The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-25
DEFENSE SCORES In
THE MARTIN TRIAL
Additional Evidence OF the Strikers
Riotousness Is Presented.
FOR DAYS A REIGN OF TERROR
Men Forced to Join the Strikers
Against Their Will and Assaulted
When They Refused--Life and
Property Menaced and Law and
Order virtually Upset.-Strong Case
Made Out in the Sherif's Behalf.
127 Wyoming Avenue,

Wilkes Barre, Feb. 24.-Additional
witnesses for the defense of Sheriff
Martin and his deputies were called
today to prove the rotous conduct of
the strikers before the Lattimer shoot
ing occurred. William ii. Gardner, of
silver Brook, said that he ran from his
house when the strikers came, but they
saw and pursued him. He said that
five shots We're fired at him. one pass
ing through his coat.
August Hulside, of Silver Brook, tes-
titled that he was eating his breakfast
when his house was surrounded by
strikers. One man with a club stood
over him while he was eating and told
him to finish quickly, if he did not
want to I've hurt. When he had fin
ished they made him march to McAdoo.
There they tried to find Superintend-
ent Jones, and thinking he was in a
house to which woman refused them
admittance, they threatened to burn it
down. She finally let them go through
and they searched er Jones, but could
not find him.
Peter Rinker of Silver Brook, said
one of the strikers had told him that
If any English people went back to
work they would be killed
= Rudolph HeinZman said he saw sew
eral families driven out of their houses
at Silver Brook by the strikers. The
men fled to the brush. Witness was
caught and compelled to march with
the strikers.
Robert Airey testified that he saw a
number of McAdoo strikers start for
Harwood to stop the breaker there
They were armed with clubs and iron
pipes
RIOTOUS.
William Long, SUPERINTENDENT of the
Silver Brook colliery, testified as fol-
lows:
"On Sept. 3, one week before the
shooting, l heard the strikers were
coming over to our colliery, and, know
ing they had injured some men in
some Washeries nearby, / told our men
To go home as fast as they could. The
strikers rushed into our breaker and
with their clubs broke about 300 win
dow psnes. They then stopped the
engines and blew the whistles They
also broke the windows of the black
smith shop. When l tried to stop them
one Of them struck at me with a big
club. | slipped and the club descended
and struck my shoulder instead Of my
head, as had been intended. They also
chased lot of our men into the woods,
the men running there to escape them.
Charles Meikrantz, of Silver Brook
testified that he was captured by the
strikers and compelled to march with
them. He escaped and being recap
tured was beaten with a club.
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warned off the strikers with a pistol
when they tried to make him march
with them.
Richard John, engineer at the Beaver
Brook colliery, was compelled to stop
his engine under threats of being hurt
He feared if he resisted a lot of men
in the mine would be killed.
Giovanni Turpini, an Italian fruit
peddler, said his wagon was stopped by
big crowd of McAdoo strikers, who
took all his fruit, They were all armed
with clubs.
MEN FORCED OUT.
William j. Hays, the outside foreman
at the Lehigh Valley colliery, No. 1. AT
Yorktown, said that the McAdoo and
Honey Brook strikers raided his cob
liery on Sept 2. He first heard that
they We're at Audenried and went down
there to see what they were doing.
They were armed and riotous While
he was there they started for Beaver
Brook, and knowing they would attack
his place next he turned back. He
fixed the whistles so they could not be
blown. When the strikers reached the
breaker they forced out the men. Hays
protested, whereupon the strikers
threatened him with clubs.
II was never in more embarrassing
position I'm my life," said Hays "In
the midst OF 1t all word came that my