PIKE COUNTY PRESS. Friday, Hkptkmufr 17, 1897. PUBL18HKD -EVERY FRIDAY. OFFICR, BllOWK'8 DUILDISO, BROAD ST Entered at the post otlitte of Minora, Piko county, Pennsylvania, as sooond-clnss mutter, November twenty-first, 1805. Advertising Rates. One squnre(olgh t linns), olio Insertion -$1 .00 Koch HiihwHuu'iife insertion .50 Reduced rates will be furnished on Bp plication, will lie allowed yearly adver tisers. Legal Advertising. Court Proclamation, Jury and Trial List fur several coarts pur term, t24.00 Administrators ana r.xecuior s notices 8.00 Auditor's notices 4.00 Invoice notici-s 5.00 Sheriff's fifties, Orphans court sales, County Treasurer's Bnltts, County state ment and election proclamation charged ny tno square. J. n. Van Ettcn, PtrriLIsIIER, Milford, Pike County, Pn. 1897 September. 1897 Siilk. Jjj. J We.l Th. I FrL Sat. LAAJl AJLJLJL!5. ii JL2 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "271281291301 MOON'8 PHASES. 1 flu' 0 Ml s Third .a 1 F Quarter O rytu V Quarter lo m. REPUBLICAN TICKET. - S For State Treasurer, , JAMES B. BEACOM, Of Westmorelund County. For Auditor Uoneral, MAJOR LEVI G. MeCAULEY, Of Cliostor County. COUNTY TICKET. For Jury Commissioner. CHARLES A. GILLETT, Of Lackawaxen. EDITORIAL. TnE gilvorites insist that the rise in wheat is due to soorcity only. But how about wool? Tuosk wretched Ohio editors will not stop talking about John Mo Loan's gold bond. The farmers are rapidly getting back the 180,000,000 which they lost in the value of their sheep under free trade. Bland, Tillman and Bryan admit that there is"temporary" prosperity. A year ago they said even that couldn't oome without free coinage. Speaking of the "growth of ex ports of manufactures under free trade," will the Democrats claim the recent foreign sales of American tin as due to their non-protective theory? The Democrats have laid aside thoir usual cry about Increased prioes under the new tariff law. They see that low tariff is no longer popular, even with thoir own people. People who are wondering what the Democrats will find for an issue in 1900 should postpone thoir worry, aa there may be no Democratic party by that time, the way things y are going. Why don't Profos.sor Debs and his associates call on the framers of the Wilson law to help out tho miners? It was clearly the reduction of tho tariff that caused the reduction in the miners' wages. On, by the way, have the Ohio and Iowa and Maryland and Ken tucky and Nebraska and New York Domooruta forgotten about the tariff? Thoy seem to be strangely silent on the subject. "Because it is my deliberate judg ment that the prosperity of America is mainly due to its system of pro tective laws, I uigo that Gortnnny lma now reached thepuiut whore it is nucossury to imitate the tariff system of tho United States. "Bismarck. "The benoflt of protection goes first and Inst to the mon who oarn their broad in the sweat of their faces. The auspicious and moment ous result is that never before in the history of the world has comfort been enjoyed, education acquired, and independence secured by so large a majority of tho total popula tion as in the United States of America." James G. Blaine. THE ASSESSMENT. The County Commissioners will in a7ow days issue ft precept to the assessing and instructions for mak ing the triennial assessment. We assume that no taxpayer in the county will dissoDtfrom the proposi tion that tho taxes should boar in equal and just proportion on all. Wo nro not advocating any increase in taxation on any particular per son or property, we are only assert ing'that the method of assessment heretofore psovailing in this county is unfair and discriminating, and that no assessor can truthfully say that bis return of valuations has been either according to his best judgment, the oath he has taken, or the letter or spirit of tho law. In fact no proper assessment has been returned to the commissioners in years of ever. Nor do we say this to cast any reflection on tho honesty or probity of the assessors them selvos. The custom of valuations has been established for years, and it has with unimportant changes been adhered to. The commission ers have "adjusted" these returns by making slight reduotions or additions from time to time without having perhaps any well defined reason, other than that too apparent mistakes, or favoritisms should be corrected. They are not assossors, but the law says they shall proceed to examine and inquire whether the returns of the assessors have been made in oonformity with the laws of the commonwealth, and whether all property to be valued for taxation for state and oounty purposes, has beon valued fit a sum or price not less than the same would bring af torfull publio notioe, at a public sale, supposing each separate lot or piece or traot of land, with the im provements or the personal property of eaoh individual company or cor poration, only were to be sold. Have the commissioners ever con formed to thoir oaths and the ex plicit definition of thoir duties in respect to the assessments returned ? To point out the e.spaoial dispro portions in the present system of assessment might seem to be array ing one section of the oounty against another, but we may ask whother one acre of land lying remote from market, just as productive, smooth and level as one lying in close proxi - mity to exoollent markets, is of the same cash value? Are the hill im proved, or wood lands, of tho same value from Westfall to Lehman. Would a farm of 100 acres with the" same number of improved acres, and comparatively the same class of buildings sell for the sams cash prioe, irrespective of its location in the county, excluding the river flats. Would not a purchaser consider its location the quality of the soil, its state of cultivation, its lay, and many other oircumstanous and con ditions in fixing the amount he would pay for it? And yet our assessors say by their returns that really it makes no difference in what section tho land lies, it is of the same value. The law says eaoh separate piece or tract with its improvements is to bo considered, as if it alone wore to be sold. Surely there can bo no more definite instruction, nor could there be any fairer adjustment ol value. It may be said that to raise the valuation throughout the oounty to the cash value would be to give the commissioners and township officers too great a margin for taxa tion. If there is well grounded fear of such result a plan might bo sug gested as follows : Lot there be a oouveution of the assossors held at some suitable place to lake this matter In consideration, acd if it is concluded to make the ast.'ssnipnt as required by law, lot some factor as 3, 4, or 6 bo agreed on which oach assessor after making a onsh viilu-ttioii, will use to reduce the total. This method while not in accordance with law would nt least product) tho result, of equaliz ing tho a-isa-ismmt in tho county, and equitably distribute the burden of tuxes. If t ho commissioners were net s vttsRol thoy could t ik ) such nna-mros as thry saw proper to rectify tho whole matter. If tho tax payers, and especially t he farm ers, are alert to their own interests, and thoy may easily ascertain- what they are, they will see to it that in the coming triennial assessment the assessors perform thoir duties-in some other then the old fashioned perfunctory and illegal manner. It Saves the Crouny Children. SEAVir.w.Ya We have a splendid sale on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and our customers coining from far and near, speak of it, in the highest terms. Many have said that their children would have died of croup if Chamberlain's Cough Rimeily had not, leen given. Kfi,. lam &t Ourkkn. Tho 25 and 50 cent, sizos for sale by Druggist and Gen- oral Merchant s in Fika county. Listers and the Great Eastern Fer tilizers nt W. cV G. Mitchell's. SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Plko County, to me directed, 1 will ex poHO to public Halo by vendue or outcry, nt the Sheriff's Oilloo in the Borough of Mil ford on Monday. October 11. A. D., 1897, at two o'clock In the afternoon of sntdrtnv All those eighteen certain pieces, parcels aim hwib 01 luims sir.uato, lying and oe Ing In the Townships of Mourning Grove, LHngmnn, Shohola nnd Lnckawnxon, In the County of Piko nnd Ftntc of I'ennsvl- vnnhi, containing In the whole seven thou sand, seven hundred and sixty-four acres and ulnty-fiix 1 icrehos (7,704 ti.,i)n ps,) more or less. The ifrst fourteen of which are de slgnntod and numbered ou the Commis sioners' books and Cross' map of said county as lying nna liemg In the Town- snip or mourning urove urorosalil nnd numbered as aforesaid respectively, as fol lows: One tract No. 71 in the warrantee name of Charles Steedmnn, containing (i09 acres ami o percnes. ono otner, No HVj, in the warrantee name of Daniel Drinker, containing 441 acres One other No. 100, in