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- noun Plural form of
Molly Maguire .
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During the following decade, in Pennsylvania, an association, called the Molly Maguires, terrorized the coal regions until their reign of assassination was brought to an end by the detection, conviction, and execution of their ringleaders.
A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge Owen Wister 1899
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Among the anthracite coal miners a society was formed, probably about 1854, called the Molly Maguires, a name long known in
Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making Samuel Peter Orth 1897
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The most violent strikes in American history followed the panic, including by the secret labor group known as the Molly Maguires in Pennsylvania's coal fields in 1875, when masked workmen exchanged gunfire with the "Coal and Iron Police," a private force commissioned by the state.
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The most violent strikes in American history followed the panic, including by the secret labor group known as the Molly Maguires in Pennsylvania's coal fields in 1875, when masked workmen exchanged gunfire with the "Coal and Iron Police," a private force commissioned by the state.
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He was eventually - replaced, but his agency continued to flourish; one of its principal successes, ironically enough, was against a working-class movement, the Molly Maguires, who terrorised Pennsylvania coalfields for more than twenty years before being penetrated by a Pinkerton agent.
THE NUMBERS 2010
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He was eventually replaced, but his agency continued to flourish; one of its principal successes, ironically enough, was against a working-class movement, the Molly Maguires, who terrorised Pennsylvania coalfields for more than twenty years before being penetrated by a Pinkerton agent.
THE NUMBERS 2010
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Conflicts between the lower-class miners and the supervisors and management of coal companies led to the rise of the Molly Maguires, whose original purpose was to promote unionized labor and serve as a protection for the immigrants.
Twelve Angry White People: Jury Nullification in a Pennsylvania Coal Town 2009
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The county was famous not just for its coal, but also the notorious Molly Maguires that exemplified the kind of organized violence between workers and bosses that marked 19th century American industrialism.
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Same in the days of the Molly Maguires and the Pinkertons being hired killers for the railroads and the other robber barons.
Archive 2008-05-01 Ed Gorman 2008
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Same in the days of the Molly Maguires and the Pinkertons being hired killers for the railroads and the other robber barons.
Matheson; Trotsky Forever; Future Publishing Ed Gorman 2008
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