The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-11
THE SLAUGHTER OF. MINERS.
Continuation of the Story of the Massacre
at Lattimer.

first witness in the Lattip1er case today
was Morris Engleman, of West Hazleton.
He said that on the day of the shooting
he was on the road near the deputies.
He was told by the deputies to go into
the house as he was in danger of being
| shot.
On cross-examination Engleman said
he thought the Deputies were doing all
they could to preserve peace. and disperse
the strikers in peaceable manner with
out violence.
Daniel Ferry, grocer of Hazleton, who
was driving along the road to Lattlnier
on thel day of the shooting, testified that
he saw the strikers who were marching
| and that they were quiet and orderly.
| He also said he saw the shooting at Lat
| timer. A wounded man who was lying
on the railroad, got up and tried to walk
away, but he was shot down again.
Ferry said he saw William Raught after
the shooting became general, run after
the strikers as far as the railroad track
and shoot at a striker who was running
| towards the schoolhouse
| Joe Kappa, one of the men wounded at
Lattimer, said that when the strikers
reached Lattimer, the sherif fl stopped
them. 81 was little distance away, .
he said, land pushed forward to hear
| what was said. The sheriff told the lead
| ers that they could not go on to the mine,
but the leaders said they were going and
the sheriff again told them they could
| not 60. Then about 20 men pushed past
| the sheriff and the shooting commenced.
ran and got on the other side OF the
railroad track before I was hit. The ball
struck me in the back. | fell and got
| nfMaf ~ hni IN n
| shot. I ran short distance and then
! fell again and did not know anything
more.
Daniel Murphy was called. He said he
| saw Deputy A. e. Hess give water to a
wounded striker and togethersswith Alon.
20 Dodson and A. NJ. Eby, carry some OF
the wounded mensto the cars.
August Catski, testified that the depu,
| ties pushed and prodded the strikers at
West Hazleton forced them out of the
road and chat the witness and Martin
I ocak, although some distance from the
other strikers, were followed by two
deputies who struck them with theiI
guns. The witness said he was standing
near the trolley car on which the deputies
embarked to go to Latimer, and ne heard
| one of them, whom he does not know,
say: ''Let them go until we get to Lat
timer and then we'll shoot them.
| Catski said he was not at Latt1mer, but
| his brother and several OF his friends
were wounded there.
| Catski said the strikers were especially
notified at the meeting at HARDWOOD the
night before the shooting not to carry
arms.
| John Petrick, who reached LattimeI
after the shooting, said he helped several
| wounded men, but could not tell where
their wounds were. Upon the calling OF
John Ulrich, the defense agreed to admit
the following facts i n order to hurry the
trial along by avoiding continued
repetition of thessame questions;
| First the meeting of theIstrikerS al
HARDWOOD; second, the presence of the
deputies and strikers at West Hazleton;
third, the fact that the deputies were
ermed; fourth, the fact that apparently
ths strikers were not armed.
UIrich pointed out Thomas 81. Hall as
| the deputy who struck a striker at West
Hazleton, cutting his head and breaking
| his arm. He denied on cross-examlna'
ton that he had struck Deputy 7. Mitnel
| Morris on the arm at West Hazleton Oh
shat he threw stones at any of the depu.
:. ties. He also denied that he was arrested
atssWest Hazleton and locked up.
George Yamshack said he Joined the
strikers along the road and they made
1 him throw away a small stick he carried
| At Lattimer he said the sheriff grabbed
Geo. Novatany and pushed his revolver
| in his face, then witness got hold Of
George and pulled him loose. The sheriff
then grabbed another man and Novatany
pulled him loose. The shooting Their
commenced.
| Jos. Mekki of Humboldt, said the depu-
ties called out at West Hazleton and saio
to the strikers: eff you do not get out
of the road we will shoot you down like
dogs Mekki was shot through the arm
while running away and showed the
| scars of the wound.
| Andrew Hannes and Adam Lapinskli
two of the wounded strikers, showed
their scars. Both were wound in the
back while running away. This CLOSED
the testimony for the day.