warrantee nnme of Abigail Kehblo. con taining 4L'5 ncres nnd 40 perches. One other :o. mi, in warrantee name or Joseph unifies, continuing t-i acres ami 40 percnes. One other No 1US. In warrantee name of John Thomas.conlalning 48a acres and 154 perches One otliar No. KW, in warrantee name of Jacob Downing, containing 8117 acres ami ou perenns. onn otner iNo. 171, in warranto) name of Michael Fonnel.cou- tnluing 4i acres and 80 perches. One oiueriso. iia, in warrantee name of Joseph Downing, containing B10 ncres One other No. 174, In the wurrantoe name of John McCahau, containing 44H acres and 40 parches. Ono other No. 175, In warrantee namo of Joseph Yorkes, containing 4.fi0 acres aim w pcrcnes. uno otnor .No. 170, In warrantee name of John Sallor.contiiin- lng 481 acres. Olio other No. 177, in war rantee n .me of John Thompson 437 acres and 80 perches. One other No. 104, in warrantee name of John IJrinker.cuutaiu- ing 441 acres and 48 perches. Ono other No. 70, in warrantee name of ThonuiH liroamo, containing (MO acres nnd 87 perches. Also the three In owlrni des cribed tracts of land situate, lying and be ing ill tho Township of Diugman, county and 8tate aforesaid, tho one numbered as aforesaid No SOU, In warrantee name of Alexnnuer btucuman, containing 4w acres and Si) perches One other No. 81, in war rantee uume of Thomns riniith, contain ing lou acres und 151 uurchos. Also one other No. 103 in tho warrauteo name of Klchard freeman, containing 408 acres and 84 perches. Also the following des cribed tract of land situate, lying and be ing In tho Townships of riholiola and LiacKawaxcD, numbered as aforesaid No. 108. in warrantee name of Henrv Drinker. containing 450 acres and 50 pereiies. Also a certain otner tract m tno warrantee name of Thomas Kitohio, Bituate In the Town ship of Blooming Grove and numbered as aforsald No 170 containing 511 acres and loo porcuos, witn allowance ol B per cent, for roads, etc. Excepting and reserving out of said lands about 158 ucres and 1 perches and six per cent, for roads, sold and conveyed by said John A. Uuike. et. rx , et. ul.- to William H Kemp. et. al.. bv deed dated 24th of March, lsiio, recorded In Di ed Book no. 41, page wn, etc. Also alK)Ut 1U acres of land, more or less, sold and conveyed by said John A. Burko, et. ux., et. nl.. to Nellie Halt, bv deed dated 32 ml of May, IssA, recorded lu Doed liooK No. 42, page 47. Also alKiut 4 acres more or less, sold and conveyed by said John A Burke, et ux.. et. nl., to i roil Long by deed dated 17th of July, if), recorded la Deed Book No. 4a, page 81. Also about 60 acres more or less, sold and conveyed by John A. Burke, et. ux.. et. al., to Joint A. Burke, by deed dated 25th of May, 18cM, recorded In Doed Book No. 4S, page 618, nnd which by divers mesne conveyances became vetted in Zil pha K Burke. Also nlxnit 50 acres more or loss, sold and conveyed by said John A. Burke, et ux., et. al., to Mary C. Wbipiae by deed dated 2fth of May, lKWi, recorded In Deed Book No. 43, page 553. Also alsjut 50 auros more or loss, sold and conveyed by John A. Burko, et. ux., et. al., to Frederick Long by deed dated 2"th of May, IHM, recorded iu Deed Book No. 42, page 6t). Also (iljout 50 acres more or le.ss sold and conveyed by Nellio Hart to Charles Tor will iger doed dutod April 1, ISsil, recorded in Doed B-Kik No i7, page 464, etc. Ik-mg the same lands conveyed to Gar rett W. Hart by Nellie Hart by deed dated aaih of March, lhja, and recorded In Deed Book No. 4U, page ifJl. Improvmants, On tho above lands are erected four dwelling houses, two barns, store bouse, lumljcr ehcdri, blacksmith shop, and otln-r small buildings. Also a large and sub- tuitiiai sawmill, wuii necessary ami mod ern uwliiucry for till kinds of heavy saw ing and planing aie.l for mukiug siding, shingles, lath, pickets, etc., und 1i:m all In exhaustible waler power. Of the lauds above mentioned, about 30 acres are lm proved, the balance is timlx'r and wood laud, also clay bed and blue, stone iuarries on tho procrty. Seized and takeu in execution as the property of Garret W. Hurt, und will bo sold by lue for cash. H. Courtright, Sheriff. She -iff . Onlee Milford, Pa., Scot 3, lb',. Sheriffs Sale. By virtue of a writ of Fleil Facias Is sued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Pie Con nty, to me directed, I will ex pose to public pale by vcuuno or outcry, nt the fihorlff's OfTleo In the Hurough of Mil ford ou Monday. October 4, A. D., 1897, fU two o'eior in t!n nftnrnooii of mh (,nyt the following rt-nl ('.', xi; All tlnwt t'"r(,nln InH or mwln of innri fitlujiti'il in tin: TuvviuMp of lino nwnxcii, in the County of V e titid StnU' of Ponnsyl VHtiiri, tho ilrst trii'-6 'nurvcyt'rt on n wur rnnt jfmntcii to Lewis Woif, nontfllnititf th!