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Just in time for St Patrick's Day =)
The Model Cellar would like to announce the re-issue of our Molly Maguire bust. ...new fresh rubber molds ...high quality, perfect castings.
1/9 scale resin bust
item MC19011
Irish Immigrant Coal Miner
John "Black Jack" Kehoe
Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Region 1870's
"Molly Maguires"
sculpted by Carl Reid
Boxart by Sang-Eon Lee
Historical Note:
John "Black Jack" Kehoe, was an Irish Immigrant coal miner in the Anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania circa 1870. Kehoe was a member of the Molly Maguires - a secret Irish American organization operating in the coal fields of PA. The "Mollies" united and organized themselves against the "Coal Barons"/mine operators to gain better wages and better working conditions. ...often with violence, sabotage and even murder. The powerful industrialist Franklin Gowen, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, and the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, hired private detectives from the Pinkerton Agency to infiltrate the Molly Maguires and bring them down. A detective by the name of James McParland penetrated the inner circle of the Mollies under the alias of James McKenna. Through his investigation and testimony a total of 20 Molly Maguires were arrested, tried, and convicted and then sent to the gallows and hanged for alleged crimes (including murder) against the coal companies, owners, bosses and properties. Some say justice was served - others say it was a travesty and innocent men hung along with the guilty. In 1979, then Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp granted a posthumous pardon to Jack Kehoe. Shapp praised Kehoe and the men called "Molly Maguires" as heroes in the struggle to establish a union.
Happy St Patrick's Day,
Paul
www.ModelCellar.com
The Model Cellar would like to announce the re-issue of our Molly Maguire bust. ...new fresh rubber molds ...high quality, perfect castings.
1/9 scale resin bust
item MC19011
Irish Immigrant Coal Miner
John "Black Jack" Kehoe
Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Region 1870's
"Molly Maguires"
sculpted by Carl Reid
Boxart by Sang-Eon Lee
Historical Note:
John "Black Jack" Kehoe, was an Irish Immigrant coal miner in the Anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania circa 1870. Kehoe was a member of the Molly Maguires - a secret Irish American organization operating in the coal fields of PA. The "Mollies" united and organized themselves against the "Coal Barons"/mine operators to gain better wages and better working conditions. ...often with violence, sabotage and even murder. The powerful industrialist Franklin Gowen, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, and the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, hired private detectives from the Pinkerton Agency to infiltrate the Molly Maguires and bring them down. A detective by the name of James McParland penetrated the inner circle of the Mollies under the alias of James McKenna. Through his investigation and testimony a total of 20 Molly Maguires were arrested, tried, and convicted and then sent to the gallows and hanged for alleged crimes (including murder) against the coal companies, owners, bosses and properties. Some say justice was served - others say it was a travesty and innocent men hung along with the guilty. In 1979, then Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp granted a posthumous pardon to Jack Kehoe. Shapp praised Kehoe and the men called "Molly Maguires" as heroes in the struggle to establish a union.
Happy St Patrick's Day,
Paul
www.ModelCellar.com
