, 1876-08-21
Five Murders In Scranton Alono Within
Fortnight

cd I" cotlln.notfce,h warning him to leave tho
country within 50 many days, under penalty of
death. Besides thcsc, numerous houses occu-
pied by rcreoua who have Incurred the cninty
Of tho nurdcrous organization have been plu-
carried with horribly designed notices to quit.
Those persons who 1natle themselves conspivu-
ous, either by furnishing information pt tile do
ings Of the Molltcs or tcsttfylnE against. those
arfaIgncd bcfore Court in BclluylkIll, Northum-
bcrland, and Luzcrno Counties, aro subjected
to the vengeance Of the outlaws; and already
several witnesses have been
hnoT AND OTHERWISE MALrnEArEp.
a few days since, John Miller, one Of tle
Jurors who recently convicted tho Molly-afa-
guiro leaIcr, Alexander Campbell, Of murtlcr
In tho first degree, for completely In tho killing
OF Minc-Bosv John P. Jones, was fired upon,
while sitting in hls house, at Mauch Chunk, by
soinc person concealed IN the siirubbcry about
the place. He was wounded In tho head, antl
will probably de- Another Juror, named At
kue, who testified against one Of the SchuylkEil-
County Molllcs, IVES ciubbcl to death near
Wiconlect. Even woman docs not escape the
ycngcful feelings OF tho band, who arc sworn to
dtspateh those who In anyway attempt to oppose
them. Miss Moore, Postfnistress al st. Clair,-
notorious rendezvous Of tic Molly atagulrcs, -
REFUSED refuge ln the Post-OEicc for member
of the brotherhood who WIS flying from tllu au-
thoritfea; md through her action tho law
Miss Moore was slot while engaged in the DIS
charge Of her duties III tho office. All that Is
known about the tragedy Is, tint the shot cams
from the direction OF tho lseaJing Railroad.
This murder, ttkn hundreds Ut ottlc1s, will be
chroulclcd in Scluylkill County ns
ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS OUTRAGE.
Last Saturday, ut Gisarlvi1le, Mike Drnntgnn,
miner, was assassnatcd during rlotoua dem
onssFnag ss1 snt IN 1 front eax 81 not9sons Rn,
the following tiay, Sunday, a party oi Brant-
ean's friends made an assault Upon the den, for
the purpose Of discovering tho murderer or
1nurdcress. The result MAS bloody ontbrcak,
lnore or less Injured, ,-ouc Of them, Pat burke,
fatally. As Is Usual In such cases, no attempt
las been made to arrest the participants In the
Outrage. $751;.
lslcnts to the seaboard, extends throughout al
most I'LL the regions; anti, AZ consequence Ut
tho idleness, there Is considerable lawtcesnrss in
peacs passf tut He ase he1tG nef % ysHpatys
pound called whisky Ia immense; and 1t Is 4
common thing to see men, women, aud cfll-
dren rcc!lng about the streets in varlous stages
Of intoxIcation.
MISERY AND prsT1rUrlos
arc everywhere apparent; aut, IN the more tso-
lated regions, where the degradation is tho
greatest, tho picture presented is friclltful
ono, and criminal transactions Of tile darkest
this on,--shanty- y-lill, for instancc,-|t has
been found that whole families have sul,sisted
for days Oh The tesh Of domestic animals that
have been elaln to appcasc the terrlhle cravings
Ut hunger. Little children, entirely naket1,
watcl, with cagcrncss, aild dcyour with asidtty,
the B1ops tl!at Arc dumped unon the lut on the
outskists OF this handsome md wealthy ln.,h!c-
tpuiity. THIS fearful state Of things, combined
{t.u
guires, renders tho situation III the Lackawanna
district one difficult to tleplct With pen.