-eo huntlTH hrirl phty-rtrven ixt's ntttl itftoen parches mnrii or lesn, nrul mim hrred on tho Cnmniistoncrs' b'ukfl Bi.xty fnur 'J'lic fliH-nnd br:n:b nil th is pnro'il of laiui IminiMiljit'ly mljoitiinp t.he itbovu be init part of h hirpi'r tnu-t flurvoytnl on a wiuTimt gnintecl to Thomas Mnrtln Mo Inntiifr nt certnln vyrivr or wild Mnrttit ti ml flfiid Jjowis Wolf trHfitrf, which (njrntir is north 15 drees wist 1vt rodfl distance from thf uoiihwesfccrly liiw of tho Melm ln Hattin trn- t, thence north 15 dejfns oust 1-lH rotU to the lelawre river, tlienec nlonpr the paid land to lands of H. K. Itird and the said Lewis Wolf tract to the p!ae of lH'Kinmiif, cuntfdntnfr fifty Hrre$ more or leHH, excepting thereout t-he riiit of wnv conveyed to the New York and ftrie Railroad Cftinpany, 2 acre mild t-o the embolic Church, lot 5-UUX) sold to John Hmlth, lot H") fenfc p:iiare sold to John W. UiTeninK. lt 1U) fi-ut finnan1 soid to Fatriek Harrington, nljout 11 iM-res sold to A. Sawyer, about 10 acreH sold to A. Hiintba'k, about M ncrv-8 fold to W. ileuderrJon. abut nere sold lo Kd. Ka wirt, about -t acies sold to .Herman Knnt pcr, about $ iw;re sold to M. Shields, about acre sold to M. T ok lie, about nore mild to Susan DeWitt, nitout M aero Hold to ThoniaH Fioaii, about nro sold to M. Anmtalden, alMUit J-j aero sold to Patrick J)vine.HlM)iit ncre sold U Henry AHher, lot 5(xHKt sold by L. H. Dimnitck to .lohn Smith, nlxnit 4 ncrt sold to (ieorio Cron, about 2 acres sold to John Hill, about 2 iioreHSold to W. H. Holbtrt, also lot lf)Lx &rt sold to Snrah K. Williantson, iiIho altout acre for Heh(Hil house, nlso lot 7f'X 1(NJ sold to S. V. King, lot 60xlu sold to K. Van Bensohoten All the above land bo liiK the HHine preiniwa conveyed by Ed ward Hitch and wife to John loerr, deed recorded in Heetl B(K.-k No. 4b", pnre 118. Improvements, A lnrpe hoNd building, fiix dwelling housew, stnre hous1, large hf.ru and fihed, fihed diincing pavilion. About 10 Heres ol Improved land, balance wood and timber land, nlso atonequarries; property 8ituated at Lnekaxon inar Krle depot, and in a good hotel stand. Seized nnd taken in execution as tho property of John Hoei r and will be sold by ine for cash. H. I. Courtright, Sheriff. Sherlif's Office, Milford, Pa. ) Sept. 7, 1HU7. i SHERIFF'S SALE. By vlrtuo of a writ of Fieri Facias Is sued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Plko County, to me directed, I will ex poso to public sale by vendue or outcry, at the Sheriff'B Office lu the Borough of Mil ford, County of Pike and State of Penn sylvania on Monday, October 4, A. D., 1897, at two o'olook In the afternoon of said day, tho following real estate, viz: Ail that oertain piece, pnreol and part of n town lot situate in the Borough of Milford, County of Pike nnd Htnte of Pennsylvania nnd numbered on the map of said Borough us lot two hundred nnd ten, bounded nnd described as follows to wit: Beginning at the corner of Cranberry alley and Cath arine street, thence west along Catharine street forty-two foot to James Hosier's land, thence along said Hosier's land eighty feet, thence east fort-two feet to Cranberry alley, thence along Cranlxirry alley eighty foot to the place of beginning, containing forty-two feet front ou Cath arine street and eighty foot In depth along Hosier's line and Cranlierry alley, being the same premises conveyed oy Henry A. Skinner and wife to John H. Brink, doed recorded In Deed Book No. 48, page 11)5 Improvements, Good dwelling house and out buildings, fruit, etc. Seized and taken In execution ns tho property of John H. Brink and. will be sold by me for cash. H. I. Courtright. SHERIFF, Shorifl's Oftloc. Sept 7. 