The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-09-16
MARCHING STRIKERS SHOT.
a MARCHING BODY or MINERS FIRE o
UPON BY THE SHERIFF AND HIS
DEPUTIES.
some fhaeen or Twenty Killed and I.-ws
NuhnhSr "ouHdsd-Troops Ordered Out
"y the GovsTnor CT fPennsyIvsaia-Indi
nAnt People Hold Mas n..,t,x

| eoh "f twenty kftIgd an ii Ia- -.
| NunbSr "oundsd-Troops Ordered ou,
| bJ the Governor efPenns,Ivsais-In
nAnt People Hold Mass Meeting.
| HAZLEros, Pa, Sept, i0.-Tbe strike
| situation reached a terrible crise. ar
the outskirts OF Latimer today wber
pand OF deputy sherifYs fired into ar
| iniurlated mob OF miners. The mer
ieil IKE so many sheep, and the excite.
ment since has been SO intense that nc
accurate figure Of the dead and wound
60 can be Obtained. Reports run from
hiteen 10 twenty odd killed and forty
or more wounded. Many OF these viii
uie. one man who reached the scene
tonight counted thirteen corpses. -Four
others died IN the mountains. Those
VINO were not injured carried their
uead and wounded friends into the
WOODS, and estimate is baflied, Three
oodles were found tonight on the road
near Latimer.
The strikers left Hazleton at 2 .3C
O'Clock this afternoon, Announcing
their intention Of going to Larjmer
AS soon as this became known, a band
OF deputies was loaded on A trollv car
and sent whirling across the mountain
TO the scene where the bloody conflict
followed. After reaching Latimer
they left the car and formed into three
| companies, under Thomas Hall. f. A,
Hess and 5. X. Price. They drew uu
in line at the edge of the village, with
fence and line of houses in their rear.
Sheriff Martin was in command and
stood in the front of the line until the
strikers approached. They were seen
coming across the ridge and Martin
went up to meet them. The men drew
up sullenly and listened in silence un-
til he had once more read the riot act.
This finished, low muttering arose
among the foreigners and there was a
slight movement forward. Perceiving
this, the sheriff stepped forward to-
ward them and in determined tone
forbade the advance. Some one struck
the sheriff and the next moment the re
| was command to the deputies to fire
The guns of the deputies instantly
belched forth terrible vOlley. The
| strikers were taken by surprise and as
the men toppled and fell over each
! other, those who remained unhurt
stampeded. The men went down be-
! fore the storm OF bullets like ten-pins
| and the groans of the dying and
wounded filled the air. The excite.
ment that. followed was simply lndes-
cribable. The deputies seemed to be
terror stricken at the deadly execution
| OF their guns and seeing the living
miners fleeing and the others dropping g
to the earth, they went to the aid OF
the unfOrtunates whom they had
brought down.
| In an interview Sheriff Martin said
he first met the marching miners al
West HaZletOn. He asked them where
they were going aud they replied
ave are going to Latimer to get the
men out of there" Then the sheriff
and seventy deputies, armed with Win.
chesters and revOlvers boarded a troll
ley car for Latimer and marching
down the public road headed off the
marching column of Poles and Huns
According to Martins story. when
the strikers reached the line of de-
| puties, he ordered them to halt and dis
perse. One of the men said in broken
English: Go to hell, you a" Mar
who made the remark, and, as he
claims, was fiercely assaulted by the
mans friends. Then the firing began
Martin was asked during the inter
| view: "When you met the men were
they on company property or on the
public road?" He replied they were
on the public road
We're they marching toward Lati-
mer?" Yes"
Had they up to that time commit
| ed sny overt act or acted otherwise
than peaceably?" "No."
"Why then did you order the depn-
ties to fire?" 81 did not order the de-
puties to fire; some one else did that
First came a single shot and then a
yOlley.' L gave no order"
Glow many men were killed?'
"There were twelve dead when | left
and about forty wOunded!'
Were any of your men hurt?" One
| of my deputies was shot through the
arm"
HAzLEroN, Pa, Sept. 1.-THE State
militia, every man with loaded rife
cleaning and bayOnet ready for any
sort of work he may be called to do
are on guard today at the little min
ing village of Latimer. The ninth re-
giment of Wilkesbarre arrived early
this morning. 1t is expected the rest
of the third brigade numbering about
twenty-five hundred will be in full
possession of this city and the neig gh-
boring mining villages this afternoon
The brigade is commanded by Gen
Goblin, recently elected grand COM
mander of the grand army of the re-
public. The governors action in Or
dering troops is in response to tele-
gram of leading citizens at Hazelton
A mass-meeting Of citizens not In any
way connected with the Goa, strike
was held last night and resolutions
passed denOuncing the shooting OF
miners and protesting against sending
troops on ground, that they are moi
needed and demanding the persecu.
tiOn of the sheriff and deputies. In
dignation is at fever heat and the
sheriff's lame explanation is received
everywhere with expressions of dis
gust.
Official information is that nineteer
were killed and forty-one wounded
Eleven were instantly killed and fonl
died during the night and four diet
this morning.