| Show I I i BLOODSHED I I I I Tattle Crisis in 1110 Shiko Situation SLAUGHTER OF COAL MINERS They arc Shot Down Like Sheep by Deputy Sheriffs i THIRTEEN KILLED FORTY WOUNDED i A 111 ot IllIllar Mille Cllhl With tile 0111Irs Wllh F rot ull L llaielton To Sept 10Th Strike ltuatlon reached a terrible crisis on this after the outuklrtu of Larimer race when a band l of deputy hrlrrs fird Into I a mob of miners The men excite fell Ilk 80 many heel and the menl tins been to intense that no Sc i rat < figures of dcnd and wounded can be obtained Iteports run from fifteen to twenty killed and forty or moro wounded One man who reached the cone tonight counted thirteen corpses Tour other bodies lie In I the mountains between Lot filter and JIazclton tonight Those who were not Injured carried their dead and wounded friends Into he woods and llmaen are bottled Till DCALl I Mike Chen IoU I I a ru and Frank Cheka Harwood John Manlska Crystal nidge GeotBe Kullck Hnrwood Steve llorrlck Ilarwood j TIIU IXJUIIKD Among the Injured are oDd bullets aoig I Kline llarvvewd through leg hip und knee John Kcr lovlteh hot In nick Andrew Mi llio lick I Bhol In breast John Kullch shot i In to roach John Damcnukn shot In both legs I Icorge Vrtlihek hot In both legs John orll shot In head 1 1 II I dip Juhn J Jphoku hof Jahip IC11101 DlIs hot In lfellt Jncuu Kulsbol hot Ibioush body will die bl tle Ursku shot In body John Koll 1 hot In arm und left Hide Joseph Do hick hot through back John Trclblo u deputy shot In nrm I Thflc bodies were found tonight on I the roal near Ilmll i e K left llitzetton about 330 i t3 tn tll 1 oe Hk this I afternoon said It wasi their I In I ten lion to BO to Ijitlmei As seen its this became knon It band of deputies I 1 to Iaial d Ila n tpbllcy var unit Ivent h1rllOnae2c tfgll r ia OW IhIrl I rig across the mountain to the scene here the bloody eonlllet rot lo d After HIlhlllg IlIlIIer they left th eliI all1 Corllld Into three cum > an unde fhomns 1111 11 A llesn one Samuel 11 Price They drew up In line at the edge of the vllllse till a fence and u line of houses In I their rear Sheriff Mnrtln was In entire com mnd and Iood In the front or the line ttood unUI the tlkr approached They Vere seen lot Ing across the rldgon Martin went out to meet them Th mo dew oil g udenly and listened III Ino iitl he Tied once more read the rli t act IhU finished a low I mut lerlne area among the foreigners and there wa ft8111ght movement orwnI rercelv li thl a the sheriff stepped for VMircl loi nrd t hom Iud In 0 deterMined deter-Mined tone forbade adane Someone Some-one struck the sheriff and the next momlIt the Wall a ommnnd to the elepulles to fire The Buns of the depu ties lislanlly belched forth a terrible I volley I Thi repent pecmed to shako the very I mountain and a cry of dismal went up from the People Th 1 trlkers were taken frllrefy bj urpIIe unit IS the mo toppled and fell over each other Ihoie who remained unhurt stampeded The men went down like I tenpin anti i the ermns of the dying und wounded flifd I the air The excItement that 10110 d nils simply Indscriliaiiipl The deputies leemeil to be terror tlckell at the dellIv execution of their Slln and selllg the mine dropping tit the earth they went to the I nld of the untlunata hom they had brought down The people I of Latimer rushed poll mell to the scene but the shilekn of the wounded drowned tile crlea of the jmiialhlzlnt and halfcraed Inlnb Stanl A repel lei ho soon afterward lea h d the welio found the rend lead Ing to Lnthller n1led fill groups o f Ctlhlon1 lIulInrlnn They Sill to100e1 djlnn companions and Rome tt rful of lursull I clung to the new collar and begged hln protection M Farleys I Intel tbie wcro t o men tsF Ir I hot ° n the porch Jloth tDITCII tiwl i In the head One had three bul nl 1 tit In him Ills gleans and appeals for f a doctor or death were hcaitrcnd IngAll All along th road the wounded men H Ere Kid to lonve the field of iai ssussrii IIIJI sought I th hode DC tree for protection hut thi re nj Ila nod of that then hl All pr jcblng tile place i uliera the hdi In j IIf 31 were trot wringInIr th Ir I hands nd Imemouning 1 the Caren treph Tloy 01111 lint talk Ilitolll geltlY lilt slid lali Mflu With the greatest Ii lily that Intel 1 Juntion could be ncd Viorit the track of the trolley road M n I Uy In every position some dead hrXrj < tthcr k II dying Thru bodies