Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-23
HOMESTEAD AND THE CARNEGIE WORKS.

who come to Us In an unconscious or deceased
condition. There must be . scarcity Of fAns In
the kitchen
TIE PEOPLE OF HOMESTEAD.
But there are other things In Homestead be-
sides flies. I mentioned them first because they
are the most prominent local feature. There
are people here-about 12,00o abiding inhab-
itants-and they are the most paradoxical in
their makeup ever had the privilege Of becom-
ing acquainted with. They are more unani-
mously religious and surprisingly moral than
those who live In the towns which are supported
by similar Industries, and yet they can be
bloodthirsty as the widest savages. Never
were there gathered in one place Of this size SO
many comfortable homes and such large pro-
portion Of happy men and women. just nov
there is a cloud over their ordinarily bright dis
to be controlled, and then you get glimpse Of
Homestead as it would be II this struggle be-
tween capital and labor were not in progress.
Self preservation ID the point1at issue, and until
some mutually satisfactory arrangement is
reached or until the Carnegie Company Is COM
PEELED to surrender there WI be lack OF SINKING
faces and fattening laughter In Homestead.
Homestead commenced to be in the year 1880
Originally 1t was ferest-covered tract that
ranged from the top Of Q decidedly steep series
Of hills to the Monongahela river. Then ii be-
came IN 1873 township known as Mifflin town
ship-after the then governor Of Pennsylvania,
Thomas Niflin- Sebastian Frederick was the
first white man to locate on the site of Home
stead. his arrival being some time prior to 1880
Inseparably connected with the history Of the
township are the names Of two women-Mrs.
Neel and Mrs Martha Means In those DAYS
the Indians were sometimes as'obstreperous
and annoying as are the strikers Of this degen-
crate age, and on one occasion, when the red
man's bouncing committee was at work, Mrs.
Nsel rode back to her old home in Lancaster
county. She made the dangerous trip on
horseback with one child in her arms and the
other, four-ysar-old boy, holding on behind
her. That same little boy grew up to become
Gen. Neel, one Of the most striking figures in
the annals Of Allegheny county. Mrs. Means
first made reputation for bravery by driving
four-horse team from Harrisburg to Mifain,
accompanied only by her six children, the old
est of whom was then but fifteen years Of age.
he "a ninety-two now, but he Ia still alive and
has never changed his place Of residence since
he came in from Harrisburg.
THE RISE OF THE BOROUGH.
Twelve years ago the settlers Of Miffin town
ship decided to make . move toward incorpor-
ating a borough, and it did not take long to sue
coed. The tract included within the borough
limits is about 1 900 acres in extent, and today
the greater portion Of this building area il
pretty thoroughly occupied. Munhan, Whita-
ker. Munhnll Terrace and Hope Church are
those suburban additions are without the
borough. Law is administered by the burgess
and by two justices of the peace, while a city
council attends to municipal business. The
public school system h remarkably good and
there are also two parochial schools attached to
the Catholic churches here.
OF places Of worship there Is q large supply,
but all Of them are well attended and most Of
them seem to flourish. Social and beneficial
organizations are astonishingly represented,
| ranging from the LOYAL Orange League and the
Patriotic Order of Sons Of America to the
Ancient Order Of Hibernians, the Daughters OF
| St George and the Turn and Gesang Verein
Einsraohm. In all there are sixty different
kinds of societies in Homestead, without men
tioning four brass bands.
| The supply OF natural gas Is still plentiful
High-pressure mains supply cheap fuel for the
big industries, while q low-pressure systsm fur.
nishes heat and light for domestic purposes
But little Of the gas IL. however, used for illu-
miuaeon. Most houses are fitted with mean
descent electricity. Arc lights on the principal
avenues and an occasional natural gas torch on