The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-24

Drunkenness, sta rvntton. Arson. and Mar
der IN the Lncknwanna Valley.

der IN tue tnChuWHuuh
Ponr RICHMOND, Pa, Aug. 23.-The law |
Iessness which has been prevalent In the Wy
oming and Lackawanpa coal regions since the
trouble between the operators and miners be-
gam has resulted In bloodshed and other terri
bic outrages. At the close Of last week the
operatives Of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany were paid. From that time forward the
districts In the Pittston region, where the COM
panys works are located. has been the scene OF
lawless acts On ga urdsy night In nRht between
two ciions OF Molly MsRuires at Yatesville,
near Pittston, Charles Foy. Joseph and Matt
Green were friehtfully stabbed. Foy was stabbed
thirty-lve times. and died soon sfterward. The
murder caused intense excitement and VIII
probably end In more bloodshed as FOy's FRIENDS
have sworn to annihilate his murderers. On the
same night an alteration, which afterward re-
suited In cener | combat, took place between
Thomas Phillips and WIFI TN Lightning alias
"Yorkshire Bin" at Plymouth. Botn men were
terribly mi red, and ut last accounts were eh-
pected to die. ,,,,
| NJ guires. h 8 been the ecene ~ numerous our.
RACES. on Sunday, the Evangelical Church AT
| that place was entered and the whole interior
! burned The loss Ia heavy. bideously illus
trated Ku-kluy notice wa posted on the partially
| To- mold any more services IN the church. he
% stor has also been notified To quit Hyue ftk
within two weeks time, or suffer toe cohse-
FROM Hyde Park TO Meadow Brook gangs Of
merauder, have perpetTated fearful on.r o.'
| mity Of their acts. Last night the mousse Oh ~.
Il. Dalton, &C Meadow Brock was att.cked oy
! between thirty ana forty NJ eurss. The doors
and windows Of the dwelling we're battered In,
and Mrs. Dalton. VINO was tlone at the time,
WAS seriously, W not fat lly, wounded. Inc
same party raided upou the house ~ john
Dunn at Greenw GOD. and after numbering nne
| OF the inn,a tes, carried OF everything OF value
| these desperadoes have terrorized the entire
Lackawsnna valley and the lay 9bidins people
| tees to protect their nves aud property.
Prom ne CAicdOo tribune.
SCRANTON, Pa, Aug. T.-lt would seem,
| nom tue number OF Outrores rccentlv perpe-
the Schuyi kill. Lehign. Wyoming. and l. cka-
| wenna valleys ~ Il nnsylvania' that the nend-
! ish spirit OF the molly NJ. CURES, who have In
tested the coal regions for some Nefs past mas
| not ueen ,bdued by the arrest, incarceration,
and conviction OF some ttwenv OF toe most des-
perate and cruel lead'is: and u looks very
! mucn a. N the oath bound brotherhood were
only awaiting mother miners str'ke 10 com
mence their acts Z, I violence and bloodshed.
I hose ersons Who made III, mselves oonspicu-
Gus by either III nishing Information Of the
dong OF the Mollies. tes III wing against those
arraigned before Court In Sohuyikiil, Northum-
berlaUd. ana Luzerne counties, are subjected 10
the vengeance OF the outlaws, and already sev-
erai witnesses have been ehot.
A few days ago John Miller, one OF the Jurors
who recently convicted the mully Mcguire lead
err, Alexander Campbell. Of murder IN the first
oenree Tor complioity IN the IN rider OF mine
boss John =. Jones. was Or, upon while sitting
concealed 10 the shTubtety ABOUT the place. He
was wounded IN the head, and will PROBABLY die
| Anoth Juror. MIR. ATKINS, VINO tee tined against
one Of tneS huyikil county Mollies,was cluooed
to death near Wicuniset.
| Miss Moore, Posttnis ress at st. CLARA motto
rious rend, zyous for the Moll, Maguires-re
fused refuge IN tue Post once for member OF
the bro, he, mood VINO was a.lns from tue author
III Ind through her action tie lawbreakei
was ca. tursd. One morning last week Mis'
Moore was shot while engaged In the Discharge
Of her dutIes In the oflice. All that Is known
ABOUT the TT geCy Is tn I the shot came from the
direction OF the Reading ha lrosd. On Saiurda,
last, In Giraruyille. Nike Branigan, q nj. er, wat
ass ssnaie IN n riotous demonstration In from
of a notorious grnggery Kept by freddy houney
On the following dan, /. nday, a party OF Brani
gan's friends made AT assault upon the den FOL
the purpose OF discovering the murderer or mur
derers. The result was bloody outbreak, IL
which several persons on both sides were NOR,
or less injured-one OF them. Pat Burke. fatally
he consumption Of wbiskey Is Immense, snc
IL 10 common to see men. women. and children
tesling about the streets In various stsEes o
tntoxication. MIsery anu destitution are every
where .ppsrent, and IN the more Isolated re
sions, where the degradation is the greatest, I'll,
| picture presented Is truthful. III some portions
OF this iesion-Shanty Hill, for ins'ance-whoi,
I miiies have subsistso Tor DAYS on the nesh o
Domestic animals that have been slain To 80
pesse hunger Little children. entirely NAKED
watch with eaRerness ana devour with avidit,
the slnus tnat are dumped uuoD the lot ON thu
outskirts Of this wealthy and handsome munich
itnin the past fortnight no less than nv'
murders have been committed within the limit
OF tue city Lroper, and the number OF hssasst
nations IN the remote spots Is twice that mum
Ter. Near CarDonusle ON Monday night last
y rty Of Aollies, numbering between 0fty ant
sixty OF the most desperate spirits II. estinl
tnat region. mode an onsl ught upon the house
Of Peter Mcnamara. AN inonensive and serv
ing idporer employed IN one OF the niles Of th
Delaw no and Hudson Coal Company. McNa
mara aroused from his slumoers bv the ina
RAIDERS oesisRlng the house with stones. oul
lets. and u.ner missiles. Upon his opening
window ne tred upon aud Killed. HIS dis
tract-d family appealed tn the rum ,ns u spar
their ives, but the house was troken Into, one o
McNamsr 5 sons outchefed ana the rect q
the family were driven INTO the sutfounuin
forest. The building Was then rned OF every
thing valuat 10 anu portable. and set IRE u
From here the hrig"nds passed To the aoJacen
mining towns. stop Ing at several paints alon
the road. d. ing INTO houses ana indu Rina 4
= other acts Of disbulism. On the mountain the
nreu 2 smali coal bre alIer. and 1t WAS DESTROYED
4; Passing on to Archibald, where they rived d
81 aUout u wight on tuesday morning, they CON
E pleted tnrir deyiitry by aw. kening severn
1 | miners nd shooting them One ot them, NJ
= tin Donovan, has since died. All along ia
D | route. tue houses tnat were not attacked wei
z | marked with hioeous skulls and cross bone
i aud collins and otuer chastity devices.