The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-11
TROUBLES In Pennsylvania.

MURDER, INCENDIARIsM AND FACTION FIGHT
ING IN THE COAL REGIoNs-THE MOLLY MA
CURES AND THE WELSH AND ENGLISH
MINERS AGAIN AT WAR.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, Oct 10, 1875.
Last night time Of crime and terror in two Of
the principal towns of this county At Mahony City
Migration, possibly with the object Of plumber and
murder
IyCENDIARY FIRES MAHoNY.
Some time after midnight flames burst simultaneously
from both ends OF storehouse Water street,
pied by named Krause and spread rapidly to two
buildings adjacent occupied by John Lyon, George
Uahoin and William Bretz By the prompt and ener-
getc action Of the Fire Department and owing to the
providential circumstance that breath Of wind
stirring, the fire confined these three build
lngs, which entirely consumed.
TILE DAMAGE DONE
Total loss is about SO 600 Had the fire got under
good Roadway among the frame buildings terrible con-
aagration would have resulted. The citizens Of the
place very much excited and look upon this as the
precursor of other ncendary attempts especially the
rebugs" have recently been operating boldly and
extensively throughout the country.
MAGUIREs AGAIN WORK
At Shenandoah the trouble was of an entirely differ
ent character Saturday was pay day at most of the
Eoeries in that neghborhcod and toward evening the
miners 1ocked into the town. they invariably do on
such occasions ready TO spend their money freely for
liquor 1t will be remembered that in every instance OF
the recent murders by the Moly Magures" the victim
has either been an Engishman or Welshman.
RACE HATRED INTENSE.
As the membership OF that hated and feared organi-
cation has always been confined to the Irish an intense
feeling Of bitterness has been aroused against that
nationality and outbreak of some nature has
Seen feared for some time
UNEQUAL JUSTICE.
In the events Of the night pretext was furnished
Early in the evening an Irishman named Hefrin
arrested for firing revolver in the streets As he had
money to pay fine he released by the Burgess
rested for the offence, but The
Burgess would accept no fine from him nor admit him
TO bail This SO incensed the Welsh that II with
the greatest difficulty number of the best citizens
Sould prevent them from making forcible rescue
wELsHMAN MURDERED
When an hour or so later II was discovered that
harmless and inonensve young Welshman named Jones
had been shot and his throat right in the centre Of
the town. the fury OF the Welsh and English could not
be restrained They fred into houses and the
and held possession of the town all night AS far
can be ascertained, however, injured by
them.
THE sHERIYF's PROCLAMATION
To-day the Deputy Sheriff issued proclamation com
manding order and notifying all persons to quit the
streets at halpast nine O'Clock in the evening He has
organized strong posse 10 enforce his order and is
sisted by Marshal Heiser and force Of coal and iron
police.
A BARRooM BRAwI.
Early in the evening, in barroom row, man
named Fnncl shot in tho head at Shenandoah and
probably fatally wounded.
EXTENSIVE BURGLARIEs.
The farming region around the 0rwgsberg has been
recently the field OF extensive burglares and great
alarm has been caused by the bodness of
the burglars. Last night two strangers we're
noticed by Constable Yost OF 0rwgsburg who tried to
arrest them. They ran and fired One OF
them, man named Heiseman, OF Schuylkil Haven, an
employee of the Reading Railroad Company shot
che neck and captured He was Identified as highway
man and burglar, and is now in jail