Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-06

last prepared TO assert their rights, and they
win tight the Amalgamated Association even II
they have to close down their mills forever"
When asked II il was true that the ANAL
gAmated Association had favored certain man.
ufacturers President weihe said: 'sNo 1t is not
true. We never favored anybody. Any manu-
facturer who says 80 is laboring under . mis-
take: will admit, however, that certain firms
receive benefits In the scale that other manu-
facturers are not gwen.
Certain concessions were made to them on
account OF improved machinery. If the manu-
facturers who object to these reductions viii
place the same kind Of improved machinery in
their works they will receive the same diecrim-
ipation from the Amalgamated Association.
The statement that the manufacturers made
no money last year can be accepted for
what 1t Is worth. If they object to steel and
iron being 90 low, why do they bring such .
state Of affairs about by glu sting the market?
eight weeks and give the product chance to
rise? The workmen are perfectly willing to
lie idle for this length Of time, and conse-
quently all would be benefited"
THE STEEL WORKS AT HOMESTEAD.
The great steel works at Homestead occupy
q space Of ITO acres and include over dozen
immense structures and scores Of small shops
and sheds. Among the various departments
are those known as the converting mill,
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mill. the largest in the world; the plate mill,
where steel plates are rolled; the armor plate
mill, where the heavy plates for the new
government cruisers have been made; the
open-hearth mill, the finishing department, the
10-inch mill, the 22-inch mill, the 1l9-inch mill
and the big press room where the plates are
pressed. The water for the works is pumped
from the Monongahela river, and the daily sup
ply would be adequate for q city of $4,000 in
habitants. One hundred and fifty boilers fur
nish the steam required for the immense Cor
liss engines, the pumps and other machinery,
and natural gas from the Carnegie Companys
own wells is used as fuel. The output Of these
works is four times as great as that Of the
Krupp works in Germany. The average num-
Der Of workmen employed is over $500.
Last year the Carnegie Company purchased
the City Farm Of over one hundred acres which
was adjacent to the steel plant. The city will
occupy it for one year longer, but 1t is claimed
by the Carnegie Company already, and it has
been SUI rounded by a high barbed wire fence
the same as that inclosing the steel plant.
PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.
About six weeks ago, in anticipation Of the
coming conflict between the Carnegie inter-
ests and the workmen, stout board fence
twelve feet high was built upon foundation
Of Stag three feet hight completely surround
ing the steel works. This fence is three miles
long. On the top are strung three strands Of
barbed wire 90 connected that current Of
electricity may be sent through them from the
electric plant by the simple turning Of switch
IN the Office. Portfolios Four inches in diameter
have been bored along this fence at the height
Of mans eye. Trenches have been dug over
all parts Of the works to various points along
the fence where hydrants are stationed. Hum
dreds Of arc lights have been strung on high
poles throughout the plant, and along the fence
and on all the buildings near the roadway search
lights have been placed.
lot. A.
company and the fence surrounding the works
near Munhall station. An additional fence has
been built about the Office and bridge forty
feet high has been strung across the TRACK, con
Meeting the Office with a building inside the
works. A search light has been placed upon
this bridge and also a sentry box like those
surrounding the walls at Sing Sing and other
prisons.
On the river front a steel launch was fitted
out with swivel guns, and several flatboats
were equipped with small howitzers and search
lights. The company has railroad tracks run
ming all through it's yards and its own rolling
stock. Several fiat cars have been loaded up
with huge water tanks and pumps, and two Of
the "dinkey" engines also carry powerful
pumps.
THE TOWN OF HOMESTEAD.
The pretty little town o. Homestead lies on
the south bank Of the Monongahela river, seven
miles east Of Pittsburg. 1t is built on 1000
acres Of land lying in a great bend of the river
and rising gently by terraces to sloping hills
and knobs. The town is about thirteen years
old. 1t has been built by the Carnegie work
men. Most of the residences in Homestead are
owned by their tenants. There are no tene-
ment houses, no flats and no novels. Each
house has its plot of ground in front and rear.
The town has its opera house, schools,
churches and halls for the various social organi-
cations to which the young people belong. 1t
has electric light, good sidewalks and very fair
streets.
Most Of the men work in the Carnegie mill
A system Of sewerage is projected and plant
for the water works has been built.