The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-21

What Reporter Saw When He Stole Inside
the Works-Only sixty. Five Men at Work.

What Reporter Saw When He Stole Inside
the Works-Only Sixty Five Men at Work.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 20.-Entrance to
the Carnegie mill was made this afternoon
by q representative Of the Associated
Press. who took skiff and succeeded IN
making landing at q point which, owing
to the stespness of the bank, was left un-
guarded. 1t was within twenty yards Of
tried to tie up. A climb up the thirty feet
OF Stag and iron debris bordering the river
brought the armor-plate department within
few steps, and once inside access from
ono TO another of the eight principal build
ings was not difficult. Each one of the
buildings was visited, not once merely, but
twice. and glance inside was not taken as
satisfactory. but walk nearly as possible
straight through the center of each
OF the great structures was taken.
was kept of the number Of pc rsons
met 1t was not an estimate, but an actual
count, one by one. of every human being
seen in the Carnegie WORKS except those
wearing militism8ns uniform. The total
on the first tour was stxty-five; the total on
the second tour was sixty three. The total
included wOrkmen of whatever description
bosses, cooks, walters. watchmen-all-
in every working department.. the office
building at main gate being alone left un-
visited. The surreptltious entrance was
made necessary by the fact that the proper
gateways are closed and sealed to newspa-
per men. orders being issued to not even
allow their cards to be sent in asking an
audience of the superintendent. The
secrecy of operations within the mill
iEolosure is further guarded by armed
militlamen at every few feet along the mile
or two of high fence shutting In the prop
frdY win ha ~ hnth oo
to fence and gates, were tested this after
noon. and in each case the intruding news
paper man was promptly sent r1ght-abOut-
face. club or bayOnet being ready In hand
to enforce the order.
Fires were burning in portion of open.
hearth department. No. l and In the armOr-
plate MILL but in neither was there moro
than q half-doZen men when the newspaper
man made bis inspection. Two locomotives
were In operation in the yards, and In one
place what seemed to be six red-hot, newly
made or newly-heated armor plates were
seen. This was the sum-total of any
thing bearing q esemblance to new
product that could be observed in the
mp in nearly all the stationary engines
throughout the establishment, but for
what purpose was not apparent Some OF
the men counted were handling slee ping
cots on q flat-car, while seve eral others were
L.Aking themselves comfortable. seated in
chairs and with feet perched mp against q
rallt Half dozen. who seemed TO be the
most active. were by their dress and man.
ner. evidently Office men. The dining
tables In one of the buildings formed per-
haps as noticeable q feature as any in the
Carnegie mills. The tables were built
over, around and between costly look
ing machinery, wheels. shafting cranks
all of which were motionless.
No one appeared to be paying
the slightest attention to the machinery,
but the wooden benches along the stretch
OF pine tables, part of the latter covered
with shining white oil-cloth. were being
carefully looked after by men who seemed
to understand the restaurant business,
whether or not they understood anything
about steel-maklng. One or two of the
huge shops, notably "open hearth, No g."
was wholly deserted, not evon watch
man being visible. The stiffness within
was profound. and a search for enough fire
to light a cigar was dismal failure, the
only reward for working around the fur
nsces being to pull out heaps of cold. black
ashes of which alone there seemed no lack.