The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-25
ANARCHY IN THEIR MARCH
.-,,yrR srRIKE BS SPREAD TER
LII Ill UurREVER THEY WENT.
,., witness Mt the Trial or Sheriff
Wtnoss I'd his Deputies restines Hester-
Mh',, a.. yIo,ence. Threats. and Lawiess-
gay tho striLers-Propcrty Destroyed.

,-,yrsVARRF, Pa, fcp. 81 ho.uoiehSe-h
,.Iol NJ sheriff Martin and his deputies Tor
~ Ia,t,p,cr shooting went ON to-day piiins up
- NJ evidence showing the state OF rloS
aisorder which existed in the entire HAZE.
N.ooion FOR a week before tho shootins' hu
W. ,si,res,cs examined today from Auden'
wv yorItown. silver Brook, and 'Ebcrvaie,
"a ~ the strikers carrying cIups' IRON oars'
W. ,oyolycrs, and committing acts OF violence
suno suncrintcndcnts. bosses, ana toremoh oe-
u.rs0d how the strikers stopped tho WORKS,
N.-Smon told how they had been maltreated oy
". s,,,pers. and stationary and locomotive en-
s,n.srs, conductors. and hremen toiu no" Ihey
"a been chased from their engines trains ana
boilers. ,o,,ono,i,,os Amor,.
AN English. Irish, Welsh, ltailah, anu oven"
pol.nder, told stories of the reign OF terror OK
.,r,,sd by the mobs that marched from COL
iI,rv 10 collicry, and from one mining patch 10
.roher, destroying and damaging properly,
sN'inr and threatening men and boys. and
,nrading such fear before them that men, "o-
ond children fled when they heard OF their
,nproach. In one instance a lone woHah' heai-
w award dusk that the dreaded bands were
coming. took her little children ana NED 10
w. woods and remained there all night. In
Al. aimple words OF tHV INV f
o. Jaw her and the children go into the brush.
and did not SEQ them come out again until the
next morning ~.
naniel Hitler, the first witness called to the
..,rd TODAY, said that he was a fireman en-
49, in the boiler house of the Silver Brook
pon,srv. On Sept. 5 a bowling. inturiated mob
=. strikers appeared in Silver Brook. They
s,ms into tho boiler house. Observation-Disclosures
IL. is,, ,,,rch along Tho strikarA
r,r, armed with clubs and iron bars. William
II Gardner OF the sa nne place had a more dan
rsror,s experience. On Sept. z a crowd OF zoo
strters chased him into the brush and fired
Ave shots :aftcr him. The hole torn by q bullet
In ns 9S"' HuIslger, also OF Silver Brook. was
,itipr at.his breakfast when the strikers, took
possession o: the place. on sept. Z. one nuriy
bsIIoW came in, and. swinging n club over his
head, ordered him TO hurry, up and come along.
what could ! dol" said the witness. MY
house was surrounded by a lot OF men armed
With clubs, and l had to march along to Nc
There the crowd broke into Superintendent
Conner Jones's house and looked lot MN win
fhs Intention OF killing him. Peter tinker, also
Of Silver Brook. was also forced into the ranks
in A similar manner. one of the strikers made
a speech, saying that II any OF me hngh aar
~I Hdoipb Helmet OF silver Brook saw the
strikers coming from MeA Al on ,h les same me- a tSc
breaker and stripping and chased the men
working there out. They also entered the
one Of these. Under threats of VIOLENCE the
strikers forced him into their ranks. He saw
men fee into the brush and the strikers fire
shots after them. When a chance offered the
witness escaped from the ranks OF the strikers
and hid in the brush all night.
Robert Airey told what this crowd did to the
tie, stopped the men from working. chased
them about, and broke every window in the
building.--On the following day they came again
ton. six miles away. when they said they were
going to stop the Hazleton mines. On The way
there they stopped the GAINESVILLE mine.
James Long. superintendent OF the silver
Brook Coal Company. said that when. on Sept.
