The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-14

at Nothing.
No event Of recent years has so
wrought up the people of DurNea as
the two explosions OF dynamite which
occurred there last Friday night.
one of the explosions, the first, badly
damaged the front of the residence of
Adam Bartuski, one of the most prom
inent Polish citizens of Duryca. and
the second explosion. which occurred
twenty minutes later. was at the resi-
dence of Rev. Father Orluwski, pastor
of the Polish Catholic church.
The porch Of the latter was blown
away, the front doors wrecked and
the church, which adjons. was badly
damaged, almost every window in il
being wrecked.
Mass was celebrated i'm the church
yesterday and Father Orlowski ad-
dressed Il few words to his congregH-
tion about Friday nights outrages. lie
regretted that any person should so
wantonly destroy property and endan-
ger human lives. That part of the
property it was sought to destroy is
ConseCratcd to the service of God
made the crime if possible moro hcin-
Gus.
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
There l. a difference of opinion in
Duryca as TO VINO is responsible Cor
the explosions. The generally accept
cd theory is that the desperate out
laws who have committed innumerable
laWless acts in the neighbOrhood dur
ing the last two years have added
another to their long list of transgres-
sions against the law.
Since they caused the wreck on the
Lehigh Valley railroad at Babylon
breaker there has been Il very active
effort To hunt them down ana they
are conscious of this fact. Father
OrloWSki, il is said, realizes that the
numerous offcnses of these desperadoes
are being charged up to his country
men and he is unwilling that they
should bear this stigma.
With a view to making the rommu-
nifty where ne resides more safe and
law-abding and seeing justice meted
out to the lawbreakers he has lent
such assistance as he could to the
officers who are cndedVoring to run
down the culprits. In this work he has
been assisted by Adam Bartuski who is
prominent member of his COngrcga-
tiou.
For the purposes of intimidating
them against giving further assistance
and to revenge past activity the out
laws determined to strike a desperate
blow. That the destruction of proper
ty was not greater and that no lives
were lost is certainly no fault Of theirs.
ANOTHER THEORY.
Some maintain that the explosions
We're the work of disaffected members
of Father Orlowski's congregation who
are endeavoring to establish an lndc-
pendent Polish church in Duryea Bit
ter feeling has been engendered by
this split but the preponderance of
sentiment in Duryea is against charg-
ing these people with the explosions
There is talk of an organized move
ment on the part of the people Of
Duryca against the law breakers who
are giving the little hamlet reputa-
tiOn not surpassed by the free ana
easy western mining towns.
Warrants were issued by Justice of
the Peace Gilboy, of Duryea, Saturday
afternoon at the instance of Father
Orlowski for Jake Dogart and two
Attorney w. II. Gillespie, of pittston.
represented the priest in getting the
warrants. Dogart lives at the Austin
Heights, where the other two suspects
also reside. The warrants were sent
to Sheriff Martin in Wilkes Barre for
him to have served and the arrests
| made. At this writing the nforma-
ton was not obtainablc whether or
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There is said to be ample evidence
TO connect DOgart with the explosion
He was seen around Duryea late in the
afternoon on the public streets and two
men are reported as having heard
him arranging the plans for the en-
plosion. These two do not want to be
known through fear of having ven-
gcance wreaked upon them, unless the
arrest of Dogart and one or two others
of the more desperate members of the
gang are caught
FEAR Is GENERAL.
So great is the terror that this gang
has caused that a prominent business
man of DurSca, who was asked why
the outlaws are not arrested. said he
has knowledge of many things that
would send several of the gang To- the
pcnitentiarY but he is afraid If he
gives it out and figures in the witness
box he may not wake up some morn
ing. They poisoned n horse belonging
to him recently.
When detectives We're around Satur-
| day looking up the case, they visited
the people living close by Bartuslis
residence to ascertain If any OF them
saw the tiends before or after the
explosion. Some Of them denied having
heard it at all, although it shook every
window i'm the town and was heard