The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-26

Wilkes Barre. Feb. 25.-In conse-
quence Of the illness of Juror A. w.
Washburn, who had an attack of stom-
ach trouble. the Martin trial did not go
on until this afternoon.
Juror Washburn. who was unable to
leave his bed this morning, was much
improved at noon and when court was
called at o'clock this afternoon he
was able 10 take his place in the jury
box ana the trial was resumed. Eli
weaver, No. ], is also affected with in
digestion and Is far from well. The
physician who attended them says the
Jurors have not enough exercise. Most
OF them are hard working men and not
accustomed to three weeks of such idle
ness as they have experienced.
The first witness, George Denek, of
West Hazleton, said he was working
on the dump there when the strikers
came up and ordered him to march
with them. He refused, whereupon
they cut his head open with a stone
and kicked him in the ribs, brusing
him severely. He was in the hospital
for four days.
John Shulehberger, of West Halle
ton, was forced with two other men to
join the strikers and marched with
them to Harwood, where he heard them
agree to go to Lattimer.
Enoch Howell saw the strikers enter
West Hazleton on Sept. 3. They We're
armed with clubs, were noisy and
threatening and chased several men
into the brush.
Otto Relchting, a 16-year-old driver
boy at Crystal Ridge, was pulled along
by several strikers, who said if he did
not march with them they would knock
his brains out.
a. NJ. Graham, who was driving to
yorktown, gave a man whom he did
not know a ride and the strikers struck
the man in !he mouth with club.
Rev. c. II. Hurst, pastor of st. Paurs
Reformed church, at West Hazleton,
saw the strikers in that town on Sept
TO- They We're armed with clubs and
stones and seemed very determined
John J. Filter was sure he saw O.
striker with a double barrelled gun at
West Hazleton on the tenth of Sep
tember and so was NJ. j. Oswald.
TEN WE'RE ARMED.
Edward Meier, a constable at West
Hazleton, said that on September 10
the strikers threatened to take him
with them to Lattimer. Ten of them
were armed with revolvers and he saw
them fire three shots at the crowd.
The sheriff met them there and told
them to go home, saying the ten days
which the Pardee company had taken
to consider the advisability Of grant
ing the strikers demands were not up
yet and they should wait The strik-
ers were much excited and one of them
t.ly
sheriff.
Around my gate" he said, were
lot of strikers armed with clubs,
they We're very boisterous."
The star witness of the day was Mil
ton SELLER, the sheriff of Carbon coun-
ty. He said he was called out by the
coal companies to protect their prop
erty and on September had a consul.
tation with Sheriff Martin at Hazleton,
where they had proclamations printed
and posted In conspicuous places
around the coal companies various
works throughout the region. "On
September s." he said, "I swore in
about thirty deputies at Mauch Chunk
and took them to Audenreid. There
was no disturbance there. The next
day hearing the strikers were going
to make an attack on Coxe's breaker at
Beaver Meadow, I drove over there
and told my deputies to follow When
/ reached Beaver Meadow / found
Sheriff Martin and his deputies there.
The strikers were approaching and as
the breaker is just inside the Carbon
county line it was my duty to protect
1T. Accordingly I called on Sheriff
Martin and his men to act with me and
There
dred strikers and, they charged upon