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RIOTED EVERYWHERE.
TIE IATTI1rRR sTRIKERS SIMPLY
LAUGHED At SHERIFF MARTIN.
Tuportant Testirnsny rrsn Another sheriff as
70 MARITIME 1nstructions 60 mis- RIsn Not
ts sheet Untii ne or They were In Pesi-
tive DanEsr-n1any Instances or vtsienee.

malt In the trial OF Sheriff Martin and his dep
utics for the Lattimor shooting to-day. Whom
court opened this morning It was announced
that Juror A. J. Washburn was too Ill to leave
his bed. As the attending physician had re-
ported that his condition was not serious and
that he would probably be better in the course
of a few hours, Judge Woodward adjourned
court until this afternoon. When court recon-
vencd at Q O'Clock the Juror had recovered and
took his place in the jury box and the trial went
on. II the jurors sickness had been SO serious
as to compel his withdrawal, tho trial could not
have gone on, as according to a decision of
Pennsylvania highest court q homicide case
can only be tried before a full. complement OF
Jurors.
Several Of tho Jurors arc beginning to show
the effects Of their confinement. Thoy are all
healthy, active men, used to Outdoor work, and
the sedentary life they have been leading now
for almost four weeks docs not seem to agree
with them. DR.. Roe, the attending physician,
recommended to Judge Woodward that the jury
be allowed to take some outdoor exercise every
day and they will probably be taken out ION a
walk each day here lfter. Tho testimony sub
United by the defence this afternoon was Of ex.
ceedlng Importance. After having shown yes.
terday tho state Of riot and disorder existing
during the first week in September in the entire
Hazleton region and the pressing necessity there
was for its suppression by the Sheriff. the de-
fence put in evidence the steps taken to secure
his presence and tho preliminary measures
taken by him.
Before submitting evidence shedding light
upon this phase of the case, a few more wit
nesses we're called to tell Of acts of violence
committed by the strikers. Enoch Howells,
while working at Hazel mines on Sept. 3. saw
the McAdoo strikers coming. They had clubs
and hara and chaeed the M ant ~ fha atrip-
ping. They talked OF going to Lattiner In a
few days. Otto Rackling, n boy 10 years old,
u driver in the Crystal Ridge ,%colliery, met the
and made him march TO HARDWOOD
The Rev. e; H; HerGert. pastor Of st: Pa4i's
deputies meet the strikers at West Hazlcton
on sept. 10. They had long and short clubs
and seemed very determinel. The strikers still
and were on their way to Lattimer. William
Graham, while driving along the highway from
strikers. Without tho slightest cause a striker
jumped on the wagon and struck him on the
Jonn j. Fiddler Of womc,sdorf. q cigar man.
ufacturer, drove TO nArwo2d from l]ta1lrton At
no noon m. on Sept no 10; 10 TS r,Sn he got snt t9 Cr" M TEs
strikers were coming. He turned. into another
road and Just then the head Of the Column Of
had sticks and clubs and one man carried a
touh,i ;b.f n. { gun on on lis shou lHn lie
va " S'"t kus - " NN'pSA0SA AubA
ton, whose place the strikers passed, also saw
q man with a gun: The others had clubs, The
houses in Cranberry, and pursue them. Ed
ward Meyer. a constable Of West l!azlcton. on
Sept, 10 saw The strikes chase geopio out. Of
~volvers out of their pockets and shoot after
people running away; The witness also saw
ers at West Hazleton and heard sheriff Martin
tell tho strikers that they had better go home
quietly and await the answer OF ! rank Iardee.
the nnarafnr n. tho RnllprE- tn fhs demand for
an increase of wages. But the strikers refused
to listen to him and marched on;
Milton Setter. the Sheriff OF Carbon county,
was then called TO the stand. He said that on
Sept. 7 he had been informed that his services
demonstration had taken place. He had sew.
