NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 19, 1876  

* Molly Maguires murder trial
* Mauch Chunk - Pennsylvania

The top of page 3 has small one-column headings: "The Molly Maguires" "The Jones Murder--The Voluntary Confession of Kerrigan--Probable Breaking Up Of The Organization".
Ten pages, very nice condition.

Background: This specific issue of the New York Herald captures the exact turning point of the Molly Maguires conflict, a seminal chapter in American labor, immigration, and criminal history. The confession of Jimmy "The Squealer" Kerrigan regarding the murder of mine boss John P. Jones marked the first major breach in the secretive, Irish-American society's defenses, effectively allowing the Commonwealth and the Reading Railroad (via Pinkerton detective James McParlan) to dismantle the organization. This event catalyzed the sensational trials that resulted in the hanging of 20 men, fundamentally altered the trajectory of early American labor unions by associating strikes with violent subversion, and solidified the role of private corporate espionage in industrial disputes. From a collector's standpoint, while 19th-century newspapers from major syndicates like the Herald are not exceedingly rare in general, finding a complete, ten-page issue in "very nice condition" that documents a specific, high-consequence historical flashpoint is uncommon; its rarity and value are driven heavily by the niche demand of regional Pennsylvania anthracite coal history and labor movement enthusiasts.