The Molly Maguires

Several centuries and many generations of the MacCrimmon line had come and gone, it is for a fact that there has been a mysterious twist in 1910 when a ‘true’ written history of the MacCrimmon family including their secrets suddenly appeared in Australia. A man named Simon Fraser claimed it turn that had originally been written in 1826, but had been suppressed as a work of religious heresy with leaving only two copies in existence to which one is Fraser’s. With this newfound knowledge Fraser stated that he would publish this book and astonish the world but never did, he was then responsible for propagating other MacCrimmon mythology to an extent that people started to get suspicious and think it was all nonsense. There were various cultural reasons which often related to an anxiety about the status of Gaelic culture or the survival of Gaelic culture in the nineteenth century. By the nineteenth century a majority of the Gaelic culture has been forgotten with the ever changing fashion and music forms and with the highland clearances the traditional music had spread over seas such as Canada, America and Australia. Since 1967, people from all over

In his book, “Killing for Coal: America’s Deadliest Labor War”, Thomas G. Andrews construes the trajectory of a unique labor movement of the southern Colorado coal workers. The labor movement is unique as it integrates the social, ecological and industrial context of the strike for a captivating narration of the Ludlow massacre. Andrew’s account is valuable as he insists that credible conclusions must be grounded in complete and sophisticated provenance as opposed to oversimplified explanations. The intent of this response paper is to analyze the burdensome nature of obtaining coal, substandard pay and the treacherous working conditions. Secondly, the paper discusses the ways which helped employees to achieve autonomy and solidarity.

Who were the Molly Maguires? Did they really exist? These are questions asked by many people today. Some historians wonder if the Molly Maguires really did bring their secret society from England to the United States, or if the incidents blamed on them were just random accidents on which officials needed to place a blame. We may never actually know...

The Molly Maguires are a group of men in Pennsylvania who emigrated from Ireland to look for job opportunities in the great new world America had sold itself as. Originally being founded as a Protestant dominant country, fleeing from religious persecution, there was some tension between Americans and Catholics, in this case the Irish. Unable to find a union that would accept the Irishmen they were, the Mollies formed their secret organization because of their frustrations against their employers, when their needs were not met, they resorted to violence and strikes . The Molly Maguires, or Mollies, were labeled cruel, brutal terrorists in their court hearings. These alleged Mollies got their name after the Irish group in Ireland that existed in the years

Molly was a common nickname for women named Mary. The nickname ‘Molly Pitcher’ most likely came from the soldiers, when they needed water they’d yell “Molly - pitcher!” Which explains why she is known by that name. The believed springs that people think Molly and the followers fetched water from are now named ‘Molly Pitcher

However, after the deadly fire, which was not related to the strike, things changed. Without anywhere else to lay the blame, the D.A. and newspapers at the time began placing blame on the factory owners, Max Blanck and Isaac Harris. Drehle points out that the D.A. of the time Charles Whitman, “was no longer focused on improving factory safety laws. His priority was to indict Isaac Harris and Max Blanck on charges of manslaughter (pg. 188).” They were tried and acquitted, but their trial showed that management was becoming less powerful than it had been. In the past management mistreated workers with impunity, but the public outcry after the Triangle fire changed that. The incident showed that now owners could be held accountable for any harm that might come to their workers as a result of their negligence. Tammany Hall, and Murphy himself, faced their own difficulties brought about by the fire. Having just lost the election for mayor of New York City, Murphy realized his power, and that of Tammany Hall, was waning. William Randolph Hearst was very outspoken against Tammany Hall, workers feared its power less and less, and the new wave of immigrants coming into the US had no respect for its influence. Murphy realized that he had to win over the workers and progressives if he wanted to keep power. “The Triangle fire struck directly at those people who Tammany needed most (pg. 211).” Realizing that he needed the growing influence of

Before this conflict was caused, The wobbles had planned a public demonstration in everett that afternoon, to be held on the corner of hewitt and witmor, a spot usually used by street speakers the wobblies hoping to form one big union. The wobblies, traveled from seattle to everett aboard the stemsters verona and calista to support a strike by local shingle-weavers.”A group of citizens deputies under the authority of snohomish county sheriff Donald Mcrae, refused to let them land. A shot was fired followed by several minutes of gunfire that killed 5 wobblies and two deputies. 74 workers of the world returned to seattle here they were put in snohomish county jail.”

