So, I found out that if you click the furnace with a red border, the owner gets mad. If you simply drag ore onto it anyway, the owner doesn't get mad, and you get your bars.
LordCrash: Bloodstone. Have one on your character with Pet Pal, start a dialog, and tell Alfie you have one.
Don't even need Pet Pal to tell Alfie you have one.
And doesn't just clicking a furnace turn it off? Like when you click a light source it usually turns off.
It'd make sense they'd get mad at you turning off their furnace.
