, 1863-11-11
Ml)tcagn Grib1111e.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER Il, 1883.
THE PENNSYLVANIA COAx
mIEE lRFOES,
Origin Of tho Troubles Tho ReauIta
Of CoppeEhead Teechfugs.
From tho N. 4. Tiuea,l

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Bark to rnthip, Carbon comfy. pea,.v,,
S3Ata, Is mining region OF little note, vel :.
District lively vita work, aod embcaci NJ
within Its DArrow circuit SONS Of the 1fchns:
coal orchards In Pennsylvania Perchod On
tho very bfghest portion OF lsad In tho Btatd.
n = coyd nnd oesnl.te rgion; pcopled only bJ
itnn. 'Welth snd 0e.man 1nineri; but little
the half which has occurred hore wl:hf. tta
ptss three nlon,hs ever cams down To tke
trets and the news marts Of The paonla ta,
low, FeIy cEu}tng comment, uoon the hs.
Leficent influence Of copperhesd teaching,
ppcn their Innocent oisci pies would be- fsr-
n'sht q the incendi.sy foliowe1e Of Wood va1ii.
aefaNo stS uour, &c. Il IL no: exaggerated
'S,.,s 70 !na, tere ~ h'nks to osncn1p. sttus:e,
I5lpg, ap0 being but .e hundred and twenty
mills from New 7nsk City. and but ona hun.
d.sd II iles from Philad.ltbIa, rei1n of nos-
lIw, 50 tu1l OF tncidonta Of rtotous orutal,ty.
ard oatly SCENES Of cold blooded aud del1hnr.
ate muIde. has long existed. eqatling the re-.
cosds Ct any period Of equal leugth fdsanx
territory IT the came s1ze il Eastaln Tea1ee.
ere.
Last August, pfaceable. 1sw.ab1dlas c{tt;
zen, reTidtsg in Beaver Meadows, IA made
the ehllecs Vi an attack from a riotous croMd
Ct Lithmep, ~ho. undpr tha nnrnes of HucE.
shota and Molly McGuirts, have dtsctoitaod
themselves into IN organ1zatlor, Ia but; fa e
instances distlfniis. to The Indian Thug. Tho
assault wRs mnde at night By a dcssch mont of
these rufaans. with the evident design to tske
lie Life Tho c1izen shot oae of ttie raeckis.
AID Home Guard company from Hazeltoa.
E1La11 Fillsge nbout four miles off, came
down to the reecue, and the ruf1sus vera
dthretsed. Subsequently the ringfdadar OF
the tcou1dlels WIS captured and lodged In
Jail 1t hauch Chunk, city of. shout IL, 600
1ohtbttants, about twenty miles distant AZ
midnight Of the second day after the arrest. a
party of one hundred Bnckshota went dawn
to The city, surrounded tho jill, compelled
me Sheiaa % hoefate the prisoner, aud
marched him home In triumph No efforts
Lave ~Ter been made to punish the mob Lor
to 1ecaptura the prisoner.
The tucces6 ef this inso]cnt violation of
Law and order tnaugurated the reign Of terror
which has settltd do1 m on this district. M,b
orators from b1auch Chunk have told these
dtluded nlners that *'thty muet not aub nit
to nc Lirc91n tyranoy; that the object is to
d.ats every Democrat; that they must stand
In their doors aId resis. every officer con.
pected with the draft who comes near them ),
DC, dc. The results of this dissemination
Of the cardinal doctrines Of copperheadism N
Tie briefly Enu!mta up In the following state.
mt Mt Of fact
Those 1ishmen who arc reading or think.
Ing men are all loyal. Every Welsh, Euglish
or German collier Is unreetrvcdly so. But
those poor wretchea who, In their blind fgoo-
rance, believe all that is told them. if 0niy
told III better English than their own brogue,
have been lni1aned by the REASONABLE doc.
trines and the indamnatory harAngues of the
0l:ins who hare Gown this Whlr1wind. Or.
gan1xd d, armed By rife manufactory within
their Own control, situated near the village of
Bazeltop, constantly dsilltd by night within
PLAIN eight cf all Who wish to See these rebels
have Gone the work Of death four months past.
