Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-08-03
CARNEGIE ANGRY.
Report That He May With
draw His Pittsburg Gifts.
STRIKERS MAKE CHARGES.
Pinkertons and Carnegie officials
Accused Of Bloodshed.

The Strikers Petition That CounciImen
Refuse Carnegie's donations is Acted
Upon-It is SAID the steel King win
Revoke yhs Gifts and Thereby Place
PittsSnrg Municipal Affairs In a Mud
aIe-secretary Lovejoy Denies the
story and Calls All Talk on the Sub
ject the veriest Nonsense.
IBy Telegraph TO the Evening Journal
PuTsBTRG, Aug 3.-The Commercial
Gazette says; Andrew Carnegie viii
himself withdraw his munifcent
donation to the city of Pittsburg in the
event of Councils taking any official no
tice of the resolutions passed from time
to time during the past month by trades
unions, requesting that body to return
the millionaire steel kings donation.
Such is, in substa nee, the statement
made by gentleman closely associated
with the Carnegie company's interests
and he drew his conclusions from the
broad hint thrown out by Mr. Carnegie
in communication of recent date to a
friend in this city. The reasons assigned
are that Mr. Carnegie is on his mettle
and that he would regard any official
action taken on these varied resolutions
as a personal insult, backed up by base
ingratitude,
Shortly after the Homestead mill riots,
a number of trades unions passed reso-
lutions condemnatory of Mr.. Carnegie's
course and containing petition to Coun
ellis, asking that all of Mr.. Carnegie's
gifts to the city be returned to the
donor These were directed by the re-
spective lodges to be presented to Coun-
ellis at a special meeting Of that body if
one could be had during the summer
The next regular meeting will not be held
until September, but the enthusiasts
were so anxious to have Mr. Carnegie's s
library gift returned that big effort
was made to have an extra meeting
called
Some of the members of the body, who,
to use their own expressions, were
"loaded for Carnegie and Frick, tried to
have the special session but failed. They
then consoled themselves that the reso-
luton would be the first order of business
when the first session was held. They
claimed to be the friends of the working
man, and it was nothing more than
right, they said, that a gift made by the
principal stockholders of a grinding mo-
nopoly should be returned
This information was conveyed to Mr.,
Carnegie through the cable and also by
press dispatches. He then wrote, throw
ing out the hint referred to above. When
asked if il was Mr.. Carnegie's purpose tC
take any immediate action in the matter
the gentleman referred to replied that
nothing would be done unless Council:
opened the ball by having an ordinance OF
the kind presented for action. Then he
would move, and that very effectually.
The impression prevails that Mr. Car
negie still continues to be the executive
head of the interests bearing his name
This is not So He is aheavy stockholdei
but takes no part in the executive man
agement of the works.
He did not make the gift to Pittsbur@
as a donation from any Of the firms will
which he is connected 1t is out of hi
own private funds, consequently the agi
tation to return the gift now going thl
rounds has made the gentleman very
angry and the action designated above il
sure to be taken in case he receives any
treatment of that kind.
If such an event transpired it woul'
leave matters in bad muddle, as far a
municipal affairs are concerned Tn
nineteen acres which form the Forbe
street entrance TO Schenley Park wer
sold to the city at an extraordinarily loN
price in consideration of the fact tina
the library proper was to be placed ther
and this would enhance the value of tn
other property adjoining
''Do you think Mr.. Carnegie woul
withdraw the gift in the event of tn
resolutions named being tabled, wa
asked Mr.. Carnegies friend
''The action of Councils" he replied
''on the trades union resolutions
whether it be favorable or against, is nC
the question which gives Mr. Carnegie
thought. The very fact that Council
would go into a discussion of the matte
is what would impel him TO resent Il
insult in a manner which could not
misunderstood.