The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-11
sympathizing and half-crazed inhabit-

ants.
 A reporter, who soon afterwards reached the scene found the road lead Ing 10 Latimer filled with groups oi frightened Hungarians. Some were
 around dying companions and others were caring for the wounded. At Farley's hotel there were two men lylng on the porch, both had been shot
 In the head and one had three bullets in
 nm. His groans and appeals for doc
 LOT were heartrending. All along the
 road the wounded men who were able
 to leave the scene of battle scattered
 themselves and sought the shade of
 the trees for protection, but there was
 no need of that then. Approaching
 the place where the shooting occurred,
 people were met wringing their hands
 and bemoaning the catastrophe. They
 could not talk intelligently, and it was
 With the greatest difficulty that infor-
 nation could be gleaned.
 Along the bank of the trolley road
 men lay in every position, some dead,
 others dying. Three bodies, face down.
 ward, 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 a temporary hospital, and some of the wounded were taken there. The colliery ambulance was summoned to the place as soon as pos slole and immediately upon it's arrival two men, both shot through the legs. were loaded into the wagon. All along the hillside wounded men were found, Many others had been carried to a dist ance.
 AS soon as the news reached Hazle- ton there was consterna tion. Within ten minutes the streets were blocked With excited people. The Lehigh Trac- ton company immediately placed a numoer Of extra cars on the Latimer me ana doctors and clergymen re- sponded promptly. The rush of people to Latimer was so great that vehicles along the road were impeded. Amidst the excitement the deputies turned their attention to the wounded and car rled many of them to places where they could be more comfortably treated.
 Martin Roski, an intelligent Hunga- rian from Mt. Pleasant, who was shot Tn the arm, was seen by reporter on the car coming over and gave this yer sion of the affair:
 We were going along the road to Latlmer and the deputies were lined across the road, barring our progress We tried to go through them and did not attempt to hit or mo1est them, when they fired upon us. We ran, but they kept on shooting while we ran"
 Citizens meetings were held in va rious parts of the city tonight. Opin- ion was divided about the responsibility for the shooting. At one meeting held in Van Wickles Casino, attended bv bankers, coal operators and prominent business men, resolutions were adopted calling on Governor Hastings to send the militia here immediately. All the mass meetings were attended by thou sands of people.
 It is estimated that when the stril,- ITS began marching on the Hazel mines they numbered about two hundred Many of the men at the Hazel mines 1uit work and joined in the march on the Latimer mine. The body did not move with any precision and trayersed he highway entirely, keeping off pri- 7ate property. All along the march the body seemed jubilant over their success It the Hazel mines