Aftermath
The aftermath that ensued in Hazleton was pure chaos. Over 70 dead and wounded required care. The 19 dead were all of Polish, Slovak, and Lithuanian descent. Thousands attended their funerals, signifying that the ethnic unification had begun. Additionally, 2,500 soldiers from the Pennsylvania National Guard were sent to Hazleton to prevent revolt.
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Caring for the Dead and Wounded
"There were thirty-nine wounded men brought to the hospital. Seven of them died. Most of them Dr. Keller, the hospital superintendent, made the close examinations. Hemorrhages and shock following the gun-shot wounds [caused most of the deaths]. Two of the men died soon after admission to the hospital and were not examined. Another was shot in the abdomen and thigh, two wounds, another victim had two wounds in the the thigh, all front fire. Another man was shot in the side of the head, another was also shot in the side of the head. Two others were shot in the abdomen, front fire."
-Dr. J.H. Stearns, assistant surgeon at Hazleton Hospital, report to the Wilkes-Barre Times on September 22, 1897 [in reference to wounded strikers]
-Dr. J.H. Stearns, assistant surgeon at Hazleton Hospital, report to the Wilkes-Barre Times on September 22, 1897 [in reference to wounded strikers]
 "Waiting for Their Dead" (click to enlarge)
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 "Identifying Bodies in the Stable of Undertaker Boyle" (click to enlarge)
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The National Guard
"The incoming of State troops which began at an early hour this morning, served to cow the strikers and their sympathizers, and no further demonstration was made than the gathering at street corners of knots of men and women in muttered but intense discussion of the shooting. To-night there are fully 2500 soldiers camping in town."
-September 12, 1897 Philadelphia Inquirer [in reference to the arrival of the Pennsylvania National Guard]
-September 12, 1897 Philadelphia Inquirer [in reference to the arrival of the Pennsylvania National Guard]
 General John Gobin and staff of the Pennsylvania National Guard, Third Brigade, in Hazleton, 1897 (click to enlarge)
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 Pennsylvania National Guard Camp, Hazleton, after the Lattimer Massacre (click to enlarge)
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Funerals
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"I knew all of those men when they were alive, and I officiated at their funerals; I buried nine from my church and four from the Lithuanian church were buried in my cemetery thirteen men in all."
-Father Aust, a Polish Catholic priest, report to the Wilkes-Barre Times on September 22, 1897  "The funeral hearse; burying the dead went on for days" (click to enlarge)
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 "Crowds in Front of St. Stanislaus' Church While Funeral Services Were Going On" (click to enlarge)
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