New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-30
ALL THE IRON MEN HERE.
AMERICAN ENGINEERS BEGIN.
SOME INSTRUCTIVE PAPERS READ AT THE
FIRST DAYS SESSION.
STARTLING ON FOUR WEEKS OF SCIENTIFIC Dl9:
CCSSIoN NND OBSERVATION AND THE
INTERCHANGE OF COURTESY BE-
TWEEN HOSTS AND GUESTS.

INTERCHANGE OF COURTESY BE-
TWEEN HOSTS AND GUESTS.
-Four weeks of scientific discussion and observa-
| ton, of the interchange Of all manly courtesies
between representative bodies Of two great ma
tons, Of the continuous exercise in varying phases.
of that most delightful relation of host and guest.
began yesterday with tic arrival Of the last and
largest delegation of English ironmasters on the
Scrvia.
Two centuries ago the ancestors and prede.
ccSsors Of these men passed an act OF Parliament
forbidding the operating Of ironworks in this
country. Yesterday they came 10 see the mines
and furnaces that turn out 100000 tons Of
iron a year IN the land which those old English
legislators sought 10 close forever 10 the
iron industries. BY singular coincidence
one of the efforts at iron-working that
called for this rcpressve parliamentary
enactment the ingenious success
of a Connecticut Yankee in making fine grade
of metal ont of the iron sands Of tie Long Island
braclcs That art, thus throtted. has practically
slumbcpd till the present, when the English
visitors find their professional cousins discussing
new methods of magnetic separation of ores which
promise to render these same beaches veritabA
"pla'cr' mines Of purcst iron.
The extreme of friendly self-sacrifice and devo-
IL
ahead of his usual breakfast hour and paddles
down tie harbor in moist little revenue tug to
meet and greet an incoming vOyager an early
morning steamship. But when this is accom-.
plishcd there is gentle Yet glowing conscious
ness of hcroSm the part of the victim, or VIC
tins, that is only cXcclcd in its pleas
urr-giying possibilities by the warm hand
.rl>p which he receives from the sfOrm-tossed
wayfarer on the big ship, when the
martyrrd victim of early tides and Quarantine
regulations has gained the deck and sprung on
the startled world that new and never before asked
question, Did you have pleasant voyage?'
These were the mingled emotions, and these
the important inquiries. with which the recep-
tun committee Of the American engineers greeted
their English guests on board the Servia yesterday
morning As soon as he members Of the committee
lad carefully climlrd up long ladder. holding
on to their hish hats with one hand and their
umbrellas with the other, they began hunting
iron and steel notabilirs Inquiries for the presi-
dent Of the visiting society. Sir James kitson.
soon brought the committee into the presence Of
a lnc-lookin- specimen Of the English gentleman,
who answered 10 that namc and bore hi, presi-
DENTAL honorS quietly.
lntroluctons, however were waived when Sir
| I.owthian Bcll, t. Windsor Richards. Edward
! f. Martin and other Of the older English IRON
asters caught sight of John Fritz, of bethlehem,
| who had come down with Chairman Lewis, Secic-
| tary Kurhhof and Mr.. Emery 10 welcome the
| voyaccrs Mr.. Fritz occupies much the same
| place in American iron circ.es that Sir Lowthian
| does abroad and his professional friends arc legion
| and limited to no ont country. Ihen Andrew
tarnr..a chairman Of the general committee. ap-
| prared on the scene and began TO introduce all
| the more prominent Engshmcn t. tie rprr-
s,utatiNcs of their American hstS. Mr.. Carnegie
| cam. oycr on the Scrvia ami by virtue OF this
| fact a, well as of his extensive acquaintance
| abroad and hi, position in iron circles here, IS
peculiarly fitted Ia fill tie place Of chief executive
| IN IN. admin 81 ration of American hospitality
The handlln. %! tlc Vast amount of baggage
| and the transportation to the hotel of these
! STRANGERS 10 Nrw-iori thoroughfans was
arrnrmpilsic,i with a dispatch which reflected the
| Greatest credit; on the much-cndurng committee IN
| rnar.r and ILr bI. Park Avenue Hotel that A. /.
Stewart buit for the comfort of worklnswomen
| soon became Il busy hive of iron-workcrs. The
hcldlliar,ers for registering. and the distribution
| of badges and prnsri:Enr> did a land-ofice bisi-
ness tor the rest oi ih day. ana the International
meeting opened under the most favorable auspices