The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-05-13

a den Of cut-throat Mollies. The outlaws |
have been guilty of many fragrant acts.
The houses of Thomas Dormer and VIM.
Maley, two reputable and Industrious
workingmen, we're partially wrecked by
them. While endeavoring to protect the
lives of their families and to save their
property from destruction, both men
were nearly killed. Mr.. Dormer has re-
ceived coffin notice to leave the region
under penalty of speedy and fearful
death. On Monday last young man
named Edward Langlor was attacked in
his home by the COMMITTEE of
three" and crippled for life. His mother,
poor, gray-haired old woman,
ran to his assistance, and the
tends incarnate assaulted her in a
most brutal manner. 1t is expected she
will die from her injuries. On the night
of the same day number Of houses on
the Forestville road were placarded with
| "cofin notices. notifying the inmates to
leave under forfeit Of DISPLACEMENT. Two
| of these dwellings, were nearly raised
from their foundations. During the dis
turbance little child of Michael Butler
was nit by q flying missile Of some kind
and killed.
This organization and the Molly Ma
CURES are also engaged in destroying the
transportation and coal operators prop
erty. Hardly q day passes bat what IN.
telligence reaches your correspondent OF
the perpetration of some villainy Of this
sort. On Monday night depredations Of
this character were enacted at three
places in the Schuylkill valley. Between
Pottsyille and Tamaqua, switches on the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad were
misplaced, and heavily loaded coal trains
run from the track and the cars wrecked
Subsequent to the last mentioned
act. the train dispatcher at Summit
station. Philadelphia and Reading rail
|, road. sent engine No. Al by the old mine
. road to Excelsior for train of loaded Goa
cars. When the locomotive neared En-
t terprisc Junction, it was found that
. switch at that spot was turned about nal
!. way and blocked on both sides. In
. switch lock was broken of. 1t was for
$ tunate that the condition Of the svitcl
o was detected, as these loaded coal train
o were coming from Enterprise in fe'
t moments. It was doubtless the purpos
d Of some person or persons to wreck tn
/ trains. During the latter part OF las
> week some gravel and side cars were lei
}. at Excelsior siding to be returned up tn
is road this week. Sunday night abou
d half.past nine the telegraph operator
q. Excelsior discovered that one of the cal
o. was in flames. After extinguishing tn
r fire, ke telegraphed to Shamokin for
ID guard to take the cars to place OF satet.
d A number of armed train hands wei
h seat, and the train conveyed to Shamoki
Is. No sooner had they reached that tow
Of than some miscreant or miscreants
c. molished the water tank and then lire
. the cars again. The fire was soon notl
" ed and extinguished.
he Last Saturday morning, between Meu
" Carmel and Hazelton, the hands on t
nd down freight train on the Mahanoy di'
es sion of the Lehigh Valley railroad -four
as that some one had been tampering wi
he the track. Two rails had been torn fro
u the roadbed. To one of the displaced ra
k. was fastened the following notice, adore!
IT. ed to John e. Wooten, general super
ed tendent of the Philadelphia and Readi
or railroad: