lie down untA help
arrived No he replied, me want to
see my wife before die and he stagger-
ed on down the road. He never saw
her, for we found him dead against the
fence near the school soon after
we got three Of the wounded men
into the school and attended to their
wants as well as we could"
The feeling against Sheriff Martin
continues intensely bitter, particularly
on the part of the families and friends
Of the victims Of the shooting at Latti-
mer. Warrants have been sworn out
against the sheriff and all his deputies
who took part In firing upon the strik-
ers, the charge against them being
murder