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

nj prepared 10 asssrt their rishts. and they
yiu light the AmalgAmated Association even Il
thsy hsvs TO close down their mills forever"
When asked Il 1t vas true that the Anal
0amated Association I'D favored certain man.
nfacturers President weihe sid: ''No, il b not
IRA We never favored anybody. Any manu-
taoturer who says % y laboring under mis-
take. win admit, however, that certain firms
receive bsnefts in the scale that other manu-
faceurers are not gwen. 81 t1E
Certain concessions were made to them on
account OF improved machinery. II the manu-
fecturerS who object to these reductions will
place TIE sane kind Of improved machinery in
her works they viii necsive the same discrim-
nation from tie Amalgamated Association
Ihe statement that the manufacturers made
no monsy last year can be accepted for
What it 10 worth. II they object to steel and
Iron being 70 low, why do they bring such =
sfste Of affairs about by quitting the market?
Why don't all Of them shut down for six or
eight weeks and give the product chance 10
riser Tho workmen are perfectly willing to
lie IDLE for this length of time, and conss-
qusntly all would be benefited"
TIE STEEL WORKS AT HOMESTEAD.
Tho great steel works ct Homestead occupy
. space Of ITO acres and include over q dozen
immense structures and SCORES Of small shops
and sheds. Among the various departments
are those known a. the converting min,
where Beesemer steel is made; the beam
",
whore 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 hnishing department, the
lo-inch mill, the 22-inch mill the l1s-inch mill
and the big press room whore the plates are
pressed. The water for the works is pumped
from the Monongahela river, and the daily sup
ply would be adequate for city Of $1,000 in
habitants. One hundred and fifty boilers fur
nish the steam required for the immense Cor
hiss engines, the pumps and other machinery,
and natural gas from the Carnegie Companys
works Is four times a. great as that Of the
Krupp works in Germany. The average num-
Der OF workmen employed Is over 4, 500.
Last year the Carnegie Company purchased
the City Farm Of over one hundred acres which
was adjacent to the steel plant. The city viii
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 FOE 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 10 three miles
long. On the top are strung three strands Of
bsrbed wire 30 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 q 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.
Railroad tracks run between the Office Of the
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 tracks, con-
meeting the Office with 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 steel launch was fitted
out with swivel guns, and several fatboats
were equipped with small howitzers and search
lights. The company has railroad tracks rum
ming all through its yards and its own rolling
stock. Several fat cars have been loaded up
with huge water tanks and pumps, and two Of
tho ''dinkey" engines also carry powerful
pumps.
t-r. THE TOWN OF HOMESTEAD.
The pretty little town of Homestead lies on
miles east Of Pittsburg. It is built on 1000
acres Of land lying in great bend of the river
and rising gently by terraces to sloping hills
and knolls 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 fats 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 a plant
for the water works has been built