er.l hundred copies Of p~roel9m1tion printed
And Tbdn mad id them Pos}Eed A. al oyer NtS Funk Btnks d ,0Tn nSdT:
in a posse OF thirty men. On the follow ing day
he went TO Audenried with a posse. which was
on Sept. Q to Beaver Meadow. Then he met
Sheriff Martin o. Lnzerne, county and his
R Rss;e. I The two ,gprs Sheriff w, wtth br ,hStG n .na n sonn
after tho strikers appeared. They were armed
with clubs. sledEe hammers and miners'
ifs succeeded In driving the striker away. but
on their retreat q shot was fired out of their
Wien asked whar sheriff Martins ~instruc-
tion' TO his little army had been, the witness
replied that there had been a consultation be-
tween him and sheriff Martin AS 10 how. ths
posses should act in certain emergencies and
that sheriff Martin had issued these instruc-
tions:
BE careful not to shoot unless 1t is absolute
ly:nccessary. Don't Interfere. | will do all tue
66a ars yanybo ! ao9 oaly wH sho t% s M6sh Any :. IS no1 abs @r
lutcly necessary TO save your lives or mine.
These implicit instructions were given to
Meadow on Sept; o. asked Mr.. Lenahan.
Elicit Gsii ''F 6ibo Tqelsdds sH secretary aGs1'f Of the Cross
Creek Conf Company at Drifton, said that on
Sept, : i, had been asccrtained that on tho fol.
''!t' was $" o tts SSdI'PT saii MP.. 10'i6orrender. TO
" as possible to protect our propsrty. tele;
ghoned TO him and he came on the morning Of
s Seni w q H tso smG .o s IL iftfty.''f Th aspq it heard snd
S tsai left so% us. W. w vent T Saek G 9o h X MsFw Tsad %%@
the possession OF, about 1000 strikers. We
begged them to d~ispersc; told them that we
S acme e =. ,sG sii iS P g the fhs sifiEsrs yy eRe w thei4
defiance, raised their clubs and shot. Off re:
v9lyers indiscriminateiyu In all directions:
that. they must dispense. go
They laughed at MS and dorided us. said, You
mo Ss somc s -tood IL in 'front.' o. y US and nd barred their
breasts and dared US to shoot.
That same evening / served a notice on shcr-
III Setter of Carbon county that we wanted pro-
I Besvsr H sNf GSs }R Z PnrtIy in m carbon nSSHsr and s5o partly
IN i,uLcTnt county, hHu VIC udu " Cdll Oi INC
Sherff's OF both counties. Sh"rff Setter cnIiie
on the following morning and n- Sheriff Of Car
boa county sworc in tho deputies"
Saor.i: Martins instrMctions to the depu-
ties Assem- blod at tho Drifton office. MIR. Oper-
render said, had been taken down by a ste-
nographcr. and Mr.. Jonathan wanted to offer the
transcript In evidence. AS the stenographer,
however, was not present to swear to the cor.
~rcctness Of II, the witness was Obliged to give
tn" instructions from memory. To the best OF hs
recollection. he said they were that the deputies
should he very careful how they used their fire.
arms, that they should he cool on all:occasions.
that he hoped there would be no shooting, and
that there would be no occasion to shoot,
John Wagner. outside foreman At stockton.
was commander OF the deputies when the strik-
ers got there on Sept. o: They were armed with
clubs and iron bars. aud one nan had a revolvo
In his hand; When, the deputies pushed tho
strikers back, a striker shot at n deputy. Ho
also heard tho strikers say:
You no shoot. You only working men like
ourselves"
Charles Mulhearn; a young fellow employed
as waiRhInaster at West Hazleton. said that ho
had ridden on bis bicycle to lattimer on tho
afternoon of Sept. 10. Near farley',s Hotel he
met the marching strikers. Nearly all had
clubs. The evidence is OF importance as show.
ing that tho strikers we're still armed when
they were only within a few minutes walk from