The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-18

borough constable standing on the steps
of the borough jail to put up his note
book, and that IL he did not, "T will tell
these Polish countrymen of mine in my
| language and they will break your
head?' A. / never heard of such an in
, stance. q. Or of any such conduct by
| an officer of the peace? a. I never heard
| of 1t.
q. Did you hear of the case of Mike
| Gannigan, u borough constable at Grassy
| Island who, when the troops were fired
| on at night, search light was turned on
| Immediately and q man seen running
| away, with his gun in hand. and when
| he was caught II was discovered that he
| was the constable? A. | never heard OF
| 1t.
An editorial on the passing of the
'scab," printed in the Hazleton Trade
| Unonists. was here introduced. 1t was
In the best style of man who wanted
to be elegantly mean and couldn't, and
provoked much laughter Judge Gray
remarked. "The man who wrote that
must have put wet towel on his head
when he .got through"
| Q. Because certain things have fol-
lowed from your eruption into this dis
trict, bringing with you your organization
that | ask you to consider not whether
you think the yoke of your organization
ought to be put upon our necks, but
whether these disinterested gentlemen are
at liberty to put it there against Our pro-
test. You came into these fields and you
inaugulated this strike on the Sth OF May.
On the first of July, Luigi Vanassa at the
| Duryca collery, was killed. On the third
of July Drummond Ginger was killed at
| Brooltsidc. On the 3Oth of July Joseph
| Beddal was killed at Shenandoah. On
| the third OF August John r. Lineheart
Mol poin IN a
fourth of August William Pursell was
| killed at Phoenix Park, Pottsvlle. On the
9Th of August, Daniel Sweeney was killed
| at Nanticoke. On the 18th of August,
Patrick Sharp was killed at Lansford. On
the 25th of August G. NJ Brush was killed
at the Peoples Coal company. On the
Sth of September Sistieno Castelli was
killed at Maltby. On the 25th of Septem-
ber James Winston was killed at Gl'as-
Sy Island. On the 2Sth of September,
Joseph Gills was killed at Nanticoke.
On the I'd of October John Mullen was
killed at Smithville. On October :. An
thony Colson was killed at Shenandoah.
On the 9th of October, William Durham
was killed at Shenandoah. total of four
teen murders in this region between the
Inauguration Of the strike and the APP
pointment of this commission.
Who Killed Themp
A. You might tell the commission who
killed them.
(Mr. Darrow handed memorandum to
witness).
BY MIR. MacVeagh:
q. How do you explain the condolences
between the Inauguration of your strike
and the killing of more men than were
killed in the battle of Santiago? A. Quite
a large number of those YOU say were
killed. were killed by the coal and iron
police @. I wanted Mr.. Darrow to give
YOU that list VIII you kindly name
those who We're killed by the coal and
iron police. Mr.. Darrow has tabulated it
for you? A. Well, 1 observe in your
second one here man killed by accident.
l do not want the union to be held respon
sible for men who are killed by accident.
Q. Not unless it was an accident which
resulted from the union. A. Jose pin Bed
dall was killed at Shenandoah. There are
now under arrest and their trial in prog
:'ess, | believe, saloon keeper and a
butcher for killing him. and one miner.
Daniel Sweeney was killed by men who
We're on strike and who have confessed
that they killed him. Patrick Sharp was
murdered by the coal and iron police, no
question about it, no one else charged
with It, ! do not know this John Cosiy.
l presume he was a norl-union man. ! do
not know the circumstances in connec-
tion with him. Patrick Sharp-;l deputy |
d
and killed Paul HanlOck, a non-union |
man. Our union is certainly not respon-
sible for that John Winston, a nom
union man, dubbed to death at Olyphanr |
by mob: several foreigners arrested |
From what l know of this. | understand !
there is very little evidence to show who !
committed this crime. Whoever it is |
should be punished as they ought to be: |
but l understand that the authorities |
have no reason TO believe that it was done |
by strikers. / may be in error about it. |
Joseph Gillin was shot by James Sweeney |
on the street. Joseph Gllin was "a man
on strike. He walked along the road |
holding his little girl by the hand, and a
non-union worker crept up behind them
found in the railroad track. He was n
mine foreman. 1t is generally accepted
that he was killed by accident by the
train. At least ! understand 10 miner
has been arrested for his DEATH The
county detectives said it was due to acci-
dent. James Durham was shot and killed |
by a soldier at Tamaqua. James Dur
ham, as far as my information goes was
a deaf man. veteran of the war. lie
walked along within the lines where the
soldiers We're stationed. He failed to
halt when he was ordered. lie did not
hear the call to halt. He moved forward.
lie was ordered to halt again. He did
Il
soldier The civil authorities have asked
for the soldiers arrest, but because of
some differences with the military author
tiles they so far have been unable to
bring him to trial. In the case of this
James Sender stabbed a man at
Plymouth. l understand that there were
some men who went into saloon and
got into quarrel there. From what l
have been able to learn about it there is
no connection between II and the strike |
itself.
The Fourteen Deaths.
G, So that of the fourteen deaths, your
organization suffered three, one of whom
was drunk and was violating the rules,
and the non-union men, who We're not
members Of the union, suffered eleven
deaths? A. oh, WELL you understand
Q, They We're not members of the
union? A. And many of the deaths We're
not through members of the union. Q.
that. A, They killed one an
other Q. Yes, | am not asking about |
that | am asking as to the fact that
the case of the man who was
irtoXicated, there We're two members of
your association who, YOU say, were un-
justly killed? A. There may be more
than that of this number. | might say
that the names are not familiar 10 me,
that want TO go through them. @. And
there are eleven non-unon men. Now ]
want you to explain how eleven nom
union men came TO be killed in this reg
ion after you inausurated a peaceable
strike? A. We'll, / do not know In what
way. John Thompson was killed by acct
dent. q. No, but taking the number OF
men that met with violent deaths, can
you give us some idea? A. / do not know
why they killed one another
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