The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-15

the Jail is provided. The scattered
crowd quickly reunited and was soon
assembled about the Jail. George
Warnke had three cuts on his head and
several others of the deputies had
slight wounds. Dr. Burlington attend-
ed them and then resolving himself
into burgess proceeded to give them a
hearing.
Attorney w. II. Gillespie of Plttston,
representing the United Mine Workers
and the borough officials. conducted the
examination for the prosecution.
The stories of four Duryea men were
heard. and all told that the only provo
cation the deputies had for firing was
the jeering of few boys. The wounds
which the deputies and workmen re-
ceived were unaccountable. None of
the witnesses saw any stones thrown.
George Warnke was called to testify
and told that young Cosgrove came
inside the fence with stones in his
hand, and that when he would not halt
the guards levelled their guns at him.
At this the crowd made rush on the
washery, and the deputies fired round
of blank cartridges. This did not stop
the rush and more shots were fired.
Juravitch fell and the crowd began to
retreat. The deputies continued to fire
| until the witness told them they had
shot enough.
John Coolbaugh, one of the Duryea
| men, told the story thus: 'rhere was
q couple of thousand people around
the washery. Some fellows began to
holler and the deputies got on their ear
| about 1t and began to fire. They shot
about twelve shots. They used rifles.
When they shot the crowd was only
al bout twenty feet away. The crowd
| began to scatter when they saw the
fellow shot in the leg. I didn't see any
stones thrown"
All the witnesses agree that Juravitch
was on the public road good distance
| from the washery and apart from the
crowd when he was struck.
James Huddleson and President
Thomas Joyce, of the borough council,
gave somewhat similar testimony as
that of Coolbaugh.
Washery Hands, Too.
| President Joyce, at the conclusion of
the hearing, insisted that heavy bail
be exacted and Burgess Burlington
compliantly made it $4,000 apiece, or
| $4,000 in all.
A commitment was made out and
at o'clock the twenty-four prisoners
were released from the two sultry cells
and formed in twos to be marched from
the Jail to the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western station. where a car and
engine We're in waiting to take them
to Wilkes-Barre. They We're all glad
n or hora n, r,rofproncn n hainp
in the little frame Jail, with a mob
outside that the authorities had con-
fesed, in a telegram to the sheriff,
they were unable to cope with.
Twenty deputies from Sheriff
| Jacobs office, who had arrived in a
special train at o'clock, formed two
lines from the Jail to the passenger
car, distance of two hundred feet.
Chief Cosgrove and few of his Duryea
| officers marched in front or behind the
line of prisoners.
Young Warnke with his head in
bandages and another lad of about his
own age, walked at the head of the
line. An old man trembling in every
limb, clung to another boys arm as
he went through the crowd. sThe others
followed as rapidly as the stride of
the police in front would let them.
They were a badly scared lot, even with
their passage way fairly lined with
officers of the commonwealth, the whole
police force of Duryea escorting them,
the burgess standing on the jail steps
and Vice President Adam Ryscavage
and Organizer Anthony Schlosser, of
the United Mine Workers, conspicuous
in the throng.
Several times during the short march
men from the crowd tried to get at the
prisoners. but the deputies smilingly
restrained them and, giving them a
friendly slap on the back, hustled them
backward into the crowd.
Hurled Stone.
Ieering began as soon as the prison.