New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-11
THE LATTIMER SHOOTING TRIAL.
STRIKERS SAY THEY WERE WOUNDED IN
THE BACK WHILE RUNNING AWAY

The BACh w lille Avail
wiIkesbarre Penn. Feb. lo-The first witness
called to the stand in the Lattimer case when court
opened this morning was Morris Englenan. OF
West Haxleton. Engleman said that on the day OF
the shooting he was on the road near the deputies
This was when the strikers were entering Lattimer
He testified that he told by the deputies TO go
into his house he was in danger OF being snot
On cross-exa mination Englem. said he thought
the deputies were doing all they could 10 preserve
the peace and dispense the strikers without vo-
lence He lid not see the strikers carrying arms
but admitted that they might have been armed. as
he did not see all OF them
Daniel Ferry. grocer. OF Haz!eton. testified tina.
he the strikers. who were marching, and that
they quiet and orderly. They were talking
quietly among themselves. He also said he saw the
shooting at Lattimer being near the deputies at
the time He heard first single shot. and saw
striker fall Then there was voey. and several
fell. and after the voey there were a number OF
separate shots. He wounded man. VINO was
lying the railroad. get up and try to walk away
but ne shot down again.
Counsel for the defence asked II Sheriff Martin
was not in as much danger OF being shot as were
the strikers when the shots were fred by the depu
ties
NO, SIR" replied the witness. HE was quite out
OF danger He was ont OF line OF the firing
Joe Kappa. one OF the men wounded at Lattimer
said when the strikers reached Lattimer the Sheriff
he said "and pushed forward 10 hear what was
said. The Sheriff told the leaders that they could
not go TO the mine. but the leaders said Trey
were going and the Sheriff again told them they
could not go Then about twenty men pushed
past the Sheriff. and the shooting began. ran and
got on the other side Of the railroad track before
was hit The ball struck me in the back fell
and got up again. because ] was afraid OF being
shot I ran a short distance and then fell again,
and did not know anything more"
The first witness OF the afternoon August
Catski He said that the deputies pushed and
prodded the strikers a; West Hazleton and forced
them out OF the road; that he and Martin Locka,
although some distance from the other strikers
were followed by two deputies. who struck them
with their guns. He standing near the trolley
and nc heard one Of them, whom he does not know;
say Let them go until We get TO Lattimer and
John Pettrck who reached Lattmer after the
soGid not Tell where their WOUNDS were. tipon the
calling OF John Ulricb the defence agreed TO admit
along by Avoiding continued repetiiion OF the
questions First. the meeting OF the strikers
ana strikers at West Hazleton third. the fact that
the deputies were armed fourth. the fact that APP
Tich pointed gu! Ih0 mas. H Hal as the deputy
examination that he had struck Deputy T Miner
Morris on the arm at West Hazlelon or that he
| denied that he was arrested al West Hazleton
ana lOcked VI.
George Yamschack said he Joined the strikers
| along the road and they made him throw away a
small stick he carried. At Lattimer, he said. the
| Sheriff grabbed George Novatny and pushed his
! revolver in his face; then witness 60, hold Of
| GEORGE and pulled him loose. The Sheriff then
| seized another man. and Novatny pulled him loose
| Then the shooting began.
Joseph Mekki. Of Humboldt, said the deputies
| called out AZ West Hazeton 10 some o. the
! strikers: If you do not get OF the road We
will shoot you down like dogs" Mekkl was shot
through the while running away and showed
| the scars OF the wound.
Andrew Hannes and Adam Lapinski. two OF the
wounded strikers showed their scars. Both were
wounded in the back while running away This
closed the testimony FOR the day