History Book: Striking immigrant miners shot in cold blood at Lattimer 126 years ago
It’s hard to imagine the scope of tragedy that happened 126 years ago last week on a dusty road near a coal patch named Lattimer, a few miles from Hazleton
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It’s hard to imagine the scope of tragedy that happened 126 years ago last week on a dusty road near a coal patch named Lattimer, a few miles from Hazleton
>> they pulled the fire alarm and they told everybody to evacuate. when we were down by the portables, we got word from the students, and we walked across from the canal. we ended up right over there. >> i heard a lot of gunshots. when the police lacked us out, there was dead bodies everywhere. there was to there and there was more. it was scary. >> we were in class and the fire alarm goes for the second time in the same day. we go to the field like we are supposed to and i hear gunshots. you could tell definitely gunshots. >> bret: some of the students who had to deal with a horrible scene. 1...