New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
LAwLEsSNEss IN PENNSYLVANIA
It Recalls the Outbreaks When the Molly
Maguires" Were at Work.
the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
SIR From the recent lawlessusss in the coal Acids
about Centralia and Mount Carmel which a.
ing the period when Molly MaguireisH,.. 80
dominant power in the anthracite eolntrr W.
known as the dark and bloody ground" If is ir-
dscated that the work Of that intan,oIs or,s,,.1,
ton Is being revived
Detectives employed by the coal commando. ssx
that the body is numerically greater than ever 80
ramiacations extending all sections of the ooal
producing country.
\ coal and iron policeman, whose Rama is SIM
messed for prudential reasons in An iptsr,.,av,
With newspaper correspondent said that crime
was being committed in and about Centralia de-
spite the efforts Of the authorities 10 stop il II has
been only a short time since Levan was arrested
charged with having struck the blows which caused
the death Of James Andrews. sad now another
mysterious murder has followed.
The victim is John Snatki. q young foreigner
who was brutaIly attacked near Centralia. He
was stabbed three times in the hack. one Of the
wounds penetrating the left kidney, almost cutting
State hospital where an operation was perforTed
but the patent could not survive it, ana expired
Before he dieo snatki. it is said, made a state
ment, IN WAlch ne CHARGED Jol4E seshottz with be
ing his assaiiant he WAS unable 10 give very
clear account Of the assault but from what he
aboul Q elocE in the morning, when he was held
up BY three or four disguised men, who attempted
sued tUrinz which he was stabbed.
seehoItz vas known 10 have been with snatki
diving mans statement. LED to LIS arrest There
are one or two Others who are said l. Ce impli
cated in the crime, but they haze managed 10
elude arrest That the authorities are determined
10 leave 70 stone unJU ned 70 bring about the
Viction Of AnaaCus Levaa. IF Arlstos. who IL
charged with the murder OF James Andrews, Of
Cenrraita. is evident. Every effort is being made
70 procure clinChlng evidence, and il is SAID that
some startling facts have been developed and will
be brought ~ light only when the case Is called
for trial.
larry constituted poice force Qr adequate con-
stabplary, UnCe1lned feeling OF insecurity Pre-
~sils II is appreheuded by the law abiding but
timid minded citizens that Wholesale ana nagrant
disorders may arise. The situation in some OF The
coLseq Gently considerable uneasiness exists.
In Lhe neighbor1ng county or Northumoerland
where numerous lawiess acts have been Committed,
The residents OF AlaysVille and Hickory Ridge have
orgarized 4 well armed searching party. who have
started out TO scour the Broad Mountain. Il is
likely summary punishment VIII be melted out 70
any outlaws aptured.
A number Of unprovoked and brutal murders have
been committed also n Schuylku County, and the
County Commissioners. r. X. kantner. Horace
Rebe and George Cpis, have offered q reward OF
S4el0 for the apprehension Of the guilty parties
Several mysterious murders have been committed
in the coal regions Of the adjacent counties OF Luz
zerne and LackaWarna also. II IS feared the Grim
inehty - but the beginning Of more extended and
sanguinary lswlsssless. ana the authorities are
taking precautions 10 Illustrate any attempted or
gsnized outlawry IN the Isolated districts where
desperate characters are known 70 be II hiding
Ceatralia- Penn, Sept. IS, 1868. W. \ z.