Not the Molly Maguires. The coal region was not terribly urbanized. They were still largely agrarian people at the time.
On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 08:21:38PM -0700, Eugene Coyle wrote: > Well, that's where the Irish immigrants were. > > > On Apr 16, 2007, at 7:45 PM, Michael Perelman wrote: > > > I thought that the electoral politics was restricted to the urban > > areas & the larger > > urban areas at that. > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 07:34:49PM -0700, Eugene Coyle wrote: > >> You could say that the Molly Maguires were a radical labor > >> organization in Pennsylvania's coal regions just after the Civil > >> War. I don't know the history at first hand. In any event the > >> Mollies were subversive -- with perhaps a front in the Ancient Order > >> of Hiberians which is still active today. (This underground and > >> above ground pattern is alleged to persist today in Ireland. It is > >> alleged that the IRA is the armed wing of Sein Fein.) (It is also > >> alleged that the British Army is the armed wing of "the loyalists" as > >> they are called.) Arson was a common tool in Ireland against the > >> landlords for centuries. The Mollies were done in by the early > >> Pinkerton organization and generally the Irish seem to have drifted > >> at that time into electoral politics in the USA. > >> > >> Gene Coyle > >> > > > > -- > > Michael Perelman > > Economics Department > > California State University > > Chico, CA 95929 > > > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu > > michaelperelman.wordpress.com -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com
