Show THE MOLLY idolly MAGUIRES spectators spectators of the black diamond V aa as well wel I as general newspaper i r readers nde ra have some more c or r less csc vague ue concerning that criminal coalition called the molly maguiro from the chicag chicago nes we ve learn some important new news a with regard ard to that notorious band of thugs at the late at irish irwi convention convention held ill the gar garden aan city one of the prominent in members embers was thos V powderly the young mayor of the cual coil metropolis of the soot oot scranton he is an all N ri sliman and a catholic and after ins ills election to the chief magistracy of scranton he be ws wes branded by the press of new york and ana philadelphia as a molly maguire and evil daya days were predicted to break out over scranton under his regime this feeling of suspicion grew even to such an all extent that th the more timid capitalists disposed the of most eligible city property at a ruinous ruinous loss ilia his nationality religious affiliations affiliation 14 and ili his s prominence as a labor reformer have given him excellent opportunities to become acquainted with the inner and outer workings of that dreaded organization of tho the molly maguires ala airas the story of whose murderous exploits in schuylkill co pa astonished and almost te terrified rr ifie d the world some years ago when interrogated as to the recent reports of rency renewals rals of the outbreaks of the molly folly maguires mayor powderly emphatically denied the truth of such s statements tate ments more fore than this thie the gentleman positively stated that it was impossible for the molly ma guir guircy C s of pennsylvania to be reorganized gani zed as no such association to his knowledge had bad ever existed es isted f lu in support of his flat denial the mayor said I am aware aw arc that menbere men were strangled according to law in my state for crimes crimes supposed e to have been perpetrated by men who were members aers of the molly maguires but that does not establish ish the existence of any fauch association in pennsylvania as qs in in every other state there area m vast mt t number of societies having in view different aims and objects if in ift the coal regions any ione one of these societies happened d to be comi composed posed of miners and mine labor era en it is only natural to suppose that frequent allusions won would suffuse be made to the manner in which they were treated b by y their employer employ er and if allowed discussions would ensue and action be taken bearing on the labor question but this might happen lin lipen in sachet societies es whose aim and objects were entirely different tor for the men ni n who toil were wee not wont to pay as much attention to parliamentary inen tary law as they do at the present time and if motions were made and carried at an any meeting the society in which these motions were A made ado acted for itself and no other tho gentleman related how miners had been led on to acts and violence on the spur of the moment and through the crafty guiles of secret hireling emissaries odthe of the mining monopolists through the mercenary minions of unscrupulous employers a few men now and then were goaded to desperation met and conspired to kill a foreman or boss but for such in individual dvid ual acts of lawlessness the whole body of miners should not be held res responsible p on sible says mayor pow po C berh but today to day such deeds arc are notto not to be feared for the miners of pennsylvania look over and beyond the boss or foreman I at t the real cause of the trouble arkey they recognize the boss bm as but the creature of another and they will not harm him they are organized in an association that tbt teaches them that arbitration is is P preferable re to a strike that the wage system is is wrong in fact the real underlying principles on which society is based arc are now receiving the consideration of miners he gave it as his conviction that all odthe of the reports about the outrages and outlawry on the part of the coal miners of the key state are the fabrications of british emissaries emissaries sent to prejudice the american people against the irish this view of course is the mayors own conception cep tion and we think that the authors and canvassers of any reports detrimental to the laboring people are to bo be found much nearer home honie viz in the circles of the edip employers r te who want avint to exercise a pressure for the extortion of more work worker for less pay on an all inquiry as to the crime among the dusky duski delvers after fossil fuel in the anthracite regions of the schuylkill bill mayor powderly took pride in stating Stat irig that du during ring the foury cars of hia his mayoralty in a city of inhabitant nearly one half irish there are no moro more than fourteen n pol policemen iceme a cm employed and arid the firsts arrests never liever run over thirty a month there exists in tho the coal districts of pennsylvania an organization ifor for mutual enlightenment and benefit mr powderly described its aims and bearings as follows the tile organization known as the knights of labor in in no n way connected with or similar to any other society it is opposed to 10 tile suicidal policy of strikes it regards the strike as P a relic of f barbar barbarism sm and believes that thc m money ney spent in in strikes can bo be put to a better purpose po arbitration and operation cooperation co take eita ita place I karethe have the honor to 10 be the executive officer of the K knights ni lits of labor we haver 1700 local oca X assemblies in north am america arica my aly attention has hag been called to twenty four grievances during the last y year ear and nd cadi cach grievance was satisfactorily satis f act r ily and speedily s settled stae without resorting to a strike all these statements of the head of the municipality of what has been generally conA considered dered the very hotbed and hearth of communistic anarchy and lawlessness arc are certainly shedding a new light on an otherwise dark picture it has lins but too often been the case that a whole peaceable community and law abiding people bablo had to suffer the stigma of lawlessness zemi on account accO url I of individual cases of crime and it MI may LV lie ile so in ill the casu case of the coal diggers TIIE NEXT arx T thing in velocity to a city reporter after a locia item of sensational flavor is the ostrich one of these long iong le legged g ged bibe bipeds ds recently ran a race with a railroad train in the province of f buenos ayres an exchange relates it thus at a turn of the line an ostrich apparently frightened sprang from a tuft of grass and darted ahead keeping alongside of the railway for about a quarter of an hour the race was maintained an and d although the train was making thirty six miles an hour the passengers could sec that the ostrich was fast heading iland would soon leave it far behind when un unfortunately fortuna acly the bird struck against a landmark land aland mark with such violence that it appeared to have been instantly killed commercial gregarious in the pursuit of pleasure have hitherto been walking separate paths when on business of late however they have come to io an appreciation odthe of the advantages ad vantages of coop co op cration and consolidation too many drummers fum mers in number assembled in atlanta gal ga on the occasion of the international cotton exhibition on on the soth of f last month that the organization of an ass to be known as the national Merean mercantile tilo T travelers elers association cia tion was the result THE chicago news N ancs coria complains plains of some of its juvenile city carriers who are in the habit of givin giving a their papers a livelier sale by crying out startling such as death of the prince of wa wales es assassination of guiteau panic in in wallstreet Wall Street and other funereal fudge these newsboys news boya must be training for reporters but the news objects to this mode of procedure and threatens with the law |