Question

Which labor group tried to organize miners in anthracite regions in pa but was arrested by franklin gowen?

Answer 1

The correct answer is Molly Maguires

This was a secretive labor organization that comprised of coal miners. They were responsible for various terrorist acts in the coalfields of Pennsylvania. This included threatening mining supervisors as a way of fighting against oppressive mine owners

Answer 2

The name of the labor group who tried to organize the miners in anthracite countries is Molly Maguires. This group is an Irish 19th-century secret society in Ireland. Some of its members were arrested by Franklin Gowen who was convicted of murder and executed by hanging in 1877 to 1878.