Does anyone have any information on "The Black Hand" in the Scranton area or can anyone recommend any reading material on it? My mother's family told many stories about the impact of this group on their early life and I've often wondered about the actual events of that time period. This would be in the 1920-1940 time period. thanks, jho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard M. Reese" <oneinfo@ptd.net> To: <palackaw@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [PALACKAW] Molly McGuires in Scranton > If you want more information about the dates, I'd suggest the Schylkill > county USGenWeb page. However, the activities of the Molly's predates > your > grandfather by two decades, so I'd really doubt that he "remembered" them. > More than likely his recollection was that of the activities of "The Black > Hand" of the era 1900 - 1912. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shirley Harlow" <slh50@msn.com> > To: <PALACKAW@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 2:13 PM > Subject: [PALACKAW] Molly McGuires in Scranton > > > : My grandfather was a coal miner in Scranton, who started as a breaker > boy > in > : about 1898 and worked until the mines closed during the Depression. He > was > : of German descent (BOYER, ERBACH, SHELLHAMMER) and mentioned once that > he > : remembered the Molly McGuires and their activities. > : > : Shirley in Ohio, but from NJ > : > : > : > : ------------------------------- > : To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > : > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message