The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-25

wife had palpitation of the heart, being
frightened for my safety"
He said that all of the 156 tenants
of the company were in state OF
terror some time previous to the men
being driven out and afterward.
District Attorney Martin, in cross
examination, tried to get the witness
to tell the names of each of the 1856
tenants and to say in what condition
of terror each were, but the court would
not allow. I'VE will not take time for
that" said the judge.
Levi Bellit, of Yorktown, said: "One
of the Italian strikers threatened to
run a knife into me If l did not join
them. | marched a little way with
them and then escaped.
II saw some of the strikers throw
stones at superintendent Hays" said
Paul Dinloffer. one of the Yorktown
employees. Court then adjourned until
the afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
When the afternoon session opened
Oliver Smith, of Hazleton, said he was
at Cranberry when the Harwood men
marched through the town en- route
foreigners Joined them and four of
these pursued and captured a man who
was running away, and beat him
severely. These men then ran back to
their homes and two of them were
given revolvers by their wives. OF the
Cranberry men at Lattimer two were
killed, but witness did not know which
two.
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forced to join the McAdoo strikers at
Yorktowl but ran away, jumped in
wagon and escaped, but not before one
of the strikers had struck him in the
face with q club. cutting his mouth
and breaking some teeth.
superintendent Joseph McFarlane, of
the Jeansvile colliery, told how the
McAdoo strikers had driven out the
men there, with many threats and
much display of force. Many of the
men were compelled to join them. The
whole Eelehborhood, he said, was ter
rorized.
Allen Weir, manager of the company
store at Evansville, told the same story
with some slight variations.
John McTadden, a boss at the Jeans
vile strippings, said he and his men
were surrounded by the strikers and
stopped work without any resistance
The strikers then forced them to march
along for several miles, guarding each
of them closely, and threatening them
with injury if they tried to escape.
ATTACKED IN HIS HOME.
His dog. "Tige," rescued William
| Kershaw from the strikers. Kershaw
was surrounded by a lot of strikers and
! told he had to march along with them.
| He refused and one of them tried to
| pull him along. He slipped from the
| mans grasp and ran home. There he
| thought he was safe, but he had hardly
| got inside before a big striker armed
with a club, came rushing after him.
They grappled and Kershaw was being
! overpowered when his dog, Tige, sprang
| upon the man and bit his leg. The fell
| low Knocked the dog away with his
| club and turned on Kershaw again.
| The dog then sprang on the mans back
and getting his teeth in the fellows
coat collar bore him to the ground.
This gave Kershaw a chance to escape.
| He ran out of the house. jumped over
| the back fence and got safely away.
Henry Matthews was chased away
| from his work at Jeansville by the
strikers and hid on top of a high trest-
| ling.
William Colltin, of Evansville, was
! called out of house by six strikers
armed with clubs who threatened to
| brain him if he did not march along
with them. I'VE went as far as West
| Hazleton and heard the strikers say
| they would not let the police prevent
them from marching"
Dennis Mckinley, a conductor on a
Lehigh Valley railroad coal train at
| Cranberry, was stoned and badly cut
| by the strikers and forced off his
train at the point of a miners needle"
| sharp piece of iron four feet long
| on Sept. Samuel Barlow at McAdoo
and Ebervale, saw 200 armed strikers
| stone the breaker, flourish their knives
and shoot revOlvers. They were very
| hoisterous and threatening On Sept
they drove the Ebervale men out and
| attacked the office there and tried to
| assault Superintendent John Scott,
| who was obliged to draw revolver to
| protect himself
The defense had no more witnesses
| whom they desired to be heard today
and court adjourned at o'clock.