In 1889, tensions between the Polish and Lithuanian congregants of St. Mary's in Plymouth, PA were fanned to a fever pitch by a violent troublemaker, a Polish man named Martin Wilkes.

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SOURCES

Plymouth Weekly Star, March 22, 1888.

Plymouth Weekly Star, April 26, 1888.

Plymouth Weekly Star, May 3, 1888.

Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, April 5, 1886.

Wilkes-Barre Union Leader, November 22, 1889.

Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, March 5, 1890.

Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, May 8, 1890.

Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, March 25, 1892.

“A Plymouth Riot.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday News, October 27, 1889.

“And Yet There is No Peace.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, February 14, 1890.

“Another Riot.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, January 21, 1890.

“Burial Refused.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, January 28, 1890.

“Court Proceedings.” Wilkes-Barre Record, June 19, 1891.

“District Attorney Lenahan Makes a Point.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, January 27, 1886.

“Graves Invaded.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, January 23, 1890.

“Guns in the Parsonage.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday Leader, October 27, 1889.

“Holding the Fort.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday News, October 27, 1889.

“How Wilkes Gets Even.” Wilkes Barre Dollar Weekly News, March 1, 1890.

“In Common Pleas Court.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer,

“Law Defying Poles.” Wilkes-Barre Record, January 21, 1890.

“License Decisions.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, February 24, 1890.

“Martin Wilkes Acquitted.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, June 22, 1891,

“Martin Wilkes Convicted.” Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, March 5, 1888.

“Martin Wilkes Leaves.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday News, March 27, 1892.

“Martin Wilkes on Trial.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, June 19, 1891.

“Martin Wilkes Wins One Case.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, April 30, 1890.

“More Trouble Imminent.” Wilkes-Barre Union Leader, November 1, 1889.

“Plymouth.” Wilkes-Barre Record, August 31, 1889.

“Plymouth.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, January 20, 1890.

“Plymouth.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, June 24, 1891.

“Plymouth – Martin Wilkes Sat Upon.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, February 11, 1890.

“Plymouth – Martin Wilkes' Latest Movement.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, February 12, 1890.

“Plymouth Polanders.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday News, April 6, 1890.

“Plymouth Tidings.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday Leader, February 23, 1890.

“Polish Church Troubles.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, February 8, 1891.

“Rioting Poles.” Hazelton Plain Speaker, January 22, 1890.

“Sad Saloonmen.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, March 1, 1892.

“Sentenced Monday Morning.” Wilkes-Barre Union Leader, March 16, 1888.

“Sentences Imposed.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, March 13, 1888.

“Some Resolutions.” Wilkes Barre Sunday News, January 5, 1890.

“Sterner Measures Needed.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, January 24, 1890.

“Still Hold the Fort.” Philadelphia Inquirer, October 24, 1889.

“The Martin Wilkes Faction Making Trouble in the Church Again.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, January 27, 1891.

“The Plymouth Injunction Case.” Wilkes-Barre Record, January 28, 1890.

“The Poles Defiant.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, October 29, 1889.

“The Poles Surrender.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, October 23, 1889.

“The Priest Got a Gun.” Philadelphia Inquirer, February 21, 1890.

“The Priests Arrested.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, November 2, 1889.

“The Wilkes Faction Again.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday News, June 19, 1891.

“They Still Hold the Fort.” Wilkes-Barre Union Leader, October 25, 1889.

“Two Plymouth Assault Cases.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, October 23, 1885.

“Wilkes Convicted.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday News, April 27, 1890.

“Wilkes in Jail.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, January 22, 1890.

“Wilkes in the Toils.” Wilkes-Barre News Leader, January 24, 1890.

“Wilkes on Trial.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, April 26, 1890.

“Wilkes Sentenced.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, May 14, 1890.

“Wilkes Still Holds the Keys.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday News, April 6, 1890.

“Would Not Allow Burial.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday Leader, January 19, 1890.

“Work of Polish Hyenas.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, January 23, 1890.

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