Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-31
MOLLY MAGuraEisM.

70 Uotoo oeeso1e5ou WhiC6 induces the
vicious ed criminal class % become
members Of such societies ~ The
Molly Maguirss In Pennsylvania. aud
tho Order Of Caucasinus and l.abor~r'-
League In California. Nan N an sai-
nal thar Aeeds good deal Of curbsos
and . good many wholesome res
trsints. The lower orders Of this sni-
nsl. ignorant, cruel and bloady
minded, naturally seek to meet and
destroy oil opposition aud all objects
Of their dislike with violence. An un
reasoning man. full OF intolerance and
hate. II In not many ways superior to
the unreasoning beast. A deciple OF
Molly Mcguire resorts to murder aud
arson not alone to brighten away and
destroy those whom he fsncies are
standing In the way of his employ
snent and the increase OF his wages,
but because be likes the excitement of
= midnight forny and the sight OF
blood and wounds and murdered men.
Ills the shadow OF unIswiulness which
tefnpts him TO join The secret orders
whoas common enemy Is Tho employer
cf workipRmen. Secrecy and crime
always 80 hand IN hand. So long a.
The negro WAS a slave, every coward
islt At liberty Ia attsck him aud mis-
use him. The believing Of windy
orators against the Chinese has offered
tho violent and vicious elements Of tho
Caucasians and Labor Unions their
excuse for burning Chinese houses and
numbering Chinese laborcrs. What
wonder that this il so when bundreds
Of the better and hirher-minded OF
public men and journalists are carried
of their feet by the popular query
against John Chinaman. As to what
the so-calied Labor Unions Of Califor-
MIA are In danger Of promoting and
shielding, tho recent massacre At Chico
only too well acquaints Us. With re.
yard To tho Molly Maguires We are
quite fully Informed by the New York
Herald OF March %. This institution,
like all such organizations, had It's orr. |
yin In wrongs which needed righting
and which awakened resentments.
Tho cruelties and oppressiona OF Eng
ltsh landlords In Ireland provoked the
Ribbonmen into active organization.
The Molly Magnircs were an offshoot
OF the Ribbonmen, and they were 80
mined because they frequently dis.
Rniscd themselves In women's attire |
when they proposed to beat or duck |
the offending agents of their landlords.
Passing over tho history OF the reign
~ terror which existed two or three
years ago, and which involved y min
er's strike that lasted six months aud
= dark and revolving part Of which il
the long list Of murders and outrares
that ffnAliy eliminated in the arrest
trial and conviction OF large number
Of the Mollies and the breaking up Of
the order, We come TO the following
narration which Is reproduced from
the aforesaid number of the Herald,
Relating tho method by which the per.
pesra,ors of these atrocities wore ap.
pretended, that papcr says:
For nearly two years detective in
the employ Of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad Company-a yonnv |
ifishinan named Jane. McParlan--
had been fraiernisIng with the band ss
James Mckenns. He entered tina re-
sson IN The gui.e OF q fugitive from
Jnsticc---a counle risiler and q muir.
dsrer ~ boo. : and he wa. befriended
ty soiiin OF the most Influential Mol.
lies. These gradually gave him their
He joined them aud be.
rsmc secretary of one Of the county
divisions. In this WAY he obsained
the history Of cris,es committed and
got Wind OF crimes intended, He no.
I he'd his employer. President Nc.
t'o~en, al Phtlsdciphis, Sometimes.
hat not always, In time 90 fru.trase
murder. In one case tina, OF Conner
james, tho victim WAS warned In time
TO save himself from dissemination n,
: ho eolliery whore hs WAS employed.
Hut he was foolish enough to attend a
picnic the same evening aud WAS sho,
down. FRekE
But the evidence collected bv Nc
l'ariAn was conclusive aud sweeping
enough when brought TO bear las, wear
In the courts 10 COW 10; about fiitcen OF
Tho leaders OF the band and completely
-hsiser tho Molly Mcguire Assoeia-
lion. Tue murdcrers are sliil IyiAg In
prison under sentence Of death. Their
trails revealed some strange fscis,
among them the political power of the
Association and the u.es Ia which N
had tccn put, no, only In counties and
Congressional d!siricss, bu, In State
One Patrick Collins. d.
cc,ed ~ body master, WAS County
lommissIoucr of Sohuylk,ii. John
another oody master, was
cry nearly elected Associate Judye l
Released from thu terrorism which
, ss for so long time welded by the
Moliics the employees OF the Sal re-.
'iou have not recovered from it, ef.
ecis. The ocI~ct OF tbs Aloity MAxuir.
Nssocsaston wss IN yet the most paw
or the least work aud to iomenl
noublc whenever tia, seemed likely Ia
crve their purpose. When wage. q I
he collIefics foil along with the rric~
4 coal and the wages Of other EN-.
'.oyea and the pricws Of most other ,
'f"tucts throughout tho country, they
cfuso1 ~ sunsntt 10 the isc Y Nable sud