Dnaisp1ted and unchecked bg any cisil au-
thor1ty, with no officer of the laT or Of the
army to stay their hands. Within that time
nearly 4 eco1e ot loyal men have besn mur-
dered here. In many instaucts themurderers
aru known. 1a tie streets Of Janesville meu
hsVe bten pulled out Of their houses aud cut
TO pieces In the 1sreets. No man dare accept
any civil Office In the township. The draf1
enrolment has been made from the books OF
the notice. In any one Of the mining yitlace3
he would not live an hour af,er the hrtt SER
vlce, Il he ever succeeded in making that one.
These men hare openly boasted that "no
dIatt dare ever be made amo1 GIT then-that
it Was more than mans life was worth to
der Of body Of soldiers that came near them,''
&c., DC. The lew loyal people Of the neigh.
borhood have been for some time earnestly
eptreaung assistance from the military au-
thorities TO save them from reign Of terror,
every day becoming more foil Of hourly hor-
This they have at Last obtained throueh
Capt Yohe, Provost Marshal Of tho Eleventh
Dittr1ct Of Pennsylvania. On Wednesday.
the eSth ult-, Capt. 4. 4. Yates, com muandfnr
the Ejg eighth Company, Invalid c2rps.
Was otosred with his command to the rebel
nous district, to protect the Deputy Marshal
in the service oft notices, aud to enforce
On TIE way to the mines, during Temporary
delay At Aauch Chunk, word was sent to the
District Attorney Of Carbon County. III.
Counsellor Leonard, that he mad NOW an op-
portunity to arrest the murderers aud rioters
Of the district; but tbs Democratic officer
did not Zee tit to avail himself of the oppor-
tunity.
Capt. Yates estabuehed his headquarters at
the mining 'dietriet Of Bearer Moadow. On
Thursday morning, with force Of sixty men.
he started to serve the notices. Bat al mo-
body either knew or dared to tell where any,
body lived, the work was slow enough.
Beyond f." curses, equal IN emphaals md
ever heard in the front, and an attack upon a
sentry By . drunken Buckshot, no resistance
was offered. on approaching. the mlnes,
however, one Of the rebels Stationed a. q
picket tired = gun at the party, and about fifty
left for JanesT1l1e, = rendezTous about two
mics distant. Word was brought that the
rioters had assembled in maes at that place, and
that from three to four hundred were ready to
surround and buahwhack the soldIery in theIr
further progress. a scout eenr ont mn org theu
confirmed this Et.tement- Communication
vas immediately had with uazleton, In the
adjoining district, and force Of thirty cayal-
~ and 100 infantry started from there to
GAINESVILLE on the morning Of Friday, to CO.
operate with Capt YaIes.: On entering
GAINESVILLE on Friday, the place was perfectly
quiet; but In the course Of half m hour tbs
streets began to fill, and the mob to cluster
snd groNl along the sidewalk. The COM
HaodiEg officer, determining to nip this en-
bryo New York plug nuns In the bud, or
dcne IN about five minutes, but In the opera
ton, one Buckshot was badly ea5ered, He is
nj this time passing the last moments Of his
rebe1llous Life. The houses were then search
ed, and Wsgon-load Of a1ms aud ammuni.
tion, among them some United States mus
.kets, taker away. So great is the dread OF
these ruffisns that the good people OF James
vile imp1ored the forces not to les7e the
place. The wife cf one Of the nine Nners
told the commanding officer that as the chill
dren were plzyfrg on the corners On Sunday,
the 25lh ulL, one of the ruffians fred mus
ket bali In amopgrt them, fortunately ipfur.
Ing no one. That on the Monday following,
man was cut to pieces before her door.
The niLe-owners are completely under the
control Of these rufflart. They: hare to pay
wsges, In oil instances as much as $50, ii
most caees Sl20 to $50 month. They COM
pei mary loyal Irishuen to join them, and
ELL many who refuse. 4 feE brAve souls
there are here, who defy them, but the ms
jority of lhe people are coWed by their bru-
,nlitY ard great numerical force.
Reinforcements are about to be sent to
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