The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-16

Mike Lawier al shenand oah and it's nv private
the s ne
this ont, COOS TO prove how dincuu TO got work
even year before the strike. and !, is little wonder
that that event brought much suffering and con-
comitaut crop OF outragss.
ourRAGgs DURING THE Long STRIKE
long strike is startling one Even before The STRIKE
had properly begun Foreman Taylor at Richardson
coiiefy had been warned 10 leave On the 26th vi
December, 1874, Mr. ]. H. olshsusen the superlntcnd
ent OF the Mananoy ana Shamokn branch. had notice
OF ths intended cessation OF work. During the month
OF January, 1872 three contractors al Preston colory
No = were ordered TO cease driving tunnel In Feb
ruary tho outrages began 10 thicker. On the l4lh
snatrame al the West Norwegian shaft was destroyed
By ire, on the oath lire occurred nj
East shat; on the 2btn the giant powder burned
the Norwegian shalt, aud tho 18th u house was
burned at richardson coliiery. The list TOR March
showed that these crimes increased with the n
tensty Of feeling and the gravity OF the situation
On the 18th Waterman at Ellsworth Coliiery
beaten, on the 10Th Waterman at Nine Hill Gap Col.
merry was tied with rope aud beaten and his watch
stolen; on the 18th tho rain employees OF tue Phila
dcipha aud Reading Railroad at Ashland were
Tested and the telegraph Office At Locust Sommn
destroyed; on the same day thirty two loaded Cart
were dumped on the track At Locust Gap and six a
Excelsior NJ tho latter ace u train OF 100 loaded
cars was started down the grade and Oh
on the 10Th an engine was run OF the track at Nins
Hill crossing, and twenty nlnc loaded cars were
dumped on the track al Locust Gap Junction aud six
ut Enterprise the 9Th the train hands OF Philadc
phia and Reading Railroad train were stoned At Locust
Gap; on The 2sth the warehouse at Mount Carmel
broken open and robbed on the 10Th passing coal trans
nj Locust Gap were again stoned, the Both switch
was turned wrong and spiked Shenandoah junction.
ana tram thrown oil the track In consequence and
on the 3lst there was great parade OF miners and
railroad men at Gordon, and Vulnerable outraged
were com ilted by the mob The troubles mad now
reached such height that Governor Hartrann and
Sherin W Werner were appealed TO Tor protection, but
tins was not AZ once Afforded and the Offences con.
tinuod In the month oil April the list Is AS long and
terrible as Tor the month Of March. Trains. were
thrown OIL or dumped on the tracks; switches wcrc
turned ana frogs wcdged with workmen we're In
undated and beaten; houses were broken into and
robbed or tho furniture destroy cd buildings were
burned, and IN one instance whole block OF houses Al
Bari coery, ana indeed 50 extreme was the violence
TINT the movement OF coal was stopped and business
suspended During The months OF May, June and July
the outragcs continued. On the lou OF May mob 81
200 men stopped operations ut the Hickory ridge Col.
lery anu drove on the workmen al the Lancaster col
Hery. On the 81 oil June "a large body OF men. cst-
mated ny some as high thousand, made their appear
ancc al Mahanoy Guy and stopped all mining opera
tons in the vicinity; while the same day another
mob threatened 10 do the same thing at the West
Shenandoah coliicry but were prevented from doing
by the bold front prese ntcd by Captain Llndeu who
had just then assumed command oi the coal and
police. On the 18th oil June an sttcmpt made 10
take The lilo OF William thomas 'Buiiy BifD a. Ma
hanoy Guy, and on the 9th oil July Policeman Yost
was Killed A. latnaqua Alter the unsuccessful At
tempt upon the West Shenandoah coiIiery the comb
dence OF the strikers Was broken, anu IRON That time
the strike as u strike was at end
SOME NATURAL DKDUcrIoNA
1t can easily DO understood from this simple nara
tive Of iacts the relations Of tho coal and Transports
lion companies TO the tho depressed
condition Of the country the unnatural condolences In
themselves among the operatives, INSPIRED by tue
hold Of the monopoly upon tho markets, the existence
OF the machinery OF The rade societies the Order
OF Ancient Hibernans, the ambition oi local politicians
like John j. Slattary, 'Mun" Lawler and Jack Kchoc,
and the natural instincts OF terocious and semi
civilized state OF socety--that few men might com.
mt deeds OF violence Tor which whole comment.
ties and even whole race would be bcld
responsible This brings US back To the co.,
sidcraton OF no men VINO are TO DO executed on
next Thursday. "yeliow Jackn Dunohue, WHO killed
Morgan Powell In Carbon county was naturally MUIR
ucrer, ana II his crimes had no. been committed In
the coat regions he would have been guilty oil murder
somewhere else Alexander Campoeli, who WAS
victed oil completely IN tue Same offence aud Tor tho
murder OF John r. Jones, also ambitious local
magnate, who talked blood ana planned crime for his
own advantage and advancement HIS cupning is
something that his looks iai 10 betray, and IL al
legged that oven tue story he told 20 the HERALD cor
respondent IN the jail al Mauch Chunk ON Tuesday
was fabrication intended TO influence favoraby the
action OF tho Board OF Pardons al Harrisburg to-mor
row. In tins connection may say that
cept OF the ing AFFIDAVIT, prepared in reference
10 CampbelIs allegation
ContnonucahA NJ Peansyirania. Carbon County, m.-Psr.
sonaly appeared before me the undersigned Cornelius
police OF the said county, anu ntendant upon the ofths
duly law. aud say that tney
each present a. ,hs s a on the 9Th day OF June 1871
Aes.nae. C.mpee prisoner confined therein TIA. IN.
i"Sk HraaIp d TIC date Of THURSDAY. jnas
H. 1877 that Tue said coal and iron pole:
CELL into tho yard and lied his hands behind
in partlcalar that a. all time. the prisoners
confined IN the jail treated with the utmost Kindness
general remark ana tina, the false abatement Published
strong tendency the
and seriously calculated TO prejudice minds of the
general public that xandor Campbell
others finally be heard by the
Board Of farcons at Harrsours IN saturday. June 10
EOENELIUs BuYEK,
WILLIAM COOPER,
Coal and Iron Policemen.
and subscribed before the unde this
18th day June d. 1877. Witness hand official
seat THOMAS kEMhEkEA, Clerk oil Court
Campbclrs cunning well htlci HIM for leader, bnt
as a striker he never could have amounted to much.
when ne iricd 10 work IN the mines he was AZ
inexpcrt at mining as Mckcnna Aud II must not bs
Tor often that the murder OF jones' for which Camp
bell is to be executed IN return Tor that Of YobL
and lhat Yost was murdered by McGehaa and Boyn
ut the instigalion OF kcrrigan ana Duff, WIN ths
ana assistance vi Carroll and Roartty DO.
cause Hugh Mcclellan wanted Jones put out OF the
way. Tho young men Kelly and Doyle, who finally
executed the Jones lob did II with tho completely
OF Campbell because Mcclellan desired IT. In all tins
organ zcd assassnaton II Is t:uc, but those
crimes reveal nothing more than the macvoicnco OF .
lew using tho machinery OF organized bodies iol
their own base and wicked ends.