The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-02

groR shop keepers, where they have excellent
opportunity 10 entice tho young and UNIV ~
into their nets md steep them In crime They
ranifv almost the whole Of the coal reeions,
and their plan Of operation seems TO be that N
d obnoxious boss or other individual II to he
put out Of the way strangers are brought from
chnncee 81 detection than those nearer home
would meet with. This Ia the reason wnv 80
few deto ctloDs and so little Furnishing have fol-
But even when they are detected, convicted,
ana sentenced to proper punishment, my nave
politicai power, in stifiina the ends Of fstice.
Some Years ago one of their numt er was sen
fenced to seven years IN the pententiary for
50 badly maltreating an aged couple at Locust
Gan, Nurthumberland county. that they died ~
the wounds received at his hands. A contriv-
ance was Immediately set on foot To release
him by his comrades. An Irish Republican
politician OF Ashland, WHO has since gained
cunside able notoriety as a pardon broker Tor
these organized criminals, was at once consult
ed, aud with an eagerness worthy Of "A better
cause. this affair was at once seized upon "a an
lican party, which IL mere uniformly In the mi
norty. petition was at once circulated Tor
the criminals pardon, and was signed by
many OF tho leading Republican poliii-
clans and oflce-scekers, and the Republican
Governor tGe fy) granted the pardon. " is true
some Democrats had signed the petition, too,
but this was done more as variation than any,
thing else, for they were not expected To have
much innueuce with hepu0hcan Governor.
IuE SECRET OF uARTRANFT's eTRENOru.
These pardoniug tactics have been kept up ever
since until you can hardly nnd Molly Mcguire
10 the coal REGIONS who wouldn't give his last
shirt for Gov. Hartranft and II was no unCDm-
mon thing tn hear men OF that STAMP declaring
that az he had bcfricndcd them, they fef IN duty
bound to give him their votes. As Judge Per-
shins bad sentenced one Of their friends. one Of
| the sw ndhng County Commissioners. ne tecIme
specially. o9nqxons to themj thus securing
| exactiug have these pests OF society become
| that when ono Of their uumncr Is detected In a
crime and thrown IN prison, the others frequent
| ly get w subscription lists and collect money
among all classes oi people for tue purpose OF
and ~ people had come to fear them they were
| Rcucr lly successful beyond measure III these
| collections, people being unwilling To refuse,
! Tor ie g Il trinring UPON ihemselVes the que
vengeance Of these men. All these Things ave
| mad the eject to encourage them Ia the COM
mission Of crime, believing themselves allied to
| the Re public y rty; and under the protecting
VIM of that powerful party tIey clam to enjoy
| perfect Immunity from harm. Indeed they may
| not he far mistaken, for the Miners Journal Of
| Potsvilc, the chief Repu lican Or-an Of this
region, In its issue ot the 10Th inst. used these
| significant words editoH ily.
The Molly Maguiros are the men to suffer quietly.
Tortv,gy ne mat Is taken thcJ Will demand adVlea.
This is said In connection with thu late tragic
orair -. Nicholas, neur Mah1noyCity. eXuress-
ug TAT tle same time It, belief that That outrage
was tho work Of Vigilance committee. there
! e. good reason to suuuosc that the killing Ht II.
! Nicholas was the w0rN uf n vigilance commit
tee, for the law-abi0in ing citizens Of the scnuyl-
| ktl coal region Ia undetermined that the reign Of
J blood must cease. and since every other means
| have failed. the Nail'ntes must do tue work.
| TITS Is tue I'M ressioh received from inlorma-
| ton Catlcr d. one ruuOr mat & received a
| great deal II credeucc Is that the men who
were to be the victims OF revenge at ~. Memo
| is w"re suspected Of being tho murdcrrrs "
! Unren aud : niger, who we're killed Nc Raven
| Run last summer; hen - the Httemnt uuDn tnc'r
! hvos. which unfortunately resulted ~ the XII
| Ing Of the wife Of one Of the men and the son
! OF the other.
ON 4 VOLCANO.
II II was, In fact, the work Of VIGILANCE
! committee, which l. not yet positively
| In wn, the end Is not yet; but the uolile Oi
SchuNlkill county VIII almost literally rcst upnn
a.Ns4F inc .fHH - a MAJ
| forth. lLi- ~ sd state OF affairs, bad enough
| without adding one wOr tor senssu tai pIg-
| poses: bat that the good neOple have d ter
mined That It shall stop IS equally tr,c. l. IL
| ale DIV hecomiug too hot for some uf tue aider-
| aud abcttOrs ~ the d. .bOlical work Of the past
few YEAR,, ana they are preparing 10 leave. Il IL
| true they nave police and court Of justice here.
but OF what aVail are hose when politicians,
Officeseekrrs, and criminals CON hinc to null "
| tue powers Of Justice, either by thw rtirE the
! courts and " that fails, by % alipuatinc the
| pardontng power 50 as TO roo Justice OF IT. ter
| rCr To evil ducrs.
There Is to-day no better court In the state
| than lhst of Schuylkul county, with the Hon.
| {. l.. Pershing IA presiding Judge. hut what II
| lts best Uuru Sea are ncutla'lHru by just suCh
| work AS that above fecited. All the Deacedble
weapOns of an outraged people have become
| useless, and nothing remains to them except
| the dark anu impenetra ble work Of the mask,
| the dark lantern, the revolver, aud the dirk.
! From such work every good man will naturally
| shrink, hut ONLY those VINO know what the e.
| cent people OF the Pennsylyania coal regions
| have had To suffer IN times past and YET SUIT
| FER, can conceive the necessity for so desper-
! ate remedy. Their lives, and what h as dear
10 thetu, their reputation, which has already
! been immetsurablv blurred, are at stake. To
save aud re Establish these they must resort to
action short, sharp. and decisive. This can be
gathered from their every day conversations,
| ana though they are slow to thus act, YOU may
yet prepare TO hear some bloody news from the
coal regions Of SchuYikill.