"Whereas, by a call dated July 25, 1877, the Mayor of this city has called upon the businessmen for organization; and …"

"I haven't come here, gentlemen, to represent anybody but the State of Pennsylvania and the people, to preserve the pe…"

"Whereas, we, the employees of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, believe that we are not getting …"

"Oh God! Isn't this a black sight for my poor heart."

"The general public opinion, as expressed to me, seems not to apprehend any violence or danger unless a too free use o…"

"In view of the excitement throughout the country occasioned by the labor troubles and the lamentable loss of life and…"

"I hereby order all places of business to be immediately closed and all good citizens to hold themselves in readiness …"

"There can be no cause for apprehension, gentlemen; that meeting, I doubt not, is held by order of the miners' committ…"

"The boys of the firing squad and members of the Citizens' Corps, had hardly been relieved from immediate duty by the …"

"The great trouble here in Scranton is our population, an excess of miners for the work to be done.""