The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-15
STRIKING MINERS SHOT 70 DEATH.
TWENTY-ONE KILLED.
Deputies ordered to Fire Upon q Band Of
Rioting Miners.

A riot in which half hundred strlk-
ing miners were shot down marks the
end of the two months Of peace which
has thus far characterized the great
strike. Considering that n convention
was In progress at Columbus, o, fof
the speedy settlement of the strike. the
killing of at least fifteen men Is most
deplorable.
The strike situation reached terri
BILE crisis on the outskirts of Latti,ner
Carbon county, Pa. Friday afternoon
when a band of deputy sherffs fired
into an infuriated mob of miners.
Reports run from fifteen to twenty
odd killed. and forty or more wounded.
Many of these will die. Four other
dead lie in the mountains between Lat
timer and Harleigh.
Those who were not injured carried
their dead and wounded friends into the
woods and estimate is baflled. Troops
were called for and arrived on the scene
Saturday.
The list of killed as revised and iden-
titled follows. Michael Cheslok, of Har-
wood; Frank Cheka of Harwood, John
Staniska. of Crystal Ridge; George Ku>
lick, of Harwood; stephen Horlick, of
Harwood. Jacob Kulscot. of Harwood (;
John Slevonick. of Harwood, leaves a
wife and four children; John Harska,
leaves wife and two children: An
drew Nshkoshki: Andrew Slovonski;
John Script. leaves wife and two chill
dren; George Gasnbush.
on Friday afternoon about 200 strik-
ing miners left Hazeton, Pa, with the
intention of going to the Lattimer
mines.
on hearing this the sheriff immedi-
ately loaded band of deputies on a
trolley car and dispatched them to the
n tt,a.af mil tNh a n
advance of the approaching strikers.
Sheriff Martin was in entire command
and stood in the front of the line until
the strikers approached. They were
seen coming across the ridge. and Mar
tin went out to meet them.
The men drew up sulenly and listen
ed in silence until he had once more
read the riot act. This finished. low
muttering arose among the foreigners
and there was a slight movement for
ward. Perceving this the sheriff step
ped toward them and, in a determined
tone, forbade the advance. Some one
struck the sheriff and the next moment
there was command to the deputies
to fire.
The guns of the deputies instantly
belched forth terrible voley. The re-
port seemed to shake the very noun
tains and a roar of dismay 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 before the storm of
bullets like tenpins, and the groans of
the dying and of the wounded filed the
air.
The excitement that followed was
simply indescribable. The deputies
seemed to be terror-stricken at the
deadly execution of their guns and see
ing the living strikers fleeing like wild
men and the others dropping to the
earth, they went to the aid of the un-
Terminates whom they had brought
down.
Sheriff Martin was at first reluctant
to say whether he had given the com
mand to fire, but afterwards admitted
that he had.
Twenty-three of the men shot at
Latimer were reported dead, Monday,
six more dying and nearly forty in the
hospital.