187, 1 Milford, Pa. j SHERIFFS SALE. By virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias is sued out of tho Court of Common Pleas of Pike County, to me directed, I will ex pose to public sale by vendue or outcry, at the .Sheriff's OtHee lu the Borough of Mil ford ou Monday. October 4, A. D., 1897, at two o'clock lu the afternoon of said day, tho following real estate, via: All that tract or parcel of lund situate in the Town ship of Greene, in the County of Pike and State of Pennsylvania, bounded as fol lows: Beginning al stones, a corner iu tho lino of lauds of Williuin ltohr hnckcr in the allotment of W ilson's land, thence s-iuth 1 degree east 1:13 rods to a stone, thenco by lot No. tol of said allot ment, south 89 degrees west 61 rods to a hemlock, thence by lot No bolt of said al lotment north 1 degree wist 183 roils to a sugar tree, and thence by lot No. 67 of said allotment north 8k) degrees east 5t) rods to tho place of beginning, containing forty-nine acres and seveiity-tiireo iierclns lie the same more or less, being tho same premises conveyed by Kiehard J. Dawson, administrator of James Dawson, deceased, to George Cummins, recorded iu Deed Book No. 41, page 35- Improvements, About thirty ncres Improved, balnuce woodland, a g.xnl dwelling buuj. barn, chicken house, und oile r outbulldidgs, fruit, etc, premises well watered by springs and running stream. Hoiiiod and taken lu execution as tho property of George Cuininius nud will be sold by lue for ouoli . H. I. Courtright, Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, Milford, Pa Dou't Tubaooo Bjjlt tui Suwla Tour Lift Awty. Jf you want lo ouit tobacco using easily anil forever, be muJo well, smmp, niugueilc, full of now lifduud vigor, WHaNu-Tu-Ba, l!is woml-T-woi-iac)', thai ui.ikes wouk men sLron. Mmiv K"iu l- ii pieu.ds in ten duys. Over 400,'JOO eui-ed. liuv No-To-llua of vnur ili-n.'Lri.-l, under gti.u-tiuUse to cute. 5ou or tl ,.1 Itr.. .11... ,i..l I :i i ..' . . 4- i-v. .-v. uii.i ,u4ii,m in nitii live. III. bwritOk' houiuily Co.,Cuic-iuio or New York. SIIOTIIOAVN STRIKERS SHERIFF ANO DEPUTIES FIRE INTO MARCHING MINERS AT HAZLETON. Nrarly t,nlr-n Klllrd anil Many WonnitrdThe ShrllT Inalata t hat R Was JnuMfled An Kyewltncm Rays It Wo an Vtiprnvofefift AMsanlt. n.iiloton, pa.. pe,.t. 11 This' place nd the neighboring vlllnire of l.attlmer r.re now prai-tleally undtr martial law. Nearly 4, WO members of the national CUiird of Pennsylvania, under command of General Oobin, are on duty, having been called Into service by the mandate of the governor to maintain the pene. This condition is the outcome of the shooting of marching strikers at Latti-mr-r last Friday afternoon by She-riff Martin and his deputies, which resulted In the killing of nearly 25 nnd the wounding of about 40 of the miners, who were mainly Hungailana and Poles. Th strikers left Hazleton at 3.30 o'clock in the afternoon, announcing their Intention to go to Latimer. As soon as this became known a band of deputies was loaded on a trolley car and went whlillng across tho mountain t-n the scene where the bloody conflict followed. After reaching Latimer thy left the car and formed into three eoiii panb9 undor Thomas Hill, F A. Hess and Samuel B. Prtco. They drew up In line at the edge 0f tho village, with a fonoe and a line of houses in their rear. Sheriff Martin was In entire command and stood In the front of the line until the strlker-3 approached. They were seen coming across the ridge, and Mnr tln went out to meet them. The Kticrlfrt Story. The following la the sheriff s state ment of the encounter, mad" shortly after Its occurrence "1 heard that the strikers w-re going to match to the bn-aker at Lattimerand compel the men there to quit work. I resolved to Intercept them and If dob slble prevent them from reaching the breaker. One of my deputies told me that the strikers would probably be heavily armed. I got my deputies, 70 In number, to meet at a certain place. They were a.11 armed. I oJd them to keop cool undt-r all circumstances. The trouble began at 3 o'clock. I met the marching column. I halted them and road the proclamation. They refused to pay any attention and started to re- fe'r J t 1 "I James mahtin. Sheriff of Luaerne county. Pa.J sume their march. Then I called to trie leader to stop, lie ignored my order, I then attempted to arrest him. The strikers closed in on me. They acted very viciously, reviling and kicking me, knocking me down and trampling upon me. I called up my deputies to aid me, and they did so, but they were unable to accomplish much. I realized that something had to be done at once or I would be killed. I called to the deputies to discharge their firearms Into the air over the heads of the strikers, as It might probably frighten them. It was done at onee, but It had no effect what ever on the Infuriated foreigners, who used me so much the rougher and be came