, 1874-11-29
SUNDAY

With the Mol1ies. all three we're buried secretly
US bishop Wood has issued stringent orders TINT
none OF these nalefactors shall DO inferred in
consecrated Catholic burying-Srornds-
During tho past week, Daniel Campbell vas
beaten to death ut Tamaqua by two unknown
men. a miner named Aluhre, while driving
wagon IN the vicinity OF fremont, WAS attacked
bT three men, murdered, and left upon The road
The corpse mas found Sunday morning. Mlners-
vile ID greatly excited over the commission of
STRANGE MURDER
Inc victim WAS secretly inferred; but 30 far
the pottsvi1le detectives have failed to gain any
cle": 1uftner than the fact OF the crime Previous
to these murdcls. Frank Shevlin and Henry
tlsher we're murdered il the upper part Of the
region.
The most atrocious deed perpetrated in
sch!Ylkl1l County was witnessed at FishbacE,
within the corporate limits Of Po.tsvllle, the
county-seat. While James Hunt. an ind,1stri-
ots and lnoHensiye man, who had been to Potts.
ylllc with bis wife, making solue purchases, OH q
Saturday night. two weeks since. Vas returning
to his home At Mount Tof1ee, number of Mol
lies attacked him. and
BEAT His BRAINS OUT WITH HEAVY sroSEB
Mr.. Hunt WIS bound and gagged to prevent
her giving alarm. Although this horrible trag-
edy "as consumuated within sighs Of the Coun-
ty Court House, no arrests havo yot been made.
Ccntralia. which is known Us the dark and
bloody ground" Of the Middle Coa-Fields has
been the sccne Of numerous bloody dramas
Hardly day or night passes but what rot OF
fatal shooting or etabblng case occurs. 4 short
time ago. schoo1-teacher censured Molly
mcguire, and waH shot. For this, tho would be
murderer received slight punishment in the
County Jail Upon his liberation. lie again shot
the teacher.-this time fatally. Since then tie
murderer Tas shot dead by relation Of bis ylc-
tin.
THE VENDETTA IS STILL GOING on,
and will doubtless not terminate until q num-
ber Of pcrsons are killed. Old and innocent
citizens are subjected to tho greatest outraees.
Several were recently compelled to leave the
place, because their l'veh had been Threatened
through tho agency of ku-Klux notices. Opera
tors and mino-bosses, against whom tho murder
ers have taken deep hatred, are meeting bloody
and premature graves.
ali through tho region, this same state
OF affairs exists. and but little at
tempt is :. made tt1 by tho authori-
dep:oring this sad condition Of things, and
call strongly upon the powers that be to take
PROMPT measures to arrest tho rapidIy-grovinE
anarchy. Tho Miners journal, the leading pa
per in the Schurlxill district SAYS it looss as if
the davs Of Pat Haaser the Blocd-1uba," !" and
Flour-Barrel Hote1,"-a retreat where victims
were decored end slaughtered, ,-wero about to
be returned to.
In Luzerne County, All equal amount OF law
lessness prevails, s,-tnsAers. cruciizions and
outraGes OF women. being rcrpetrated on tho
principal thorouGhfares OF the cities and towns
no LESS THAN TEN AssAss1SAT1oSs
hare occurred IL tho 1.acsawanna and Wyoming
districts in the past week.
An order just issucd by the Philadelphia 4
Reading Coal l. Iron Company, which owns and
operates 100 collieries in this region. has cloaed
ell the nines except ten, and thrown 5000
miners cut of employment, The mincs
now in operation will shortly be stopped. Work
will not be resumed before Jan. /. and not then
should the Associated Coal Companies reduce
the wages, as it is reported they intend to do i.
their meeting in New York next week.. There
nearly $4,000 coliers unemployed in the
various coaa-fieds Of the State, and some por-
soas are app-ellcns,ye that the fearful des1itu-
ton, which has Already created much crime, will
rn1uticr hafara lnr.,