Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-02-24

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Instantly the man, Nevatanna, struck
him vicious blow in the face with his
| fist and knocked him to his knees.
The order to fire was given by whom
we do not know, but it was none too
soon, for the head of the charging column
had rushed within fifteen feet of the
deputies line. Many of the men were
killed and wounded, while Deputy Trei-
bic was shot through both arms by some
person in the rear of the deputies
| One of the first witnesses presented BY
the defense was Mrs. Rose Glace. One
strickers on September 10 in Mrs. Glacet
eyes was that they stole her bean poles
and used them AS clubs. incidentally
they chased her husband through the
brush because he would not march with
them. ''Three of the strikers went to
John Edmundson's house." said she.
''and tried to make him join the crowd. ''
Two of them grabbed Edmundson by
the arms and pulled one way. Mrs. Ed
mundson grabbed him about the waist
and pulled the other way. The poor
| fellow was nearly torn apart, but the
strikers gave in aud Edmundson only
suffered the loss of his shirt.
Mrs. Glace declared that she saw the
strikers have revolvers and pieces Of
iron in their hands. An effort to eX-
on the part of the prosecution failed
after an argument that lasted an hour
or more.
Mrs. Rose Gillespie, a widow whose
home is in Harwood, where three of her
sons work in the mines, testified that she
saw strikers from McAdoo drive the
workmen out Of the Ilarwood breaker on
Tuesday. .'On September 10 | was
afraid that they would trash my boys if
they would not go to Lattimer, so | sent
two Of them into the brush and hid the
third in the cellar. When they started
for Lattimcr every striker had a club
and many of them pieces of iron. They
chased men through the brush and
heard several pistol shots
Testimony corroborating this was
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Catherine Neusenbaum, Mrs. Patrick
Gallagher, Mrs. Charles Miller and
Joseph Shultz, of Harwood.
| Although Tuesday was legal holi-
day, Judge Woodward did not ad-
journ court. He, however, realized that
it would be fitting if there were a brief
celebration of some kind in honor of the
day. He therefore appointed James b..
Scarlett, one of the lawyers in the case,
to read the farewell address of Washing
ton.
The hearing of testimony was then
begun. No witness was kept on the
stand ii long time, and there was ten
dency to rush things. All the witnesses
examined gave very damaging testimony
against the strikers. On cross-examina-
ton, however, it was brought out that
many of them, or some of their relatives,
were holding good positions under the
coal companies.
The two most important witnesses of
the day were Mrs. Catherine Graeber,
aged SO years. and William Gerlock,
breaker boss at Cranberry. Mrs. Grae-
ber testified that the strikers came
along like wild men, not like regular
| people-a club in one hand and a pistol
in the other. She told of II man who
threw a stone at her, and exhibited a
stone weighing nearly a pound, which
she swore was the identical one.
The evidence of Gerlock was badly
! shaken on ross-eXamination. He testi-
/ fled that on some day preceding the
day Of the shooting, the men on strike
acted in very riotous manner. They
Travelled in bands of from 100 to 200 and
visited various breakers, intimidating
and terrorizing the men at work One
day he was so afraid that his employees
would meet with violence that he stop
ped work and sent them home.
Mrs. James EdmundSon, of Harwood,
said that on the day of the tragedy she
heard a ncighbor shout "Skin ont. The
strikers are coming" Continuing, wit
ness said: The strikers all had clubs.
My man and my boarders hid behind
the shanty. and l went to protect my
sick boy in the house. But they found
my husband and tried to get him away.
| grabbed him and after Il lot of words
they let him go"
Mrs. Edmundson's husband testified
that the strikers dragged him along the
road several hundred years, until his wife
rescued him. "They were all armed, "
| he said.
Peter Wolfe, of lIarwood testified
that on the day the strikers gathered to
march to Lattimcr he locked himself.
with several others, in the company
store, hoping to eludc the strikers.
when l. came out one man chased me
with big club for a long distance and
| finally escaped by jumping through
the window of my house."
John Boyle, of Harwood, armed him