fiercer and fiercer, more like wild beasts than human beings. "The strikers then made a still bolder move and endeavored to surround my entire force of deputies. I fully reallaed tlwu the foreigners were a desperate lot and valued life at a very small figure. I also saw that parleying with such a gang of infuriated men was entirely out of the question, as they were too ex cited to listen to reason and that my self and deputies would be killed if we were not rescued or If we did not de fend ourselves. I then called upon the depuUos to defend themselves and shoot U thoy must to protect their lives or to protoct the property that they had been sent to guard from being demolished. The next second there were a few scat tered shots fired Into the infuriated for eigners, and a moment later the entire force of deputies discharged a solid volley tnto the crowd. I hated to give the command to shoot and was very urry that I was compelled to do so, but I was there to do my duty, and I did It en beet I knew how and as my con science dictated, as the strikers were violating the laws of the common wealth ajid flatly refused to obey the proclamation that I read to them. They Insisted Instead on doing violence and disobeying the laws. "The scene after the shooting was simply terrible, and I would have will ingly not had It occur; but, as a public official, I wus there to see that the law was obeyed and lived up to, and 1 merely did my duty. Some of the for-elgOL-rs fell over dead and others badly wounded. Some rushed about hither and thither, seeking a place where they would be shielded from any more shots. Others were aiding their wounded com panions to places of safety, while here and there could be seen men taking away some one who was badly Injured or dead. The entire crowd of foreign ers, as soon as the volley bad been fired by my deputies, turned and started to retreat. They ruahed off In all direc tions as fast as they could run, taking & many of their dead and wounded with them as they could carry during their hurried retreat. The excitement at the time was terrible." Testimony uf an Kyvwltness. Charles Cuscott, the principal ot the Lattlmer grammar school, who was an eyewitness of the shooting on Friday afternoon. furnished the following graphic account of it: "It was Ju.4 ii minutes past 3 o'clock when the affair occurred. I hod Just disbanded school and, with my assist ant. Miss Qrace Coyle, was on the porch. Marie bh.u-key, a 12-year-old pupil, was near the porch. I remember that at the first volley she dropped her schoolbookp and ran. I picked them up an hour or so afterward. "Miss Coyle and I w.re attracted first by- the deputies marching to a position atKtut 31H) yards from the schoolhouse, alrnoM directly in front of it and a few yards on the far side of the hlyhwuy. along which the strikers inarched. The deputies came on an ek-ctrtc ear, left It pear the road and u. arched to an open Jtace on ihe load iej yards from the car tracks. There they were drawn up In the form of a crescent with the horns toward the rend. "The strikers made their appearance oon after, marching down the road to. ward the Lattlmer breaker. They were In orderly array, six abreast, carrying a small American Hag. Two small boys, one 7 and the other It, son of one of the strikers, were in the Van. walking hand in hand several fet In advance of the men. "After the shooting I found these two little fellows lying sldo by side, dead. They were pieced by at least a dosen bullet wounds and had prf.hal.lv been Instantly killed, as they ny side by side on the spot whe re they were last seen alive. Striken Crowded Arnnnrf thr ShrrlrT. "As the strikers nrpronched the depu ties Sheriff Martin left his men and advanced toward the nneomors. who stopped upon his command. I saw the sheriff talking vigorously to them, and then he read the riot act. The strikers crowded around him to the nnniher of at lenst lao. but I a0 not think he was knocked down, as he states. Finally I saw him pushed aside Into the ditch at the side of the road, and then the strikers, headed by the two little boys I have mentioned, swept toward Lattl mer and in a minute or two were In front of the deputies. "As the van confronted the armed men, flnmuel Price of Hazleton. who had volunteered his r-ervlcr-s, stepped out In front of his line, whereupon one of the deputies cried, with an oath, 'Come back, or we'll shoot you too!" 