Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-08-28
General News.

Speaking of the Pennsylvania coal
prospects, the Railway World says;
The announcement has been made Of
the probable resumption of the fur
naces, the Philadelphia Coal and Iron
Company having proposed to furnish
all the raw material to those out Of
blast and take the product off their
hands, paying for the cost Of manufac-
ture. The proposition it is said, Is
being favorably responded to hY the
establishments Oh the line of the road,
and there is a fair probability of all
the furnaces being again in blast with
III q month or two. OF the twenty
furnaces in Berks county sixteen are
out of blast, while two new furnaces
are about being completed one at Lr-
ons and the other at BechteIvilIe.
The resumption of the furnaces Will
have Il marked effect upon the bust
ness interests Of the eastern section Of
the State, and especially upon the
coal business. 1t is all that is needed
to make the demand for anthracite
coal equal to the productive capacity
of the mines"
TIE HERzEGoVINIAN INsURECTIoN.
There appears to be some prospect
of the trouble in European Turkey be-
fore the pending Instruction gains
much further Roadway. The wretch
ed tyranny of the Turks, especially n
their European provinces, where
there are Christians and growing civ
llizing Influences opposed to the heart
less tanaticism of the ruling class, has
been long submitted to by the Chris
tians, with occasional outbreaks which
have been summary QueIled. As the
great powers are reported to have
undertaken the settlement of the diff
Guilty now, it is but fair to presume
that the work will be done with a
view to the reform of the Turkish ed
ministratlon IN the affected provinces,
Cruelty and oppression have ruled teo
long upon the eastern borders of Eu-
ropean civilization.
John Gordon, an irrepressible Black
Hills miner, who was brought to Chi
cago for q hearing on a writ of habeas
corpus, was released on parole Satur-
day. Subsequently he appeared at
the Office of Gen. Ruggles, adiutant
general of the department of the
Platte, surrendered his parole, and
then, by direction of his counsel, at
tempted to escape The general or
dered his clerks and orderlies, who
are enlisted men, to arrest him, but
Gordon offered a most ephatic resis-
lance, and in this was assisted by his
lawyer. He was arrested and taken
to Omaha barracks. Since this occur
renee he has had Gen Ruggles arrest
ed for false Imprisonment, also the
general and his clerks for assault and
battery. The trial of the cases is SET
down for Wednesday next,
The semi-annual reports of the
grand officers of the Knights of Pyth-
las of the state of Maryland have Just
been issued They show that there
are in the the state % lodges of the
ordsr containing 767 Past Chancellors,
and 6,l25 Sir Knights, the whole num-
Der Of members being 6,94O. During
the last semi-annual term there 2SS
limitations. The receipts of the grand
body for the term amounted to So
S53.93, and the expenditures to So
1896 leaving a balance in the treas
ury of S3,o83.97. Deductin9 the ST.
preme lodge donation and the castle
fund and the balance in the treas
sury is IS, 134.lO.
READ The Heir of the Mills