Conway Mill Trust

On June 21, 1877 four men were hanged in the Carbon County, PA jail. The miners supposedly were “Molly Maguires,” a band of Irish immigrants who fought for better working conditions in the mines. Overall, between 1877 and 1879, 54 miners were convicted in “show trials” and four more were hanged. These were the largest mass executions in Pennsylvnia history.