The coal miners's union is nearly broken…
June 1875 CE
Gowen "deluges the newspapers with stories of murder and arson" committed by the Molly Maguires.
The press produce stories of strikes in Illinois, in Jersey City, and in the Ohio mine fields, all inspired by the Mollies.
The stories are widely believed.
In Schuylkill County, the striking miners and their families are starving to death.