New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-24

men he bun, fifty coke ovens. EnooumEci b. III,
| cxp,ricnc. wi;h these the number = them va,
dluhl d thou more coal land Vas bought nui tr
number Of ovens va, again doulcd Mr. fTch'f
pl-,u.. wc-. sd In i-7a hy Endorsement
ard Lad "a ,cI ilrir Interest,", which 70 lndn''i
| certain friend, to hgv. \, tie financial hsir'-"
lncrc..,d others Ia to ook" hu,ln"- w'rc compelled
TO sell and Mr.. FrIck ut hand 10 buS. ard oven
which he oord lot bN De lca.'d. Meantime. Ls
enterprise va, called D. lin'>s and tire were ~"
ctc.oi, that "a, t.dc v.un oYorarlu h.a next, hn'
! uo kept bear ard struck oui thc more VIZ r'H,H.
Ehc. tie revival 4 hu 10 ~, 0ccu'rod
BE annual p-'rn oi u. l". ,i.r,,. "Tra'
| n. ca..lL on the bus!u,-e "a MS oar uane unLh
~ rhcu h. D IA a ,h1rr l II 10 j.. VI. Ier1 o.
| frrG & Coararr. Ia H.. thc Cnrnrsi-s bought
! i large share IN T.; nrd TIC nam" Va changed T.
iic u &. l1.h '"'. "tH"l; II va 'hrh ,, ,n'
largest COKE m 5 IN MAR. a. 'S,n }o i on
swing "inpi" ii"nt t. more than 300
nm, anI' NAL en!'rr.ns ,, 49,, .c % o., ,n,
world. 10 obtain pare waior ~9r.' 9crc erected
costing quarter Z million Il doin~- ~ result
tho coke Was demanded ~ s'codll, increasing ,n
tr'y 81 usos. and H. reputation hmly nAcf II I,
aid that no "ihc. man ,,rr '"w - int INTO tl'
With morr confidence. ilfsuod T. vita mH" enaeg.
g f f%% ,'cS S sr rrT na-r, an Interest n
'hc Of Ciru~gic rMpp, & CO. and Win ". l.
h SGg rg'r I 6 ' o 20 ca 2 ali rd %
n'e5s.'' s''e oG fo H. f WIN 'aP'] .'@ 81
Il Tho Gigantic concern in. wealth {, y4r.,nsy 50
matcd a, iry IN sSooG.ooo 10 - ooo.on Ten ycars
lgo lc va ma1ici 10 M.>, Ada rhid-. dnnfh',r %
the l'" VA =. tAlMs. l1nmiuoni 'iirrn q lft.
ana cotton Nni, VI. trca's union VS. be ID win
'hrce Children. he rr-ltc, no" co~9c- = Pr~'l and
81 '~ Eat 1 End II r'i.@rs I is member ~ the
prqn'-no ara ltt.5u-r h.b.. bat taEc M, r.cra
Mr. rnclts firm attitude nr,'u'' to demands Il
strikers In The great Curncs,ic cos" strike Of last
manuinciu ii he has alva,. c,c.siig nt>ri UPON
he rirh' u managing his own business without the
\, president u a. Ed,9~ 1houp>on steel COM.
pany he broke mp The union among his employees and
incurred Tho hatred Of tn, hn1.amatcd As ,cia;ion;
4 The Carnegie intcrc-l. VITA III concealed annOyanc"
among the admirers Of Mr.. Frck mr several years.
IL I0-9 there Wci" -cr.DnS n"'i'c~. which snd"d
In july Of that year IN IN" signing Of sliding seal"
: wages upon ba,. Of ~ =, a." minimum price
for three YEAR and expired in June Of this year. AMI
~ the expiration al tai, ,'rcc wear c'utact the Gar
qnoiher contract o., Ia" 80 losI, int tho minimum
hereafter must be 80 ION. and thn' The contract
years bi,nes,. instead Of the les Convenient date OF
luy !. When these condition, presented TO the
promptly dccllrrd that lcg would never accept Such
conditions. and denied the conranl's claim that tho
Dcccmber 81 Was made 40 that thry would bc less ohc
10 oesi against further reduction Of through
f2s tom wa. demanded by The men ana tho old limo
q cSpiisi"T. Mr. Fct rai,rd he minimum to VIZ
nnd the men came down - S2i. Neither would con.
rcde ANYTHING more. and nnnllr Mr. Filch said
d" II this contract N 225 l. not signed by Juno -
midnight. VIII not deal with the union any more.
We VIII employ each separately, and will pas no
attention 10 the union "
The contract WINS not signed at the stipulated
time. and each sidc. drcadng ia" other. made ready
for struggle Of the irrct kind The open outbreak
hOsiililics wa, the battle OF Homestead on july q
when the union successfully resisted the effort
Of the company introduce the I1nkcrtons into the
WORKS. which had been most carefully fortified within
The last three months In manner familiar to most
newspaper renders.
Tho Homestead plant comprises 600 acres. with 81
nndcr roof Including The arinrr plate mill beam
mill plate nan. Resscner department. "S 20 and 10
inch mills, 10 open hearth fuancc, o. from 90 70
40 tons capacity. When IN OPERATION throughout The
entire plant the most perfect system prevails The
plant girdroncd with railroad tracks facilitate
The transportation Of material etc. Nineteen !
locomotives Of all sizes nrc required 10 handle |
the traffic. Tile plant has ~ the most con
vcncnt points sh ps for repairing and turn |
ing rolls, IN which there Rrc tNn lathes: mnchlnc |
shops. in which employed thirty mncIInlstS and |
their helpers. The blacksmith ehop with FORCES
steam hammers. ETC. Keeps Twenty-Five men hnsy
Repairs for the steam and water pipes and required
dozen There arc carpenters. timers. pattern
Erlcfy stated. there $500 men cmp,ovrd |
and scvcIa hundred thousan1 dollars nrc monthly
paid out ~ the The profits OF tho con
ccrn are not known. as II Is privnte corporation
and statement h, obtained The plant is valued
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