The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-27
FLED IN FEAR OF RIOTERS.
WOMEN TELL OF THE REIGN OF
TERROR IN LATIN ERR.

many Residents LEFT Their Houses In the NiGht
Because or the BSen That shorin Martin
ana Deputies mad to Face-One or the Dep
uties was shot In the Arm In the Encsunter.
wnKEsBARRE, Pa, Feb. 28.-The testimony
in the trial Of Sheriff Martin and his deputies for
tho Lattimer shooting was confined this morn
ing to evidence relating to occurrences at Latti.
mer before the shooting, with the exception Of
one witness who saw some of the actual on
counter. These witnesses were all women whit
iold of the coming of the strikers to Lattimer on
Sept. z, and their conduct on that occasion.
Mrs. Harvey, wife OF DR.. Harvey Of Lattimer.
said that she lived in the second house In the
main street OF Lattimer and was standing ut
her window looking out on the afternoon Of
Sept. 10, when she saw tho deputies arrive on
q trolley car, get of, and limo up. Then she
saw the strikers approaching and the Sheriff
walk out about 20O feet from tae line Of depu-
ties and speak to tho strikers. But they only
stopped for q few seconds and then rushed past
him. The Sheriff was then ~souffling with some
of the strikers and was pushed aside by them.
Then she heard one shot, then two more, then q
volley and after that not another shot.
When asked what her state Of feeling was be-
fore thhe encounter. Mrs. Harvey replied that
like everybody else she was in terror because it
had become noised about on Sept. 2 that tho
strikers were coming In a few days. After tho
shooting at midnight the witness and her FAM
lily went to Milnesville and stayed there all
might because she had hoard that 1t would not
be safe for any one to remain in Lattimer.
Mr.. Martins cross-examination of Mrs. Har-
vey only strengthened tho important points
brought out in her direct examination that not
a single shot had been fred by the deputies
after the volley. and that the people In Latti-
mer were apprehensive Of the coming Of tho
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point that Deputy Treble had CONS into the
which he had received in both arms.
Mrs. Annie Goodwin. also of Lattimer. said
that on Sept. z she saw two strikers come out
from about 100 of them: They were armed
called into the houses that the men should como
out and join in the strike. The witness
the attic. She saw the strikers go in the direc.
ton of the works and soon return with disordered
ranks. Between the 7th and the 10th OF Sep
tember the people in Lattimer were IN such a
condition OF apprehension that many did not GO
to bod all night. She herself had lain down
for several nights on q couch without un-
On Sept. 10 the witness did not see the depu-
ties come, but heard two shots, then a vollcy.
nnd tn "tbs none nso afse r. that h%stt,n Tha ief ni tbs,r she Son ans
and fed to places Of safety.
MIS-: MadEe hiimer; another witness from
the houses of Italians in Lattimer and chase
people out. They had clubs and iron bars. On
ties. That same night at 2 O'Clock she fled with
he six children to Ebervale, two miles off. be.
cause she had heard that tho strikers were COM
ing back to blow up Lattimer.
Mrs. Wacker. also of Lattimer, saw the strik-
ers, armed with clubs and iron bars, come to
Lattimer on Sept. 2: and when they were on
You have had your day today. but We will
have ours the day after tomorrow