Molly Maguires
a secret society formed in Ireland, in 1843, to intimidate bailiffs or process-servers distraining for MOLTKE rent, or others impounding the cattle of those who were unable or unwilling to pay rent. An association bearing the same name was formed in 1877 in the mining districts of Pennsylvania, which for a time terrorized the coal fields.
After some of the leaders had been arrested, tried, and executed the association ceased to be. MOLOGA (mō-lō'ga), a town in the Russian province of Jaroslav, near the confluence of the Mologa and Volga, 68 miles W. N. W. of Jaroslav. The river Mologa winds 337 miles S. E. through the provinces of Tver, Novgorod, and Jaroslav, and is one of the links between the Volga and the Neva.
MOLOKAI (mō-lō-kī'), an island of the Hawaiian group, about 40 miles long by from 7 to 9 broad. All lepers of the islands are sent here and kept isolated from the healthy part of the community.
Pop. about 1,800.