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Molly Maguires trials

Trials in Pennsylvania's coal region intertwined labor conflict and anti-Irish prejudice. Newspaper pages from 1875 to 1879 on a map and timeline.

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3623 matching newspaper pages in total. New York, NY has the most hits (450 pages). Showing up to 10 earliest results from this city.

  1. New-York Tribune — 1875-02-26, page 5

    … thought, and the officers have spent many months in entrapping them. ARSON BY THE MOLLY MAGUIRES.” PorrsviLLE, Penn., Feb. 25.—The reward of $10,000, offered some time since by …

  2. New-York Tribune — 1875-03-11, page 1

    … YEAR'S PRICES—GREAT SCARCITY OF COAL—LITTLE WORK DONE EXCEPT PUMPING TNE MINES—THE MOLLY MAGUIRES AGGRESSIVE. Mavcu Cuaosk, Penn., March 10.—A tour of fnspection through parts ot …

  3. The New York Herald — 1875-03-11, page 7

    … time as e may think better of It. Your very truly, THOMA-t A. SCO ft. President MOLLY MAGUIRE. Mapch Chunk, Pa., March 10,1875. On Tuesday night, at twelve o'clock, about on …

  4. New-York Tribune — 1875-03-13, page 1

    … threats of violence toward workingmen who choose to disregard the mandates of the Molly Maguires” and kindred {rateruities, The workingmen are evidently possessed of the notion …

  5. New-York Tribune — 1875-03-15, page 5

    … passed through Coaldale. armed aud masked. They are supposed to be the same gaug of Molly Maguires that pald ther respects to Luke Sweeney and others. The Molly Maguires were alter goveral men who they claim are worktug as blacklegs. None were wjuced …

  6. New-York Tribune — 1875-03-22, page 1

    … Company. Tne police places 1s believed to be sufiiciently larg check the turbulent Molly Maguires, During the past few days a ramor has been ineircnlation throughout the Leigh Valley …

  7. New York Dispatch — 1875-08-15, page 7

    … prominence Mr. and Mrs. Barney'Williams as the hero and heroine, Pat Molloy and Molly Maguire. “The Shamrock” was beautifully mounted, and met with some small degree of favor …

  8. The New York Herald — 1875-09-04, page 5

    The Library of Congress text does not contain the match. It was found in American Stories (Dell et al. 2023), a second machine reading of the scans. OCR credits.

    These excerpts come from American Stories OCR.

    … LEH1GH AND wILKEsBARRE COAL COMPANIES SHOT BY MIKE DOYLE AND NED KELLEY, TWO OF THE 'MoLLY MAGuIREs' PROMPT ACTION OF THE SHERIFF TO SAVE THEM FROM LYNcH1Na. PorrsvILLE, Pa, Sept …

  9. The New York Herald — 1875-09-18, page 7

    The Library of Congress text does not contain the match. It was found in American Stories (Dell et al. 2023), a second machine reading of the scans. OCR credits.

    These excerpts come from American Stories OCR.

    … we'll organ lied band of cutthroas made terrible under the now famous name of 'Molly Maguires" On the night after the murder Of Jones, at Shenandoah; Benhamer at Mahanoy City …

  10. The New York Herald — 1875-10-11, page 6

    The Library of Congress text does not contain the match. It was found in American Stories (Dell et al. 2023), a second machine reading of the scans. OCR credits.

    These excerpts come from American Stories OCR.

    … OF PENNSYLVANIA hay. again been cursed by faction fighting and lncendarism. The Molly Maguires are, as in former cases, the original cause Of the trouble A magistrate is accused …

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