, 1876-10-07
THE MOLLY MAuUlRES.
New and Important Arrests to 10
Mado...Aloxander Camp
bells Record.
A Trip to Tamaqna and the Surround.
Ing Country...Cataloguo Of
Murders.


Ing tho notorious and murlerous members Ut
tue Molly Mcguire organization who have made
this division of tho Middle Coal Fields their
headquarters. Within stonc's throw Of whcro
your correspondent writes this Is lncatril tho
saloon Of James Carroll, o,, Broad stscrt, near
tho Philadelphia g. Reading Railroad nrpot,
whero the band resortcd, and planned And
carried Into execution their dia6olIral
ri1ts. Carroll Is nov III the sc!'usl.
ill., streets of till place. ills friend. an,i Ill.
fuw-eonsprat0rs, also awaiting tlle tleath-pru-
atty, arc T!o,nas Duffy, Hugh n. Gee!la!l JaIn.s
Roafty. ard James Boyle. HJimmy" Kcrrigan,
wards cxposed tho plots and working Of the
outlaw brotherhDod, nale Caeroll's dcu Ills rcn-
lozvuus. Not loss than
TEN nRuTAL AID MfsTBRloUs MURDERS i,
thcte men. Tic victim. werc Jane, au Shields,
Tllun,as Dunn, Atine Superintendent; William
Iist1cba!cs, George X; Smith, ansI T. Y. Lang
sSn "se 1ssct ,vs1 wi'lhn s.l puq A:'taRt
Yust, policeman; Patrick Murphy, naincr.
Tl!s same gang oi cutthroa.s, 1cd BY, A1exan-
dor Camp1efl, u'dcr, ,sc!ltetlcc q: death ~ tile
cst1 cSenty n a At In sas Sn., ciunk y
Lehirh y W!lkcslnrre Coal and Iron Company,
at Summit Hill, a. well as trl.onas Sanger, Sd.
perrin tenlcnt Of tle Haven ftun Cutlery, u tile
Plllladc,p!da 4 Reading Coal and Ir.,n Cont
SANE mine.
A ru.tion Of the Tamaqua Branch Of the
Molly Mcguire Society also eo-operatcd IN Tic
Mpattl" axxay"9f xays Wi1lIam wi!sns, hois,.
ney, soal opcratoF, between ccntral1a and
surh an unenyia''le noturIcty through being thu
centre around Which N. st. Vi the MullIes' accds
VsR
the Oldest Villages ln RelI,iy1ktll County, md
has been, fl, the past, q very In
sa 81 Ss o sns sos5es ni
Il has lost caste In that particular. lts greAtest
Importance now Is in Its manufacturing cstab-
lisiIments, ,wh!ch are quite numerous nHd of
cons deratle yalre to TIC place. u they Afford
constant anl lu:rattvu cmplUyn,e t to MANY de.
serving a,,i1 tnaustrlous persons, wlo. would
otherwise bc without the means of subsistence.
u 10 alao an tnpurtsnt railroad cc'tre ths
pihlds'pa Moaa,ng Iailroaa n11 te Le
Rajroad Of NY jsrsav,-two Of tMjs M leading
coal-transportatlun lines operating In the State,
running In here, and Is quite lively, busl ling
town of brtwcsn 5,o00 md 0,oN inhabitants.
eoasd1ea u ono o III liz 5et pla ssuaea aa a
governed communities In schuylkIll Coun-
ty, and its towns-pcoplc were every.
where looked upon as mo lcls Of
pFDpTtGLYs HUu q llW-hUllluE AU4 lnNklSLF1ON6
class whose greatest pride was ID the alvauce-
ment and prosperity Of their town. OF late
yeurs, however,
secured footing IL The l'tlerto 9utet; and r.
iacu Of affairs underwent q remarkable change.
Street brawls and drunken bar-room rows be-
GANG frequent, the carrying OF deadly weapons
by al! parties 6rca.ne tic rulc Of eyrrytay lilo,
every tnan seemed to euspeet his fc1low-.nan.
and the hitherto, quiet, plodIlpg citizen was
thus transformed Into travelling arsenal, bent
upou defending h!a life, It attacked, in tho
atlrest and most clIctunl manner. In fact, SO
cruel organization, that number o. citizens
formed q ylgiluuFo comEn!ttea for tho
purpose Of app!ehcndlng and melting
out to the ,murlcrous Thugs swift and
fail to 10 their duty. Such was the state Ut af..
fairs ut the commencement Of the terrible aud
sanylinasy acts that have rendered this section
Of fennsylyanla 30 notoriously cunspteuous In
"a 4 lIaa Of thriving minIng Villages extends al
most from Tamaaua, along the line Of the L.
htgl, d susquclianna, Rallroad. to Summit,
tic distance between thoIn bc;ng quite short:
pals' Lansiord, Ashton, and storm }l. rSese @
villages are all connected with collierics opcr-
ated by the Lchtsh 4 W'lkesbaTe Coal and
Iron Company, TX and aggregate SoS population Of
s asmef" S.s o n"o,sas n"e o S sS bes sa a.e sa
viii viii thp eYil-aojmc Moliy MaEusrcsIa humber
Of these already arrested jor comp,cjty
10 tho tho numerous and hagrant erimess is
having been at ono time or another
summit v val,ev. Outside q % tIIat oreanisatio,.
however, there ia ss peaceful aud fndustrioas !
W.Ish. Scotch. Enr,ish, Gernar. aud American
as can can be fo1nl anywhere.
,oec ~ a,ont antai naitiants X Il % nmn r thr
oldest eld Settlements IN carbon County, and Ia il
,e anai was ~ .hinnci ~ ta. .water Il Il the
terminus. of tic justly-celcbrnicd "swltci,.
nnn,bars ri tnnrists whn avssi, Ihsmsaiv"s hnf
lis % %switsbaek to enjoy the beantiful sccn. n
tx hcsdnmart"rs h,.s NJ
'A0 ~ ~" ALEXANDER CAMPBELL,
wo " y tba IN tha top.,h,o tS hr,,an
no I',a, o'u anI ON one Of the m most dapseros
hs ,syu, s,,,o aA1 a, hts stan,lInr noititrniiv'
vssao' .r"a Horn IN irc,ond' ,n,ne tn XIX,
"nM,,rw sonne .cvrn nr "irlt ycata ocn md n,
tnn.t ;ynmcHio.e,v lax n1ominsnt soslt1nn n
lt1Sst s%'oN - Foo't*1u