East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-04
HIRES GUN MEN
FOR OESCHUTES
REPORTED THAT HARTMAN
WILL SHOOT IF NECESSARY
Presumed That Gun Men VIII BE
Several Parties of Deputy Sheriffs
TO Enforce Court Orders Favoring
Harrman--Rival Railroad Builders
Trying TO Use Same Grades.

The Dalles, Ore.--It is currently re-
ported here that a force of "gun
men" is being rounded up by the
Hartman forces and will be rushed
into the Deschutes canyon. One gang,
it is said. will come from Portland.
Presumably these men will be used
as deputy sheriffs to enforce court
orders secured by the Hartman peo-
pie.
The opportune arrival of Porter
Bros. arrival, with instructions to let
the Hartman forces pass the locked
gate at the Girt place, prevented a
clash between 60 Italian workmen of
Forter Bros, and Sheriff Freeman, of
Sherman county, with 20 deputies.
had the sheriff and his party been
worsted, they had 200 workmen not
far behind, evidently strategically de-
signed as reinforcements in case the
Italians resistance proved formid-
able. Sheriff Freeman and his depu-
ties escorted four or five Hartman
this morning The intention was to
go through the gate at all hazards,
backed by the injunction issued Sat-
urday afternoon by the county judge
of sherman, restraining Porter Bros.
from interfering with Hartman pas
sage. When the Porter messenger an
nounced his mission, the wagons went
on down the grade TO the Deschutes
together with 200 men. Sheriff Free
man made three arrests as a result
of yesterdays clash between Harri-
man wagons and the Italians. They
were Tony Scartellik, foreman Of the
Italians; Gatekeeper Levenspire and
the Porter Gros' timekeeper. These
men will have preliminary hearing at
Grass Valley late this afternoon.
Planned TO Use Dynamite.
All three Porter brothers held a
consultation here early Saturday eve
ming. Upon hearing of an injunc-
ton being granted at Moro which
would result in the Hartman men US
ing the road through the Girt place
to the grade into the canyon, they
decided to make a hurried trip to
Grass Valley and with dynamite blow
up the grade near the top. They en-
gagged automobiles TO make a fast run
to the scene of the proposed opera
tions and much excitement was caus-
ed here over the affair. 1t was plan
ned to dynamite the grade shortly
after midnight. For some reason,
however, they changed their minds,
other plans being made.
Two carloads of small rails for con-
struction tracks, besides many dump
cars were delivered at Grand Dalles
yesterday for Porter Bros They were
ferried across the river to this side yes
terday afternoon, when heavy teams
began hauling the rails to the Grea:
Southern depot from whence they
were taken to Dufur, and are to be
hauled to the vicinity of the Free
Bridge. Teams are still hauling the
rails through the city today.
T The Deschutes Railroad company,
Harriman's extension, secured a tenn
porary injunction from the county
judge of Sherman county Saturday af-
ternoon, restraining Porter Bros. from
interfering with passage by Twohy
Bros men and teams over the three /
farms on which the Porters secured /
options The damages alleged were |
$1,000. The ranch owners who sold |
options to the Porters, Fred Murtie |
Roy J. Baker, 3. F. Downing and L. |
r. French, are named co-defendants !
An oral agreement with these farm
ers is alleged, allowing passage Of |
their farms, and eviction. and a block |
ade by the Porters is alleged. The
injunction was not successful, how
ever. Porter Bros. calmly ignored it
Sunday, and their Italian workmen
turned back the Hartman teams.