New-York tribune., 1867-04-26
,r 70 thav had families TO support money was found
4. - - 80 1.t;t,tos board no charges that they

dI ar That thew are disorderly i'll
behaved speak of the miners generally anu IN or
Sisy GP2T life It slfi' sad to S' take certain amount Of
whisky to produce a tun of coal or OF iron
Around Nauch Chunk and lfazeton the despera-
does are called uck Shots. 1t IS supposed that they
we crminaIS / IN Justice, and that they seek the
,nines as fdn, 1I.c ces / was told that in place
called jena, ne White Haven, the lear OF these
men was so grea ilat for long time the people OF
The hotel did not dlre to have light by night. Ina
recent attack one of their number was killed. lie
Law on the ground several days. NO one knew nm.
Finally he was buried in coal dust, but at last he
was secretly taken away Two others Were killed a
few weeks ago and Were known Two others of their
number quaiTeled and fought with the rest; one was
killed instantly, the other fingered n day. On his
diving bed every means were tried to find out who
had murdered him, but in vain.
There is another band of desperadOes, though,
perhaps they gre all one They deserve PARTICULAR
inention-they are called !" Molly McGuires| de-
rived the following facts from an undoupted source
but cannot divulge names. Strange rs III may seem,
the Molly McGuircs have their headquarters IN
this city Originally their object was good; lhey
had their origin in England, and they were what gre
called English-IIish-that is. descended from English
women. They aimed to regulate the prices OF labor,
and to defend the labOrcrS from the expressions OF
New-Iork City have sadly degencrated. They have
the following lodges, which are known 10 Dut
few of the residents: One is at silver Creek one at
Glen Carbon IN MahanOl valley 0ne atJ anesNlhe;
one at Scranton or PittstOn perhaps at Dotlil ana
one nj Iazleton. TIE members of this organization
are under the ban OF the CATHOLIC Church, be 1t sd
The leaders Of tho Molly McGuiTcs are the very
worst men in this country and bad as ever cursed
any other. They do not support themselves Dy
industry. They keep the rest IN lear by thelf deS-
perate character and through fear alone they force
many to ioin them. Twas told of q method'they had
of making harmless young men rs bad as SthcmSelVes'
which is too shocking to relate. lhey are the
founders and nStigatOTs OF most OF the sllkeS anu
Outrages in the coal regions and they go SO far Us TO
dictate who shall be sub-bosSes ana laD0leia. ih9y
go from one colliery to another, scarcely anybody
knows them they order works 10 stop, hreS TO be put
out and this and that 10 be DONE
Even by the terror of their names they rnie the
country Hence one sees how difficult 1t IS to pro
cure criminal convictions. There arc aDunuant
instances where witnesses have been muTdered.
Only short time since one witness hld 10 nee 10
Furope: another is preparing 10 ee One VIII be
curious To know how these secrets nave been a.
vulged. when death is the penalty to the one VINO
betIays. Ii is not for these deSperadoes TO KNOW
OtbeT folks can wait.
Not long ago n committee Of 80 gentlemen were Sc
lected to 90 to Harrisburg and lay their case before
the Legislature The result has been special cgisa.
ton providing for criminal court Tor the counties oi
Dauphin, Lebanon, and Schuylkill. All the criminal
business is transferred to this court with an adi-
tional Judge who has all the powers OF Resident Judge
TO this legislation is attached Jury b when pro
vdes for two jury COMMISSIONERS. IlnailS' theie lS
a Police bill which requires a marshal OF ponce ana
as many as 100 policemen if necessary, WHO shall be
men used to arms and who arc tried and true, ana
who to be invested with the authority OF con- con-
stables. In pursuing desperadOes they may 1oiloW
beyond their nominal territory. These provisions go
into effect immediately There is charge on the
part of the Democrats that inns Is poilllc nov @
and rot necessary still a leading politician tola me
that this must be bro ken up, even II vigilance
Committee should be required
took full notes of the. prices which miners ana
aborers were paid and Of the cost of getting coal To
market. / could not help percc.vng that there ap,
pears be too much profit made by some party, ana
IL seems TO be 10y the middle men, 80
found that the miners are charged abOut SlO0
wear for rent and from g TO 81 tun FOR coal Iheir
present wages are about ~ 5Oa day. during the W"I
they made money fast. Some head miners cleared
$50 a month. The great difficulty now Hes IN ule
high price OF meat and breadstuis and IN the low
price of coal though pcrha, II the mld0ieIneh cod
Get along with less the labOTcrs might have more
The general statement is, and at TINS season OF lhe
wear must be correct, that propuetorS cannot Pay
more, aud that miners cannot 1--we on what tuy DO
pay. How relief can come IN Such State OI lhlhss
is hard for mortal man TO see.
Generally the houses are comfortable, but they DO
not look neat. They have no interest III lNthhb
Int III cir DAVIS wages At one mining town j saw
several houses remarkably tidy In the liberal gar
den spot attached, fruit trees, TaspbeIes, ana straw
berries were growing. miner commences WORK
at o'clock ia the morning and gets through ABOUT
. o'clock in the afternoon. Then the ldD0Itr VINO
works under him fills the required number OF cars
| the common average being seven, and hc quits at
! o'clock p. m Tie houses | mentioned were owned
! by the miners. When they came home they washed
mt on clean clothes and went to wO.k III Their gar
| den ground. More COntcntcd men on never saw.
| Other miners, owning 10 houses had washed q
! Htlc. and were sitting around ON fences OF ~ me
| whisky shops OF course such are ready 10 isten 10
! Molly Mc(uiTc'S men. The men II the gardens had
no time Tor this kind OF business. At HeckchelNlilo
! and Glen Carbon, where lhC popuiailoh L'to 10 pc
very bad and. 20 some extent, sun j., elCoI III
proyemcui has taken place which is ascnbcd to tho
/ plan. adopted by the proprctoTs, OF selling lots.
| Where the mining population D. Large, the El9peah
| methods brought with them, viii Do retained. They
| look on mining as capable Of Ouy giving them
living and they spend all they get whether much or
! little II seems TO me that European methods ana
American liberty cannot thrive together There -
no question more important 20 consider than this;
will not the miner be a better citizen, father ana
husband: will ne not be less inclined strike will he
not better hc able along with the proprietor to with
stand low prices if ne have house OF his own ana
little landg j. he not more To hG depended upon II
on a Smumcr afternoon he raises his own vegetables
while his baby gets in his way!
There arc three great interests in our county; lst,
agriculture: ID. commerce; and 3D. mining. To give
prosperity 10 his Third Estate demands clear heads
and good hearts. Are there not Christian gentlemen
with larg0 means, with the experience when mas
made .heIn wise as serpeuts who will try to solve
the problem how to make the great army OF labOring
men feel that they have abiding interest IN the
place of society. NC VI.