Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-01-15
THE MINING JOURNAL.
FRO>TBURG, MD, JAN. Is, 1876.

cd to- Tie bill is in course of PREPARATION |
and it is desired to accompany it with the
petitions. Let the latter be rs numerously !
signed as possible.
a MOVEMENT recently made in New |
York among Georges Creek Coal Compan- !
les proposes to reduce the price Of mining
coal fiom sixty-fiyc to fifty cents per ton,
the reduction TO take effect February list.
Some trouble is experienced, however, in
the refusal of tic installation Coal Com
pany TO cooperate, and the latest advccs
indicate a combination of the other COM
panics to force this measure or press
reduction of railroad tariffs on coal through
tie Maryland Legislature. How all this
will turn out depends considerably upon
the result of deliberations which, it is Is
serted, The Consolidation Company is hold
ing.
Any necessity which exists for reducing
the price of mining is to be deeply lamcntctl,
the more so as it amounts to a fraction over
23 per cent. of the communities revenue
from this lourcc. 1t seems to he too much
We intended quoting the very timely
memorial of the County Commi sionc1s to
the Legislature soliciting State aid toward
repairing the National Road, but the copy
clipped several days agebas been mislaid
However, we are glad the subject has been
brought to public attention IN the way and
from the source it has, because it seems
proper leading for further action on the
part of the people. Thetown of Frosthure
is deeply interested liz the passahlc ccn,li-
ton of the great highway. Over it flows
much of our valuable trade and it brings to
our doors the freshest produce available
We should, therefore, strengthen the appeal
of;the Commissioners by joining in ne
mortal asking an appropriation to put our
road in good condition. 1t should be done
too without delay.
After writing the above VIC are glad to
find our Cumberland correspondent coming
forward with his usual alcrtncss Offering
similar suggestions. His remarks are
stronger and more extended than ours, and
deserve the pcrusal specially OF these d-
rcctly interested
The "EvANGELIsT' AGAIN-Thc Ran
DALI business seems to be one of those
troubles the end of which hasttns slowly
He came to F'ostburg Friday afternoon Of
last week and attempted to hold an open
air meeting on Main street. A crowd of
men and boys at oEcc gathered and COM
menccd jccring, looting and pushing Until
the Evangelist was shut up ard crowded
D.f his standing place to the ground Here
the crowd swayed backward and forward
around him, assailing him Will, eggs,
squeezing, pushing and jamming Ibis rev
erencc' i'll lively manner. He Was finally
rescued from his painful situation by sever
al citizens who saw how law and order and
the good name of the community We're ell
dangcrcd
This was an extremely unfortunate &C.
curreacc. The "Evangelist" does rot de-
serve martyrdom. He has undoubtcd
right to occupy the public highways in
whatever manner lie clects, so that the
public peace is not disturbed. Tie con-
duet of those men who instigated and led
On this assault cannot be defended on any
grounds. 1t was a serious intraction OF
public liberty and private right.
We regret that both the occurrence and
the references thereto by Times corrcspon-
dent compel lis to give the matter any
further attention. In the lattcr's charges
, our community is involved in the follow
. ing nj tanner:
If such an outrage had been committed
in any of the surrounding villages such as
, Eckhart Mines, Hoffman Hollow, or Pom
pey Smash, this same fanatical crowd
would with upliftcd hands be thanking
/. God like the publican of DID, that they
We're not like other men. The citizens Of
those villages would have been denounced
as the chief of sinners; but this is not the
first time that the writer of this has seen
the spirit of bigotry displayed IN this town
amongst q certain class of its cit:Z.ns.
Without answering specially for the ia
natical crowd it should be remembered
that Frostburg, like all other communities,
has its indscreet men and senseless boys.
The one forgot the dangerous excuses to
which such demonstrations are always and
everywhere liable; the other are not old
enough TO comprehend, forecast, or even
care for the results of assaults "Iegun in
fun" So that there can be no comparison
with our sister towns. We are no better
they perhaps no worse.
The same correspondent inquiries:
Frostburg being incorporated, where was
its police force that it did not protect Mr.
Randall?
This is a pertinent question and really, !
the authorities must be sought for an an
swer.
Before going further VIC must say this
correspondent is "a Lover of Civil and Re
ligieusJ Liberty" We have his word for it, |
In his righteous indignation lie stops TO
pay his respects to the new county;
We say, the Lord save Us from such cor.
poration, and if Ihis is all the protection |
that we are to have from the new county |
scat we say again, the Lord deliver us
from the New County.
In the religious and civil liberty light
the new county measure has not heretofore |
been considered. Hence, it would be |