'Trice did riot reply In words, hut leveled his rllle at the strikers and fired Almost as If Price's shot was the signal came the crash of the volley from the other men. "The picht was Indescribable Th" strikers were dazed for a moment and then tied in every direction, most of them toward the sehool-hous.., where Miss Coyle and I stood. Wo were pet rified with horror. I did not realize our danger, so that Involuntarily we re mained spectators to the last and saw all the horrible sight. "I thought one volley would suffice to disperse the strikers. It did, but It was not sufficiont to satisfy the ungovern able rage for blood which the deputies exhibited. They no longer fired In vol leys, but one after another, taking care ful aim and firing to kill, and with deadly effectiveness, too, for man after man dropped as ho ran, screaming with frlKht, for a place of safety. "A bullet crashed through our school house window. Then one of the fleet est of the strikers, with blood stroamlntz from his arm, ran toward us to gain tho shelter of the building. He had almost reached the corner when he was shot between the shoulders and fell dnd al most at cur feet. Tou can judge of the care with which that fa.tal shot was sent when I tell you that the mon fell fully 300 feet from the foremost of the deputies. IlttrAtely Shot Down. "I saw men who had hidden behind trees and fences during the first fuell lade leave their places of concealment only to be deliberately Bhot down, (me poor devil, whom I afterward found was shot through both legs at the knees, had crawled some distance from the depu ties, and sitting upright, was shot through the back and killed. . "I wish I could descrllsa to you the deliberate bloodthlrstiness of the Bhoot ers, but I cannot find words sufficiently strong to tell the story. It was horri ble. "The shooting continued for 10 or 15 minutes. I am sure It was more than 10, and when It had ceased Miss Coyle and I went to help the wounded. One man passed us who had been Bhot through the stomach nnd held his pro truding Intestines In tho hollow of his hands, clasped together about the bloody mass. Miss Coyle. brave girl, did not rer-oll at this sicken'ng siffht, but asked the mnn if he could go inM the i?choollioure nnd lie down until hi arrlvifd. 'No,' he re-p!ied, 'mo want to see my wife before die,' and he stagger ed on down tho road. Ho never bhv her, for we found him dead against the fence near the school soon after. "We got three of the wounded men Into the school and attended to thetr wants as well as we could." The folding against Sheriff Martin continues intensely bitter, particularly on tho part of the families and friends of the victims of the shooting at Lattl mer. Warrants have ton sworn out against the s-horlff and all his deputies who took part In firing upon the strik ers, the charge against them being murder. The Strike Spreading. Husleton, Pa., Sept. 16. The situation here, so far as the military occupancy Is ooncemed, is irfhchunged, nor is there any Immediate prospect of the removal of the troops. There have been vari ous and contacting rumors of disturb ance in the neighborhood, and there is still sume apprehension of trouble, but everything has been quiet and orderly here during the last 24 hours. The strike In this section is spreading with great rapidity. Exact estimates of the number of men who have quit work are hard to obtain, but conserva tive figures place It at close to 10,000, with Indications that within a ehort ttme every colliery of Importance in the legion will be idle. Blot Iu Vouiihiogheny rtlatrloC Pittsburg, Sept. 16. The Darr mine. on the Y'JUg-hiogheny river, operated by Osborne & Saeger of Clevehd, was Che scene of a riot, which will probably result In the death of at least one man. The machine miners started to work. A mob of diggers gathered at the pit to give the workers a hot reception. Aa the miners began coming out they were eroned back into the pit, and several shots were fired into the pit's mouth. One man, whotie name cannot be learn ed, more daring than the rest, ventured into the open and was stoned unmer cifully. He will probably die. An-itlla ta Demand ludemnlty. London, Sept. 14. The correspondent of The Dally Telegraph at Vienna says the Austrian government will demand strict cotnprnsatlon in the case of all the victims of the Hazleton outrage who are Austrian subjuc-ts. Charged With Misappropriation. Pottsvllle, Pa., Sept. 16. As a result of the Taxpayers' association investi gation, warrants have been sworn out against Commissioners Rents and Mar tin and ex-Commlsslonev Alton, Count) Comptroller Severn and ex-Commia-sioner's Clerk Council, charging therr with being parties to the misappropria tion of (Id.OoO of county funds. Wiped Out by fire. Ottawa, Sept. 14. The village ol Southmarch. 