With!n the past fortnight, ---
NO LESS THAN Fiyl: MURDERS
have been committed within tic limits Of tic
city proper, willie tho Mstu,ber of assassnat!ous
IN The remote spots Is twice tint MI mfHr, Near
CarbuIlalc, On Monday night Inst, u Aagrnnt
Outrage, ttlnt has occasoneG groat excitement,
was eilacts!l. 4 party of stollIes, n1u'hr!'pg
inftsting sllat reston, 1naac all onBlalE'A on
tho hu,lse Of Peter MeSamaru, nj, inolfcusvc
and deserving laborcr employed tn ola Of thu
mines 0t tue Delaware a Hudson Coal Comp.-
~, McSamasa was reused from Lis slunbers
By the marautlcrs besteEing tue house with
stones, BULLETS, mud Other missiles. ,upon upcn-
lug H wInlow, he was fired upon anl klllc.l.
Ills distracted family appealca to tic ru!l'Atls
to slAss their lives, but the ouly answer they
got WIS taunts. Tile house WIS broken into,
ONE or M'NAMAMA's SONS HuTcuEnEp,
and the rrst If the family we're driven into tho
surrounding forest. Thu building WIS then
rillel Of everything. valuable and portable, md
set t'rr to. From hers the t,rigands paEsetl to
thu adjacent mining ts,ssns, stopping 1T several
points ntong the ruad, firing tnto houses, ni'l iil
dulging. III other acts Of dtatN,lsm. On the
moilntatn they fred a small coa,-hrcakcr, which
bald, wiIcrc they urrfyrtf about daylight Tues
day lnorDL1lg, they con1pletcl their drViltsy by
awakening Re7eral lnil4trB IND shooting them,
one Of them, Martin Donovan, has sl'lcc dle'i.
~ nA4d f1tuf
were not attarkcd weru marked with hltleu,B
skulls nrsl cross.bones, nuu rutns, AtlI
otnsr gns'tly dcyises s:;;,, No cause ~ san 10 ~
gl!ow the people how little they cured fur The
Vtgllaute Committee, took this 1acaus tn rx.
l!,'t their prnwtss,--if It cal ho callcl ts'at..
Ttr MnlIy. Mcguire organization seemingly has
VAST INFLUENCE
III tlls division Of the coai-fcl.is. Many uf the
prominent elty officials are members Ut tie s,,-
rfcty, nnd ars always On hanu when J. "dyaw"
takcs piaca for ttc ,'putting-away" Of sumo
.I1la Organization llas q very large uciaber~
allt,, here. and the Headquarters vi tl,u Chiefs
ayc located hero also. Ono of these, Willie i,.A
communicative luoo.!, yesterday, furnished your
the origin aud formation ol tho Molly. mcguire
Sur(tty:
The tKaly ls hut ono Of tbs numerous secret
organizations tint unnc into existence III ireland
Thssc seyrct bodlcs wure known BY si!!flrriit
sp|sllatta,s sui. ss r,is,. Tie "icvSlers,", tho
SterI-l,1ys," the "Pt.p-o'-Day Duys.n tho
"islght- Boysn' and others. Tlesc, altl'ouEh
Operating under different na,nes, hui generally
but Que common purpose fu Slew, Which was
to
REslsr THE RArAcITY or LANDLORDS,
who rented their lAnsla fur above their vatMc,
and, when thu tenant had not tt,s usrAss to pay
promptly u1i " sept-&luy,h Stixtd Ills gt,otis, Ur
lung him aud Ills family out 70 perish by tho
rotdklde. Many perso,s are said to have died
through ezposusd ly tAess rruelt!e4. Frlor to
thu secession Ut Gcarge III: to tic
English throne, secret soyietles were
agrarlsu outragcs are said u hayo been com
,ituced about November, 17Gl. Numerous
tausea colablnod to Greats these organlzations,-
tho prime cause, however, being ,tl!e deslUtIsm
Of tha landlords anl tho leaftlessnsss Of tho
"tlthe-mungers," who squeezed cut the very
v!tals Of the people, aud by process, citation,
and Bequestrati0l. dragged frUm them tho lttlu
which the landlord had left them. The peoplu
Weru
oRouNp-poWk TO vEaT sBnvlTuDE;
there was no law for them, The cur OF Juatlce