Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

proposed withdrawal of the troops, the
bridgade commander said
THE troops cannot be moved while
they are burning breakers. There is
the danger of imitation in other see
tons
General Goblin also announced that
for some days he had been in receipt of
anonymous letters warning him that the
breakers would be burned. The hand
writing and construction, he said, in
dicated that they were written by per-
sons with some education. He ignored
them because they were anonymous.
BAD NEWS FOR AN IMMIGRANT.
The Philadelphia Times tells as follows
of the sorrowfu landing of an immigrant
in that city on Monday:
"A pitiful scene was enacted at the i'm
migration station, Washington avenue,
after the steamship Adria, from Ham
burg. had reached Pier A with sixty
seven passengers. The passengers were
mostly Prussians and Prussian Poles, of
the peasant class. After they had passed
successfully through the ordeal of exami-
nation they were transferred to the
waiting room. While the immigrants
were seated or standing about in groups
one of the women began to cry so loud
ly that she could be heard distinctly all
over the building. In the midst of her
distress and while tears were coursing
down her cheeks three little children
were tugging at her garments and their
lamentations were equally loud.
The cause of the woman's grief was
explained by the fact that one of the i'm
migrants had got German newspaper
giving an account of the shooting at
Lattimer, and among the victims was
her brother, Andrew Grekes. The three
little ones were this brothers children,
whose mother had died since the father
had left Poland three years ago"
PROSECUTING THE DEPUTIES
County Detective Eckert on Monday,
on advice of District Attorney Fell, ap-
piled to Judges Lynch and Bennett for
bench warrants for Sheriff Martin and
his deputies, which were granted. This
move was surprise to the prosecuting
committee, which had collected large
amount of evidence and was well sup
piled with funds to use in pushing the
case. The county detective and district
attorney last week agreed to act in con
junction with the committee, and the
breaking of faith with them was severely
criticised. As Fell is Il candidate for re-
election, and as it is feared the prosecu-
tion of Martin and his men will hurt the
Republican party at the coming election,
this move of the county detective APP
pears to be part of scheme to retard
justice until after the election at least.
Fell can now use his position to keep
back their trials for an indefinite period
GIVEN \ COURT HEARING.
The warrants were served and the
accused gang taken to Wilkesbarre Tues
day morning. Company d. of the Ninth
regiment, accompanied them to and
from the county seat, as it was feared
they might be assaulted when the facts
of the shooting cameo out at the hearing.
Both judges sat on the bench Several
witnesses were examined, the testimony
Throughout confirming the reports that
the sheriff was in no danger when the
deputies fired, that some deputies had
previously expressed themselves as being
anxious to shoot at the strikers and that
men were picked off deliberately and
killed while running from the scene.
All the witnesses subpoened were not
present, and the deputies were held
under S4, 900 bail each until the hearing
is ended. An officer of the City Trust.
Safe Deposit and Surety Company, of
Philadelphia, furnished bail.
SHERIFF GAVE THE ORDER TO FIRE.
The hearing was resumed yesterday
morning. The most important witnesses
had been unable to appear the previous
day, having no money to pay their fare
to the county seat. They were taken to
Wilkcsbarre at the county's expense
yesterday, and the testimony given by
several who were in the front ranks of
the body of Harwood marchers was some
WHdb StISdblOHdi' lldll u uDLbn men,
including the man whom the sheriff
hauled from the crowd to place under
arrest, swore that Martin snapped his
revolver twice at the men, then gave the
order to fire. No amount of cross
examination by John Lenahan, who re-
presented the murderers, could shake
the simple facts of this terrible slaugh-
ter, as told by the witnesses. Their
evidence contained the details of what
the public already knows, viz, that the
shooting was deliberately planned by
Sheriff Martin and that the plans were
faithfully carried out at the first oppor-
tunity by the riif-raff band which carried
the guns.
HEAVY BAIL DEMANDED.
At the conclusion of the hearing,
which was given the deputies to prevent
them from being arrested nv tho min arS'