12 milosip the line of tiit Ottawa. Arnprlor and Parry Sound railway, was almost wiped out by fire The estimated loss la between t40,0(H and 160,000, with about (6,000 Insurance Suicide Identified. Troy. N. Y., Sept. 16. The young mai who committed suicide on Broadway it this city Saturday night lost has li.ot Identified. He was piuved to be Johr Bowen of Albany, who left home Sat- uiday evening to go to Luke Oeorye, BUSINESS CARDS. Dr. von der Heyde, DENTIST, Brown's Building, corner Brond nnd Catherine streets, Mitford, pa. OFFJCK HOl-Hrt: 8 to 13 it. III.; 1 to IS p. m. ANo nt Dingintin's Kerry, ofiliw of Dr. Ketiworthy, every and and 4th Wed nesday in each month. H. E. Emerson, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE in Drug Store on Broad Street. J. H. Van Etten, " Attorney-at-l.aw, OFFICE, Brown's Buildinrj, Jilll.IftlRD, J'ikk Co., Pa. John A. Kipp, AUorney-at-Law, OFFICE, opposite Court House Mn.KOid), I'ikk Co., Pa. CHURCH DIRECTORY MIIF0RI). Filst l'i:pSiiVTKi:iAN fMrtitcil, MM ford; .-ahlmth services at- ill so A. M. and 7.iio P. M. Sabbath school ininicuiatclv after tho morning service Pravr meeting Wcd nesihiy at 7.:io i m. A coulial welconio will bo cxtendid to ail. Thnso not at-t-w-hctl to other elw.reh-.M me especially in vited. Kkv. TtMMAd Nichols, Pastor. Curwn OF THK (loon FlIFlMIFHD, Mil ford: Servic.s Siin.l.tv at i mi A. M. and x.:w p. m. Sdiiib.v ,t.i.s.j nt .:! p. m. Week-day !(et , i-'t ki iv loop. m. Seats free. All wt Icon.". 1! !?. I- A smite!!. Rector. M. K. Cirri.. -;t. r'.-rvic-s i:t l-li M. E. Church Sumi.ivs: l'rcw iting .it. in.no a. i:i. mi'lat 7 m. ;imuiy school at ii p. m. K.pwort'. icauiw it 11.45 p. m. Weekly prayer meetimr on Wnlnesilnvs at 1 ' 1- in. CI"-s inci ting eomiticleil by Win. Angle ou Fridays at ".;!t p. in. An earnert invitation is extend. ! to anyone who may desire i,o v-..rstsp wit h as. iii-.v. . It. NEKy, Pastor. MArAV-ORtS. 'Ki'Wot:th M. K. fit'iKin. Matamor.is. Services every Sabbath at KUlo n. in. nnd 7 p. m. Sabbath school at 3.80. C. E. meeting Monday evening nt 7. .10. Class mceiing Tcet-d-ty evening at 7. SO. Prayer meeting Wflncsday evening nt 7..W. t'iVei-yono welcome. Kkv. F. G. Ct'hTls, Pastor. Horn Kvanckucal Ciuitoit, Mat moras, Pa. Scrvie.-s ne-ct P'in.l.'ivns follows: Preaching at lo.itilu. m. and 7 p. m. Sun day school nr. .4 n. in. .Itinl,,r C V. VM.fr.i. and C. K. prayer meeting niter the even ing si rvieo. Mid-week prayer meeting every Wednesday evening at 7.8(1. Seats iccv. a cui tnai welcome r-n nil. l-omo. Kkv. J. A. Wikgand, Pustor. Secret Societies." MiLFOitD Lemon, No. 814, F. & A. M.: Lotliro moots Wednesdays on or lteforo Full Moon at tho Suwklll House, Milford, Pa. N. Emery, Jr., Secretary, Milford. Kndfrold Wielnnd, W. M.. Milford, Pa,. VAN Dkb M.M1K LopriE, No. 828, I. O. O. K: Meets every Thnrsdav evenlnirnS 7. lit) o. m.. Brown's Bnlldinir. fieo. Dim- inn, Jr., Sec'y. (Jew-go H. yulck, N. (i. Fni'MFNOK KF.ltKKAH LoPOK.. 1(17, I. O. O. E. .Meets every second nnd fourth Fri days In each month in Odd Fellows' Hull, ijnrwii s nuiKiiiig. Mrs. Alice llombcck, N. (x. Miss Knlie Klein, Sec'y. Go to T. R. Julius Klein FOR Stoves and Ranges Hardware, Cutlery, Tin, Agate Ware, &c, ac. Tin Roofing and Plumbing A SPECIALTY. Jobbing promptly attended ta. Jirnad stroot.oiipoKito PRESS Office I BURNS i MOST POWERFUL . . . X ELECTRIC LAMP MADE. X Guaranteed to burn 8 to 10 hours. No Smoke. No Oil. No Explosion. Positively safe for bicycles, miners, policemen, gas j companies, oil refineries, boiler inspectors, etc. We send with each lamp sufficient material ta T burn from 24 to 30 hours. X for sale oy ail live Uealrt. ELECTRIC PORTABLE LAM? CO. i X J ELM 8 Ft A, N. Y. t VTATH1 All persons me hereby notified that throwing or burning papers or n-fuso ,,f uny kind lu the stroots of the borough U prohibited. Uy order of the town council, J. C. CM A.M llh, H LA IN, , . President, pro tciu. Attest, I). H. HOKNUECK,.-3uc'y Mlltord, May d, loeu. Cuseurets Htimulato liver, luJnoya und bowels. Never sicken, wvuken orgrin, 10c.
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