Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-08-19
MINING JOURNAL.
FRosTBURG, MD, AUGUST 10, 1882

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ODER calls the editor of the Mall "a
graduate of the JOURNAL Office" Bad
Joke on the JOURNAL office Homecoming
ReoieH.
"Bad," ell e? Well, we telieve
Robinson is a graduate Of the Moti
nee Valley Times Office, in fact a
species of grandson of the JOURNAL
Office, Suppose that's very chad"
In the meeting the other day Mr..
Mayer in the outset, while not really
fattering the press, did not object to
the facts going out through that me.
dium. When it came to the Coal
Trade Journal, however, and the
three-quarter column "aquib" of 1873
his remarks were not impressively
complimentary to the Archimedean
implement that moves the world.
IT is the opinion of many that the time
has come TO unite for the assertion and
protection of the rights at the people
against the st eady and alarming encroach.
ments of corporal ions.-Cumberland IN
dependent.
0, yes; but aren't you still cropping
away back among the medieval no
tions such as that the men ought to be
kicked for not going to work at OF
cents
THE PROPER STANDARD The colored
teachers of Louisville pass the same eX'
animation as do the white teachers, and do
as much work afterward. In considera-
ton of these facts the school board has at
last equalized their salaries. This was
right. The days Of estimating the value
of services by any other standard than one
of right are about passed, Wheeling Reg
lister.
That's strange. We were at the
conference the other day expecting
the Inauguration Of the millennium,
but the weather was bad for new eras
The STANDARD" was there, but the
companies didn't, couldn't or wouldn
see it.
WHERE THE MONEY 10 COMING
FRoM.-The Cumberland Times oil
Thursday says:
1t was given out yesterday that Clear
field operators were sending money into
the region, and that secret emissaries were
known to have been here from that sec
tiln- An oper ator stated last evening
that it was pretty generally believed that
irregular supplies OF money, that had beer
received of late, could be traced to this
source.
In this connection we understand
that Columbia Typographical Union,
No. 10l, Of Washington, D. G., sem
$5l Is to the miners of Georges Greek
this week. We believe brother Tay-
Tor claims membership in this body,
"now fraction of the X. of L., and
as a stakeholder in the $5l.25, he
ought to know the sources of tn ose
irregular supplies"
WHILE Mr.. Mayer was dispensing
the reasons why Georges Creek Goa
had been almost run out of market
it would have been so very interes
ting had he told also why it became
necessary to build new railroad out.
let for the region, and to move heaven
and earth to strsngle it at Hay street
after it was built. Now, Mr.. Henry
Lovelidge, for instance, has fine as
sortmsnt of vigorous statistics con-
stantly on hand showing how the
new road became a necessity. We
recognized in Mr.. Mayors figures
and statements demonstrating how
Clearfeld had driven our coal out Of
market several of the Maryland
and American complaints against the
Cumberland and Pennsylvania rail
road. Certainly these allegations
looked like a half dozen pairs Of
twins, and, although it comes over us
like the memory of dream, it seems
aa i! ve had heard, as it were, some
Iody say thu Clearfeld coal region
and the Cumberland and Pennsyl-
vania railroad had been engaged in q
cons riracy against the superior quail
ity and proper market price Of
Georges Creek coal.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Hon. T.. q. SMITH. of Hauerstown