The record-union., 1897-09-13

more wiz be buried tomorrow, and
here the trouble is likely to occur 1t
has been arranged that the ten coffins
shall lie carried on the shoulders of the
strikers from the undertaker's shop TO
the front of St. Joseph's Church In
front of the church platform is to be
erected on which the ten collins will
be placed Then addresses in Polish,
Lithuanian and English are to be
made by priests and others: The bod
les viii be carried inside and pOntifical
high mass will be celebrated. After
the services the procession will go to
the Polish Cemetery, where eight of
the cy1lins, those containing Poles, will
be placed in one large grave. 1t is
the purpose to acquire by subscription
sufficient funds to erect over this a
monument bearing the names of the
victims and a brief history of the event.
Seventeen societies, all but one, made
up OF Poles, Hungarians, and others
Of the Slav races, and one of Irish,
are to march in the funeral procession.
If General Goblin executes the inten-
tion he expressed tonight, this whole
programme will be upset, and it is fear
ed that the men will resent any inter-
ference with the disposition Of their
dead.
DR.. II. P. Lewandosld of New York,
representing the Polish societies of
that city, arrived here to-day. He is
empowered to assist the strikers in
every possible way to help them to
gain their demands from the opera
tors, and to arrange for the prosecu-
ton of the Sheriff and deputies. He
sold ho I,o1 OH
for 81 900 from the National Polish
Alliance, which recently met in Phila-
delphia, had been sent on for the aid
of the miners, and that he has prom
ises of large additional subscriptions
from New York and other cities. He
obtained atfidavits from a number of
the miners who were in Fridays affair,
which throws new light on the shoot
ing. They declare in substance, that
on the morning of that day a messen-
ger arrived at Harwood and asked the
foreigners to come to Latimer, as the
employees of colliery No. l at that place
were about to strike. Later, a second
message to the same effect arrived,
and then the men started over to Lat
inner. AT Hazel colliery, SO the af-
fidavit continues, Sheriff Martin met
IIcDl anu WdInGu LuCln not TO go
through Hazelton but to go round the
other way. They did so, but arriving
at the fatal bend in the road, near
Latimer, they again found themselves
confronted by the Sheriff, this time
backed up by an army of deputies. AS
soon as they reached the spot it is
declared, Sheriff Martin stepped out
and roughly grabbed the foremost man
by the collar. With his other hand he
thrust a revolver into his face and used
abusive language. The miner knocked
the Sherif's revolver from in front of
his face and tried to wrench himself
from the officials grasp. Almost in
stantly, the affidavit says, the order
to fire was given. The deputies were
lined Ip in hollow square, the fourth
side of which was formed by the body
of strikers. This would possibly ac-
count for the fact that so many We're
shot in the back and side In the
office of the Lehigh Traction Company
is a brown cutaway coat, which one of
the men, now dead wore on Friday
last. There are three bullet holes in
it. In an inside pocket was found a
cheap nickel 81 caIiber bulldog re-
volver. This had not been used in the
riot because the chambers contained
neither empty nor loaded shells; and it
could not have been fired before the
man was shot. because he would have
had not time to unload it.
1t is estimated that this is the only
weapon found in the whole mob of
miners, and the conditions indicate
that the first shot could not have been
fired from their side. There were
three companies of deputies, and one
Of these made up of men who have
served as mine police in the past, and
had much trouble with the strikers on
previous occasions, and We're said to
be in d revengeful mood against them.
All was quiet in the camp throughout
the day, several of the bodies, includ-
ing the city troop of Philadelphia and
the Governors troops taking practice
drills.
Clement Plopstack, one of the strik-
ers, who was injured in Fridays riot,
died late tonight, making the twenty
third death.
During the day rumors were current
that the deputies had left town. A re-
porter made search, and located ten
deputies.