Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-06-17

! pear 10 entertain lor the new miners.
The writer is doubtless a two-dollar
emierant from Baltimore, whose brief
"esideuco here has given him conf
rrehensive grip upon the situation.
He says "the new miners are isollted
AS far as possible from the outside
world because the old miners would
maltreat and iniure them" He knows
his because the sanguirary ones have
given him their confidence 80 far that
daily threats are heard in conversing
with the old men, etc. The papers
have been lying about this thing, too.
All is not quiet and peaceabls as it
appears on top. The article con-
tinues with a lot more Of the veriest
trash, and winds up with an apostro
phe to be bestowed upon Mr.. Mayer
snd Mr.. BurW ell in the Sweet 50-ceut
bye.aud-bye."
This gentleman betrsys too much
ealnestness. His justification of the
use Of the police is dragged from the
depths Of the unknown, and to him
unkuowable. He has no guarantee
whatever for what might have been.
In fancy we can draw the line any,
where between the probable and i'm
probable, but it doesn't amount to
much as q hard, dry conclusion. If
! the fear of harm to the new men was
the ouly war; ant for the use Of the
police, he can paste the declaration
in his hat that had the old men de-
cided upon violence the police would
not have been in the way. But an
inveteEate determination, not only to
commit, bat to permit nothing rash,
inspired the miners. This is a fact
coroborated by history.
Why I'd. R. B." did not also refer
to the necessity for arming and drill
ing the new men is not clear. Per
hays the commanders Of the garrison
have borrowed some tactics fr ON
Frederick the Great, suitable for the
defence of contracted domain
What scared them into this? Surely
not the &c lures Of the Maria The.
rssas of Eckaart.
AT any rate, this sort Of thing is
going en- with as much effect as If the
companies had declared war against
the o;ple Of this county. TIE whole
business is needlessly defiant Of pop.
ular rights and provocative Of Lostil-
ity, and we will tell ID. R. B." rilht
here that if his prediction that an
"undcrcurrent Of evil is working
which will yet show Itself before the
battle is finished" IL verified, such
as he and those whom be serves have
started it and public opinion will hold
them responsible fer whatever 70 flows
1t becomes more and more incum-
bent upon our people to patiently
bear and fo,bear. We would even
advise residents Of Eckhart to
stay away from that place, and all to
abstain much as possible from viewing
the exaspera;ing spectacle presented
there. Keep perfectly still it IS bet
ter to endure than commit wrong
better TO "sufer and be strong -
Better to bear the lis we have
Than fly TO those we know not of.
Let them SO act that, whether from
victory or defeat they look back, they
may see 70 stain to mar the glory of
the triumph or add a bitter re.
Fiction to the humiliation of defeat.
PICTURESQUE FRosTBuEG. Frank
Leslie gives this week a aseable cut
Of portion Of Main st,eet, Frostuurg.
From the artists point cl view the
stores of ". B. Spill, Edward Douo-
hue, Jooorh Jandorf, Joseph Logsdon,
MCMILLAN Bros, B Stern and F. G.
BeaIl are visible. But the proninent
| figures, the boy with the bell and Old
gentleman with the shutter, each ap-
parently obliyious of the other, are
unrecosnizsbla as residents, The cut
is entitled merchants Of the Town Of
Frostburg Closing their Stores by cr-
der Of the Knights Of Labor" Found
cd wholly upon fiction, it could be
nothing beyond u stupid Extravaganza
--one of Mr, Flctcher's sensational
yarns illustrated.
A scene on the National road al
Eckhart is depicted upon another page
A game Of "seven-up" is in progress.
One Of tie four, with upIitted hand
holding the 'iaok" or "ten.spot, is
in the act Of playing i with that en-
phasis which marks q debatable trust
| 10 the pro, eatinn of his "hully.