The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-02
now many men there. They agreed

know many men there. They agreed
to do so.
IT afterward met Sheriffs Seller and
Scott, OF Carbon and Schuylkill coun-
ties, and we had proclnmations pub
lished In all the papers of Hazleton and
posted along the roads.
That night l met a lot of men coll
1ected to serve as deputies. i asked
them il they were citizens. If they
would serve as n posse comitatus. They
agreed and swore them in.
81 told them that II was our duty TO
maintain the law and IL we found any
body violating the law we should ar
rest them. said we did not want to
hurt or shoot anybody and that we
should not shoot unless our lives or
theirs were in danger.
II heard a lot of McAdoo strikers
were going to march on the next day.
SO / ordered my men to turn out at B
o'clock the next morning and come
armed. said / did not care where
they got the arms, as long as they got
them. / understood there were a lot
or rifles in some store room in Hazle-
ton.
"The next morning l heard a crowd
was a< Crystal Ridge. | went over
there with five deputies. The men We're
just about throwing stones down on
the men in the strippngs. I ordered
three special crowds of them to dis
perse and they did so, although one or
two spoke back to me. Then we went
back to Hazlet6n and got a dispatch
from Beaver Meadow from Superin-
tendent Bullet, who said he feared the
strikers were coming. We waited, but
they did not come. Then we went back
to Hazleton.
CHIEF DEPUTIES.
. 81 had appointed Samuel Price chief
captain, having full charge when l
was away, also Thomas Hall and A.
T. Hess and Thomas Memford, each
In charge of n company. Then | came
here and went back next morning. This
was Wednesday. | had received q dis
patch from DriftOn, asking me to
swear in deputies there. | went there
and met General Manager ]. l. Stearns,
of the Coke estate. There were num-
Der of m gathered there to act as
deputies. ! put to them the same ques-
tions as J did to the others and swore
them in. Then we all went to Stock
ton Junction and telegraphed to Halle
ton. Word came back that all was
quiet.
81 went on to Cranberry alone and
then to Hazleton. After dinner l heard
the mob was marching to Stockton 80
with some deputies / took a car. At
the Lehlgh Valley shops in the city
limits there was great excitement.
People were running for their lives.
They said the strikers were coming.
With one Trescott | walked out to
meet them and stop them just on the
city line. ! told them l was the sheriff
and read my proclamation, but l had
to argue with them sometime before
they agreed to march around the city.
! went with them until they marched
to Crystal Ridge and Trescott got there
by short cut. l had already sent for
the deputies We waited around the
breaker until the strikers came and
went forward and told them they
would have to disperse. They were
sulen and stood still. At the end of
ten or fifteen minutes l called four
deputies and again told them to march.
Then they started but as they did
one fellow cried; We've got to go
boys they're too strong for us today,
but tomorrow we'll come back and
stop the work then
"I warned them that they had bet
ter not do it.
"On Thursday 7 went to Cranberry
and dispersed some strikers who were
trying to prevent men going to work
Next ! got word of mob at Beaver
Meadow and went over there. All was
quiet, but the strikers were expected
Sheriff Seller, Of Carbon county, was
there alone. He asked me if l would
go with men and help to protect the