face Iowa Waid lay alnn the Incline nnd others 11 Ire hut ft short distance < iv nw ay On 1diis ill I other lay Ide ot tile load as many to Tile Aoluul uh lt transferred In I i Ili It temporary tniken I still some of lioundca were tllken there Tile tirbulance vnR ummolled as soot as uu1 upun It I arrival two men hot through tho legs were loaded Into h aRun All I alone the hillside wounded men nujj ln the JMSlSSl I tile Many Lot lilt had been 1 car tl a tt distance could not lie found As nUll Hil the neW of the houllng t IChd IIIIellawn IIlclo wa ollter 2 n Wlthlll Ion m notes > the streets 1 h bleeked w1ill I excite rivplo The eilI L lll a Tinctiou entopans Immediately I lcA a number of pxlrn cars on the N time r line und doctors and clergy 11 n nspeindml prompt The rush of fi I1110 in nllmf Ing m Brcat it at II proerssm r afgn71 J e oil reple I along the road w Impalie 1 fn 11rUtles I turned their attention to the wounded und curried many of thlIl to Plato whue they could bo Ie lei toinfoilahly tuatod Jtnnlii lloikl on Intelligent Hun Fin n from Mount Pleasant who was nt in the arm was wen by a re Pirl I Tr and gave thin version of the nulr I tYpr were going atone the I mad to 11r II lieI aln f lie 111 d Iatlmer and tile deputlen were lined roH 11i road barring our progress W tried to BO through them und did not all npt to bit or molest th m shen they fired upon us We ran but hey Kert en chootlne at ua while wo In It la all Weir fault Citizens meetings were held nt vn rlu6 purls of tin city tonight Opinion was divided I about the responsibility for tho shooting At one meeting held In I Van vV > cklen Gnslno lten < led by Vl hank I 01 ope1llor 1alipromitut men usoHitlon wele adopted uilllns on Gcv Hastings to send the mllltlit I lieic Immediately At another mail meetlnjt attended by thousands of Poo tr th r trr pl the sentiment war against bringIng bring-Ing the troops Wllkesbarro 1a Sept 10 Sheriff Martin arrived home on the 7 oclock train from Ilazeltun lie wan coot unit Collected Ho wan mrt at the de Iot by I him legal adviser Tho two got Illto a cub Find drove to the coot hu 1 e where they were cloMttil together to-gether far moncwthile The sheriff was reluctant to Pay whetherhn rind given the command 10 fire hut aCterwo1 admitted that he had The sheriffs detailed statement 13 as follows I heard early thin morning that tin strikers were going to the breaker at Latimer and Compel the men thoe to quit work I resolved To Intercept and If I possible prevent them from renchlng the 0 breaker One of my deputies told me that the strIkers would probably be huuvlly armed I Rot my deputies seventy In number to trivet nt n certain place They weie all armed I told them to Ieefl cool under all clrcllmntoneeH The trouble Iean ut 3 clock I met the marchIng march-Ing column 1 halted them and read the llliolamatlon They refused to py filly attention find torte1 to reo Rome their lIIarch Then 1 called 10 the leader to stop Ho Ignored my 01 del I then attempted to after 1 him The strikers closed In on me They noted cry viciously kicking I me loocllng me down anti trampling til on me I cII1 upon my leplllle tu old me and they did no but they weia unnll 6 to Horipllsh much I relIed rel-Ied that ROmethlllg hall to he done It once oc I would be killed I called to tile dloIIlIe to discharge thtir lire firms Into the air 011 the heads of the strikers as It might Probably Cllhten them It wa done nt one lot It tl dt no effect whatever onthe I Infuriated I foreign I mlai used 1 me le much the rouoher and uecmo lIercer and lIercer Inure like wild beasts than human beings I Tile Ott liters then modo it till bold cr move ollIOII1It d to Surround my entire force of deputies 1 realized thot the Itlker We It Gecot lot and l valued I lire at a very small figure I saw that pareljlng I with I J such it gang of Infuriated men wa entirely out or I the question no i they were too excitf I to listen I I lo reanot and that mygalf and deputies would be killed It we Aere not reseued or It we did not de food oulvo I then called upon the deputies to defend themee and ehoot It they IIIUtto piotect oir lives i or to protect the operty they lad been seat to guard The next eeolld thor were u few eaUerod shot fired Into the uel ncr n-cr and II nWlllelit later the entire force of deputies discharged 0 solid volloy Into the crowd I haled to give the command to Shoot and