White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-20
TWO STRIKERS ARE KILLED
WHEN GUARDS FIRE vOLLEY
c2Nany Witnesses at Coroner's Inquest
Tell of Dual Tragedy at McGill

labor strife that has disrupted condi-
tions in the district for the past
three weeks eliminated Thursday
morning at McGill, when two men
were shot dead and a third wounded
in a brief battle that was waged
soon after eight o'clock near the
gate that opens into the stockade in
the rear of the general Offices. The
dead men were Nick Pappas and
George Prinaris, and both were in
stantly killed, one shot through the
back and the other through the
heart. The man wounded was Mike
Feononlulos, who received a bullet
wound in his left shoulder. All were
Greeks. There are so many con-
! ficting stories of the shooting and
fetal facts will rot be known until
the investigation now being conduct
ed by Coroner A. J. Cartwright, is
concluded.
A group of strikers had assembled
near the entrance named, and it is
said that the killing followed an at
tempt to admit a man to the works
who was desirous of going to work.
Following the disturbance the
gates were opened and the guards,
armed with rifles, came out. In ad-
dition to the guards several Greeks,
employees of the company. We're also
armed and several volleys were fired.
Whether it was a bullet from the
rifle of one of the special guards or
or of those carried by the Greeks
has not been determined.
Coroner Cartwright arrived In
McGil1 on the ten o'clock train and
emrannelled a jury tc investigate
the cause of the tragedy. The jurors
summoned are H. j. Hogan and Jo-
seph Edwards of McGill; c. J. Me-
Nulty, r. w. Palmer and Gus
Friend of Ely, and H. d. Coon, Paul
Kelly and Martin Peterson of Pres
ton
After viewing the remains, the
hearing was continued until o'clock
Friday morning, at Judge Cart
wright's Office. where sessions have
since been held.
he airat- 2 h. Il
were removed 10 the Wilson-Ba
nndrtaking rooms at Ely.
A large number of witnesses have
been summoned, and following is a
summary of the testimony of those
thus far examined
On Friday George Garrllis was the
first witness to take the stand. He
testified that on Thursday morning
: some one came to the house where
he was sleeping with George Pri-
naris and informed Prinaris that the
men were going back to work. He
said that Prinaris replied that on
the night previous all the men had
promised not to go back to work
while the strike was on. He stated
that Prinaris got up and dressed
himself and the two men started for
the works together. On the way up
they separated and the witness went
over near the general office. He said
that one man was going to work and
he advised him not to do so. He
said the deputies attempted to take
the man in to work but no trouble
of a serious nature occurred. He
said that he later saw Mr.. Leak on
the steps of one of the Office build
ings and heard him give the COM
mand to shoot. The guards he said
came out and Prinaris came down
that Prinaris asked the guards not
to shoot and told them If they want
ed to kill any one to kill him as he
was the organization man. On cross
examination the witness denied eveI
having a gun at any time since the
strike was called, but later admitted
that he did have gun in his pos
session on one occasion. He said
that the gun belonged to Prinaris
who left ii under the pillow in h
bed. and he (the witress) took ths
gun up and gave 1t to Prinaris. II,
said he only had the gun for abou
ten or fifteen minutes and did no
use 1t or exhibit it. He testified tina
when the guards came out of tn,
gate before the shooting there wer
five Greek men with them. all 0