The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-01
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taVAort, ~ April " seventeen
fto'rra who attacked half ~ rtpup e "
tho state Mounted rnlirr VI Nour' Garnet
to-day ven shot down.
-Four werr fatally wuunded vhils four
~ the trpor~r- we're hail, hurt IN to-
encounter.
The squadron waa compelled in re'lrs
brhind tho stnckulr- ~ the Snyrr c~rlliery
aud leave tho town m tho p1a-r-,inn ~
tho rioters. Tonight tho rrmaindnr ~ ths
'rrpp haa reinforced tho iwerty-twn mHn
Win did No shooting and Capt I " Paga
and forty men ~ Troop u lntt here -.
night for Mount Carmel Capt Page NFl
take chargr ~ the situation and wi'h
Troopers artned with rot guna. revolver,
and clubs viii II hc RECEIVES authori'v
FROM ShcriH Sharplc-- of NHt hurnhorla1 II
county. move upon tn" rioters ~ tho ir0r''
ing. make Wholesale arrests ~ hos 60.
ccrncd IN to-day disturbance. and pu,
down thcmlh spiri wi'h a strong hand.
To-day noting was remarkable for the
fact that II was not inspired hy any action
Vt the state TROOPERS and ras not directed
against any one connected with \ ~coTl'erT,
Il was caused apparently b." the fac tha'
The rioters wero aroused hY the presence
Of the uniformed = ate police and the pro@-
poet that taev would arrest the men who
werr concerned in IN" rioting on saturday
night.
The trooper, had hcpn called to the scens
nv sheriff J q Siarvic,s. who feared that
'hcic would bc . fuH-her outbreak when
the mon whu were building n breaker at
II S-.-. .l,,. ..,,,n -, ,,,,El thin
morning.
The detail If twcu' y-two mon, inder
command Of Lieut. W. r Smith. which was
located temporarily a. louisville, received
orders a, 2 O'Clock this morning to proceed
to Mount Carmel. The policemen and the
horses we're loaded on a special train which
reached Mount Carmel a 5 O'Clock.
They stabbed their horses at thu Bear
Ridge shaft and at about 3 ~,o'cloc.;
marched into the town for breakfast. As
soon "a the foreigners saw them they be-
came incensed and started to jeer them.
The officers marched on steadily, looking
neither to right nor left.
The first hotel they wert to was the LOCUST
Mountain House, WIN re the proprietor
refused to feed them. Then they proceeded
to the Commercial Hotel, the leading hos
l WI v III iI' avn a'SJ INV w WV '''N''
at about o o'clock. The proprietor was
willing to feed them, but the servant
girls refused to serve them. and the cooks,
following the lead. refused to prepare
food for them. The officers then proceeded
to cook their own breakfast.
IN the meantime an Immense crowd
had gathered in the streets. Every tins
ono Of the policemen appeared at the VIM
dow a chorus OF jeers and maledictions
went up from the crowd.
Finally the detachment came out and tbs
crowd begin to close In about them. The
men tried to force a passageway through
the mob, but to no avail. Suddenly a piece
Of brick came whizzing through the air
It grazed the cheek OF n big policeman
and the blood trickled down over his gray
whipcord blouse. Another stone struck a
second policeman's helmet and the next
moment a fusillade was flying through tbs
air toward the little band Of uniformed
men on the sidewalk,
Drawing their long clubs the policemen
battered their way through the crowd
Two mon who spat at and struck the ofioerI
were taken prisoners,
From the roof Of the hotel Burgess Fen.
man called upon the mob to dispense AMI
his words were needed by some Of them
In the meantime the officers proceeded
to the Office OF Squire Reed. where thelr
prisoners were arraigned and held under
baiI. Thu detachment then ma 'ched south
on Maple street to Fifth, where tho ofowi
again became dense and blocked their way.
Again the oI..CcrS were bOml ardcd with
stioks and Rtonee, and several Of them wcrS
injured. The situation, being desperate,
Lieut.. Smith ordered his men To draw the,r
rovolvers and fire in the air.
This did not scare the crowd, hut only
seemed to make them more vicious. Several
Of the policemen were struck with sticks
and stones and injured, and the crowd
began to close In on the little band. Then
the officers fred point blank into the mob,
Hardly had the echo of the reports died
away than the air was rent with shr!eks
IA three men sank to the street, the blood
flowing from their wounds. Those who
fell were Matthew Mattersick, shot in hip,
condition critical; George Gregis, shot in
ribs, will recover: Matthew Kimbuski. shot
In hip, serious.
Bullets from the pistols OF the policemen
passed through the homes of Charles Gold
smith and DR.. j. B.. Kistler. Mn. Gold
smith was slightly injured, After firing on
the crowd the police retreated down Fifth
street TO the borough line, where they made
a stand. Again the mob advanced upon
them and again the big revolves Of the
officers blazed q deadly fire into the GROVE
The wounded are: Sylvester Messervitz, Ia
years old, shot in bowels, will die; Charles
McClosky, shot In abdomen; Martin Weslin-
sky, shot in bowels, will die; Stanley Rocke-
sky, shot in back over heart, will die; Peter
Schlisk, struck by stray bullet, four blocks
away, not serious; Louis Wilky, shot in back,
will die.
Several OF tho policemen were injured,
but none seriously.
After the deadly fire the mob still pressed
forward and Lieut.. Smith withdrew his
men TO the barracks Of the Sayre coniery
Of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company,
After being implored by leading citizens,
Sheriff Sharpless OF Northumberland county
left for Mount Carmel, When he arrived
there and saw the mobs that swarmed the
streets, he became weak at the knees. and
fed 20 the barracks OF the Sayre colliery
and begged for admittanoe. When he got
In Liout, Smith asked him to swear IN his
men AS deputies. but this Sharpless re'