wis awful sorry that I was compelled to do sobut I was then to ilei my duty ns I bet knew how ond 01 my eonselcnce dictated the ptrl ken were Rotating the laws of the commonwealth and flatly refused to obey the proclamation that I read to them They Insisted on doing violence ant ellsnlieslnc the laThe la-The scene after the shootln wa Imply tenlble find 1 would lIIlngly I I ant have had It occur lint an a Ill title officer 1 wos there to SPO that the low was 0101001 And IIvoI up to and I merely did Illy duty The entire eowd oC foreigners as soon as the volley had been fired hy my deputies turned und started to retreat re-treat They ruihed art In all directions as fast as they could taking an many of their dead and wounded with them as they were alle to carry The excitement ex-citement lit the time was simply terrible terri-ble nnd I would not go thiuugh nn other ordeal of that kind for a fortune In onoth IntervIew Sheriff llartli 13 asked When you net the men were they art the company or the public road rcttrI jfco Co they veic on tile public roid ho replied Wer they rnarehlni ton art Lat Imer7 Yen Had they up to that time committed commit-ted any overt act or acted otherwise tllaeeahIYf j IN o INWhy Why thin did you order the deputies depu-ties to lire I dlnqt older the deputies to fire ome on el Z11 that rarst came a slllI hot and then a volley I gave 110 ordr low manY Were killed There were tn0ve dealt when lIeft and about forty wounded Were nllY of your men hurt f One of my deputies was hot through the arm Sheriff Martin when lie reached Wllkbnrre Wits badly ired Though he claim to have ben brutally as saultol Ichen reen behilLd not have a mark on its person IIlId nothing to show that he hud been roughly halO died All classes ot citizens In thin cllv and rounty unlte fit Condemning bherlff Ali hasty action lIntrinburg Ia Sept 10Clav Hastings today ordered nut the Third brigade of which Gen Oolsln Is I commander com-mander and Instructed den Rchall to hold tho First bllgndo In readiness The troons will mobilize nt Hnzelton nod ore expected to be on the scene before In j break Copt A n Paxton XI P A attached to the National Guard started for Hazcltnn tonlgt by direction of tht governor Superln tendnt Crelghton of the middle illusion illu-sion of tbo Iennsjlvnnln railway as caUool Into conference nt the ex toot Ire mansion and han arranged for tho speedy transportation of the rot dlpn The governor received a copy or reRolllllons adopted at II mean mooting tonight urging the Sheriff Of 1uzerne Qllllty tn IRI the governor for l > role tlOIl of life and propelty TIe reolll finite are Signed hv AlvIn Markle and other prominent clllpno of Haelton Irvlll W Stearns of WIIIebarre sent a telrom to the governor that It was nhpolutelY noepory for tho troop to lie seat at anOn to the strike region to eiuell the lawlessness New Castle Col Kept 10rre 0 llock volt stock agent of tho nurllng ton who was on tho Illfated train was seen by a reporter He said I had Just left the sleeper In company with a gentleman and passed through the day coach Into the next car We I had barely rented ourselves nl the cmoklllg compartlllont when ve Were hurled violently from our seats by tho shock of the colllilon Wo got out safely A moment liter 1 n terrific explosion I ex-plosion I of Kin rent the 1 air and after It came n burst of lames After gt tins my bearings I was horrified tn ells rover that the smoking car had ridden over tho day coach cutting Its way almot tll tho eato anl encasing tile car III a tntopentornnd off all hope of escape It was In thl day roach wheio tho horllbl hanet or doth took 1lnee 1 procnrel nn nx and with other Inariagd to chop through a window nllll get out two women and three men wlo were badly hurt nn1 Mther IMn who wns Struggling to get Ills toot Inane 110 wits eICpn sessed nod tol1 Ire h Its not III fired otherwise He could not free himself and 1 was compelled to stand helplessly ly nnl son him consumed yelp 1Ime The me that were rep Conti were the only ones who could tmv possibly escaped from the car It wa unWle1 with men women and lilMrn I should pay thaI fully thirty idulls were cremated there Inside from the children onJuctor William Hawthorne of the Illrat train does not place the losiof Ifo Ilt 80 many as Is ticrally l Pup pofcd O Checking lip his tickets an nearly on i he con tell eIght were killed iu the eouhe |
