The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-20

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his East End residence in this city, short
lly after noon to-day. He was foIty.ninO
years Of age and leaves family,
Mr.. Thomas NJ, Carnegie attained hi
43d birthday on the second day Of DC
tobsr, He was born In the year 1913 q
Dunfermline, Scotland, and came Il
America In the year lS47, going direct Il
Pittsburgh with his father. When he WA
quite young he was taken into the tele
Rrsph department Of the Pennsylvania
railroad company, where HIS brother An
drew was already employed, He learned
teleHrsphy and was q careful and exper
operator. Alter years he became a CLERK
to and assistant Of the Genera
Superintendent OF the system, Ir
the year 1860, when under Fighter
years ot age, with himself and Messrs, An
drew Kloman and Henry phipps, Jr., 8
partnership was formed under tho firm
mama OF Klomsu and Phlpps, and u small
mill wsg builtatid operated on the site oi
the present TWenty-ninth street iron
works, with some success, In 1865 the
firm OF kloman 4 Phipps consolidated
Win tuu SyCAulo blou SOluPanyt VI WunIl
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie and Thomas N
Miller were principal owners, The husi-
ness was continued under tho name OF the
Union Iron Mills. This firm built the tlrst
Lucy Furnace in 1871, and III
in 1873, became principal partners in
in the Edgar Thlmpto1 Steel Works
by purchasing the interests OF the
outside and smaller paEtHera, They then
consolidated their Elgar Thompson Steel
Works, Union Iron Mills, LArimer Coke
Works, Scotia Ore Mines and Lucy Fur
naCes under the firm name ni Carnegie
Bros, Limited, Mr.. Thomas NJ. Carnegie
being elected Chairman on April /, 1881,
which position he held up 10 his death.
lie was also an equal holder III all
the interests aud enterprises Of
Carnegie, Phipps 4 Co., Limited,
and large stoCkholdsr and director in
the II. Q. FriCk Coke Works, as also the
Nav York and Cleveland Gas Coal Com.
pany. Ha was also at tho timo Of hiG
death director in the Keystone Bridge
Works. lie was Tor ten years q director
in the Lawrence and Third National Bank
OF Pittsburgh. In fact hia whole life vas
engrossed In business pursuits, and WAS
one OF that circle formed by Andrew Oar.
negie, Henry Phipps, Jr, D. a. Stewart,
superintendent MCCargo, Robert Pitcairn,
and others whose SUCCESS has been phe.
nomenal.
Mr.. Carnegie was regarded as one Of the
ioremoat mon in the iron and steel buOi.
ness. Ha was one OF the few men who
had successfully combined theory and
practice in the manufacture Of steel. To
him is due in q large degree the wonderful
success OF the Beesaner steel rail works
at BraddoCk, and the Besseiner works at
Homestead. He had thorough knowl.
edge OF tho important part that chemistry
plays IN the suCCeasful manuiaC-
lure OF steel. He was thoroughly nC-
quainted with the chemical combinations
which lend an important influence TO the
quality Of steel, and he made careful
study OF all o! the intricate tests 10 which
tho finished product is subjected. He was
man Of unsEsnmIng manner, and had
always u kind word for hls employees, who
bad ever the most kindly feelings
toward him. Ho was a BtaunCh
Republican, and on different occasions
has made large donations looking toward
the BuCceas Of the party. He Ral u hard
and untiring worker, and in the winter
took his only vacation. Then he anu hia
iamilywent to Cumberland Island, Geor.
giN, which he owned, aud where Is situa.
ted his winter homo. Mr.. Carnegie
was married 10 NIiss Lucy Coleman,
daughter OF tho lGtO William Cole.
man, in June, 1865, by whom he has had
nine children, six sons aud three daugh.
ters, ono oil whom was absent in the East
at school at the time OF her fathers de-
mise.