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Actually, 20 were hanged. 10 were hanged on the "Day of the Rope," June 21, 1877. Six hanged at Pottsville (James Carroll, James Roarity, Hugh McGehan, James Boyle, Thomas Munley, Thomas Duffy) and four at Mauch Chunk (Edward Kelly, Michael Doyle, Alexander Campbell, John Donahue) https://www.counterpunch.org/2007/06/21/the-day-of-the-rope/

Over the next 2 years, 10 more were executed, including Thomas Fisher, John "Black Jack" Kehoe, Patrick Hester, Peter McHugh, Patrick Tully, Peter McManus, Dennis Donnelly, Martin Bergan, James McDonnell and Charles Sharpe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Maguires