Q no heard that the strikers were coming. 500
strong, he had at once.shut down the works and
told his men to go home. He had done this be-
cause he had heard that the strikers had beaten
men elsewhere. and he did not want his men
beaten. When the strikers came they entered
hosting men from the mine, They broke 800
windows in the breaker. When the witness
demonstrated, a striker hit him on the shoulder
with , club. The crowd had clubs. bars. drills
and sh0vels. They pulled and blew both wbis-
Ties OF the breaker. The witness exnlained that
when the whistles were blown in The middle OF
The day 1t meant to stop work.
Henry Weston, the engineer of a mine loco
motive. the next witness, was forced from his
fS.y hay % s q gang sn Of i t%ss' Sp sfr dEeW q on rs sepIf; :;
and made him stop his locomotive. Then they
uncoupled the cars and ran the engine down
S Ssfd 'ihT i@ m " sn nsf On he S was b . z er orepa Gt s'f fGy
them. A man again tried to pull him from his
cab and he drew his revolver and threatened
10 shoot the man. They did not bother HIM
Frank Turpini. an Italian fruit peddler. the
succeeding witness, was stopped by the strik.
wagon N load iosfU Of peaches sH c soOI y. j. Jy H tHsa' outside ut Hts
foreman for the Lchigh Valley Coal Company
At Audenried, said that OH Sept. . he had seen
and from there to Silver Brook: Then he saw
the strikers coming 10 Audenried. They had
SUCKS, clubs and iron bars. The witness went
engines. Then he Went :back to the breaker,
Yhere he found some'of the strikers. He asked
one what business he had there and put him
ont;
u felt that my American citizenship was
being trampled on AID tho witness
IN consequence OF the depredations committed
oy the strikers the breaker was idle for nearly
. month ard 800 men were thrown out of EN-.
pioyment. The entire community had been
!t!Ratehed and terrorized by the visits of the
Anthony Billet, a young Italian employed at
Yorktown. was caught by the strikers and
~ ,o'S S 70 march with them. They threatened
~ oest him with clubs and an Italian had said
uat ne would put II knife in him II he did not
ZONE along, Allen Weir, manager of j.. c.
hayden NJ d Co.'S store at silver Brook. said that
~ sept 3, when he heard that the strikers were
Son,hs, he at once closed up tho store because
ae knew what the strikers had done at other
rr%,iGS'. !" Hen Inc CrOw1 came 1t was armed
WIN SUCKS, clubs, bars. pick handles, drills and
pieces or Eas pipe.
yph9 McFadden, foreman at Silver Brook,
Ssp u the coming OF the strikers and how they
nau ladc him march with them. In order TO
guard over him.
Imam hcl5haw, n sturdy young English
nan was at work when thc strikers surprised
,nt ihey took his pick away from him and
M ~ tnc hanE!e out for u club. They would
%b ' a.o" MN 10 continue working, so he went
III, - 10 MS home in Yorktown. He saw the
NJ cOsgFrehtcl on the main street there.
hin w Nv went into his house n man followed
NJ Ihso II ana wanted him TO march along.
hin ne retllied he strikers attempted to drag
n W. While they were struggling together
s 4 witness biz Newfoundland dog came TO his
brn,ra uur'eq MS teeth IN u mans shoulder and
moouBht nm down. The witness took advan.
SsScII u TINS, tore himself loose, ran through a
back fence. ~ ~ ''f'N ''S -"
,hn nehnis Mckinley. conductor OF a coal train of
raj '@llRh Valley Railroad, when running his
wss up 70 the cranberry breaker on Sept. z,
WIo U'tsfeH ny the strikers to leave his engine.
cane IL refused they stoned him. One man
epsd W y tle steps Of the engine and threat
Sevo U ipr'e MN with a mining needle.
.c,iIo,nurai succeeding witnesses described the
bsd Vi INC strikers at Audenried, how they
threa !, omp therc, destroyed property, beat and
tSs" eleu men and made them march with
ma. uie witness said that the strikers re-
Whan u that they were going to Lattimer, and
bresttn ey came back they would burn all the
IA ahTnas Nesbitt. clerk in the Eberyale office,
the vi III Stll"ers coming on Sept. 7, and ordered
ers e ynmaow shutters closed. When the strik-