New-York tribune., 1877-06-21
TO-DAY'S EXECUTIONS.
ELEVEN MOLLY MAGUIREs To BE HANGED.

criminal history OF this state has probably never oc
CURED Ten men, Molly Maguires, will then be
executed for murder about Is years since tho
mining districts Of the first suffered from the out
RACES Of this secret organization before that date great
crimes had been committed and the authors OF theh
went unpunished -ofentimes cew whatever c0u9 be
obtained With the outbreak OF the civil war disturb
ances became frequent and the general terror OF
TIE inhabitants widespread. Underlined and vague
accounts had gone abroad OF the existence OF secret
societies where murders planned and robberes pro-
jected by the most depraved and brutal OF men. Inc
name Of BuckshOts" had been applied 10 them. ana
during the DRAFT Of 1882 Luzene and Carbon counties
were throwa into the most alarming disorder
Ourages which red from and robbery to Inur-
der N daylight aud in darkness were constant occur
reuces They were not mfgequently committed In the
presence companies of orderly citizens on the streets
OF cities ike Scranton, or In more secluded places a dead
OF night but il was arrested Tor sucn crimes
the devices and ingenuity OF the order could always
invent evidence 10 prove an aibi or frghtena jury
with threats of their lives. Not only were courts Ter
r9rzed into submission the works OF these men. but
umdity spread abroad throughout the entire mining
re.ions No dared 10 oppose the order; no mans
life thought be sae after he had once offended ihe
society one Of its members
There is one memorable instance of the brutal audae!ty
with which these men did their work In Jnue, 1SG2,
i'm Carnon County public meeting was held CONSIDER
the suhiec. celebration Of the Fourth Oi July The
patio Sn OF the people unusually ardent At tnat
period of the civil War aud all the sunday OF
the ghborhood 20 take part IN the day process
sion AT this preliminary meeting. one Frank '" Laug-
don, ticket boss some say breaker boss in
.te employ OF a coal company addressing the Peo-
ple from a balcony Of public building be held M
American in mis- hand while he spoke Of the hopes Of
the nation which symbolized III 1t. One OF ihe
"Bucksnots John Kehoe by nsme-nade his way from
Che streets tn balcony, seized the fae tore II from
Iaugdon's hand. struck him blow in the face with is
fha Hsgs. ffrsFl an al
trampne upon it. No dared resis MIN. His ends
apuauded the act from the street and Llng'0n was told
that il lie went into the pu0hc streets they would Nil
him. About an hour afterWard Langion had the cof-
age 70 start for home alone, and the way hadozen
attacked him with stones and clubs ana murdered
MIN.
Fifteen years plsssI, and the perpetrators Of this
nonstrous deed were stll unpunshed The men who
committed it well known Some OF them had De,n
arrested and lodged in jail, but at their trial none OF
them VT convicted Last year Kehce and others we're
arrested again, charged with the murder Of Langdon
The witnesses who appeared for the prosecution were
the same as summoned the first rriL After the
prisoners we're convctedK zoe 0f murder in the first
gree and the others ot murder in the second-the7e
witnesses asked why they Eai not given the same
positive testimony the former trial Their reply was
ave we're afraid Of our lives"
II was during the disorders OF 1862 that the term
"MolIy Maguires" first used Ia Ireland during the
last century there had secret societies known -
the Maguires," the RbDOnmen," an the White
boys" but their motives those ef patriotism at
time when they believed their country urjustly op
pre- by foreign nation. But there could he no such
motive I'm the dongs OF the American org nizaton 1t
had no purposes which selfprescr alton, PATRIOTISM or
snv other natural human impuscs c0ald in the least
igtfv or eXenuate The record C the past Ia years Is
one not easily chrOniced In All its hdtOasness ana IN
restrained bratay. 1t that tine, il is said, at least
II prominent citizens have been asstssinacd and the
number OF attempted murders robberics rots, threats
and other outrages, either committed or atemped, re-
mains unnumberod Laie 1862, when at aCacS by an
armed body Of 200 men was made on colierics IN
SchuyILH County, some Of the openly boasted Of
heing Molly Maguires." The term gained In is ap-
pcaton until OF later years it has been generally given
10 all those concerned in the violent acts OF the coal
regions Of Pennsylvania In spite Of all these
and othor the men who are to De hanged on
Thursday will te the first to suGer the fun penalty
OF tia law The best known Of these murders
ia probably the Yost case. st O'clock in the
morning Of July G. 1875, Benjamin T. Yost Of
Taraqla, Penn, OF the night watchman and
police officers Of the borough, attacked fired upon,
and murdered by James Boyle and Hugh Mcclellan. two
Noe Maguires from Summit Hl, Carbon County
James Roarty the Bodymaster at CcadAe; James
Carroll secretary and active manager o the Tmaqua
Division; James Kerrigau the Bodymasser at Tamaqua
and one Thomas Duffy q member OF the Molie Mcguire
order planned this murder ana we're accessories before
cept Kerrgan indicted. McGehan, Boyle Carroll,
aud Roarty the ODD day Of July, 1876, con-
viceG OF murder in the first degree. Duffy, having asEod
for a separate trial. tried in the following September
and found guilty Of murder in the frot degree.
Another Of the follows On the morning OF
sept l. 1875 Michael Doyle Thomas Munley, Charles
and James ODcnnen. and one McAlster murdered VIII
liam Sanger and James Uron two muing bosses Raven
Run, near Ashland, in Schuylhll County. Sanger and
Uren killed by pistol shots fred by these assassns
about o'clock in the morning and in sight Of nearly
hundred people. One OF these ossassns-Chares ODon
ne-was killed on the 10Th day Of December 1879 by
unknown persons. and rumor has H. by selfcoDsttued
Vigilance Committee" The other ODonLell and Doyle
are fugitiyes. Muney and McAiser arrested and
ied Munley convicted on the l2h Of July, 1876,
Of murder IN the first degree. McAsier released he
being the wrong person Of that name
The bloody reign Of Molly Magureisn seems about to
have eliminated in the murder Of John F. Jones, a
mining OF the Iehigh ar1 Wikesbarre Coal Com
pany, at LansfOrd. Carbon County. Mr.. Jones
ated while his way tO bis work the
ing OF Sept. g. 1879 BY Michael j. Doyle and Edward
Kelly two young Irishmon from Mount Laee, Schuylkli
County. They were absolute strangers 10 Jones. but
killed by order OF the officers OF their division be
cause Hugh Mcclellan Zone Of the YOst nurderers and
/ Thomas Muhal were discharged from work at the
mines where Jones boss They were, stated,
members Of the Molly Mcguire organization and
assisted in their horrible work by James Kergan James
CarrOl, Alexander Capoei ana "Hei -hihHS hEhls ol
their order Jones was killed in so open and public
manner that immediate pursuit OF the murderers fol-
lowed and the day. Doyle, Kelly and Kerrigan
were captured near Tamaqua and taken to the Mauch
/ q INK Jail.
These were the first arrests made in the case men
toned and the excitement the coal region became IN
tense The murderers narrowly escaped being ynched
at the hands Of outraged and angry pOpuace Dsmay
and CONSERVATION prevailed through the mining region.
Employ6s became frightened and refused to work Off
GERS and bosses Of the companies compelled %