In the article”In the 1920s, A community conspired to kill Native Americans for their Oil Money,”Steve Inskeep explains how the American Indian Osage tribe member Mollie Burkhartś family was murdered one by one. Ernest and Mollie married in 1917 being the first step of a larger plot to steal the osage tribeś oil wealth. Mollie burkhart family started to end up dead one at a time in 1921. Anyone who tried to investigate the crime or prevent it from happening again were also killed as well. All these killings were possible because of all the important people who were part of the scheme such as sheriffs,doctors,prosecutors,and many more people who wanted part of the wealth. However, there was redemption when Mollie had help from the FBI and captured

In 1919, many problems need to be deal with high goods, high employees and these labors; The United States is Judge Elbert Gary have these tensions with the steel to the strike. Thus, the United States Steel employers quit the job over 250,000.4 Furthermore, these meetings in the strike were breaking up, and the police were riding down in the towns. These issues had as much as complicated when in Farrell, Pa., it has one striker to be killed and also twenty people were injured. This violence was appeared and labors were death with many reasons at this

Secondly I believe Scanlan could have organized a strike for the workers of the mine. Inspector Scanlan was a former mine working who understood exactly what the mines workers were experiencing. Inspector Scanlan was a very honest man who did not seek to gain favoritism by hierarchy. Inspector Scanlan was focused on doing his job the correct way. Inspector Scanlan was not interested in bribes or becoming wealthy. I believe Inspector Scanlan had the mine workers interest at heart. Inspector Scanlan knew nothing was going to be done due to how corrupt the system was. Scanlan should have informed the workers to strike due to how dangerous the conditions of the mines were. A strike would have created headlines. A strike would have kept the workers out the mine until changes were made to ensure their safety. The owners of the mine would make changes because they needed the workers to operate the mine and

The Ludlow Massacre of 1914 is one of the bloodiest strike in the American labor history. Historians have debated whether the event was a massacre of innocent lives caused by the Colorado Fuel & Iron (CF&I) or as a battle between the company workers and the company militiamen. The CF&I stated that the event was an act of its workers to demilitarize the company and to prevent importation of “strikebreakers”. However, Thomas Andrews’ Killing for Coal: America’s Deadliest Labor War introduces the concept of workscape in which gives an understanding of the event internally, above the surface and underground the mines of Colorado. Within the book, the operation of Colorado coal companies in capitalizing the coal industry lead to the formation of the mine workscape in which united coal miners underground the mines and above the surface to fight for industrial and political rights. This paper would define the concept of workscape in the definition given by Andrews, and provide evidence of the responsibility of the exploitation of capitalism in forming the mine workscape in the Colorado coal fields between the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Furthermore, the closer inspection of several events that occurred within and outside the grounds of the Colorado coal fields related to labor unrest with the knowledge of the concept of workscape will help understand the culmination of the Ludlow massacre within the larger history of capitalism. A careful investigation of the book and other

Workers had simple demands, such as a 52-hour workweek, a 20% pay raise, and the right to organize (von Drehle, 59). The strikers dealt with many problems, such as fierce strikebreakers, and when brought to the attention of the police, strikers tended to be the ones arrested (von Drehle, 64). This strike brought the support of many wealthy people including Anne Morgan (Von Drehle, 71), Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont (Von Drehle, 66), just to name a few, who helped bring attention to the strikers cause. This helped in bringing attention, but was not enough to keep the strike going and formally ended in winter 1909. The strike did not lead to very many gains, and it would take the death of 146 workers (Von Drehle, 265) for any actual change to be brought about. The biggest benefit to labor that came out of the fire was the Factory Investigating Commission, which was born officially in June 1911 (Von Drehle, 212). The commission had virtual self-governance, and had investigators that would personally check the conditions of New York factories (Von Drehle, 213). The commission had a small set of cities it investigated, but was later expanded throughout the state of New York (Von Drehle, 214). The commission was the product of Wagner and Smith, the so-called “Tammany Twins”, and also brought in Frances Perkins, who would later become the Secretary of Labor

Molly Barlow is a teen girl who gets caught up between who she loves in the midst of all drama in her home town. “I don’t know how I became this person, one of those girls with a lot of drama around her. A person whose romantic garbage literally fills an entire book.” Katie Cotugno’s 99 Days is the most exhilarating novel that I personally have ever read.

This week we were tasked with writing a reaction paper on articles or papers from Feynman, Joyce & McQuay and Nell Greenfield-Boyce. In these three readings I noticed some overlaps in terms of the people involved in them. One of the first things I noticed was that the people in these readings were very innovative, patient, and thought outside the box. The NPR program by Joyce & McQuay told me that as humans we tend to overlook certain things in life such as just taking time to listen but that there are people who do just listen for a career. Greenfield-Boyce’s program made me think about how Hauber thought outside the box and innovated the field by using a wonderful tool. In Feynman’s writing I was blown away by how a small child could innovate and do so many things.

As Lady Margaret Ferguson’s twin brother, Gavin, lay on his deathbed, a plan of deception was set in motion. The Ferguson clan had always governed their land differently than most. Appointing Margaret as the new Laird upon her brother’s death wasn’t a stretch, and her people willingly accepted her. Disguised as her brother, her clan is committed to keeping Margaret’s identity hidden from outsiders.