Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-04
now CARNEGIE CARRIES OUT dc
KINLEYISM.

now CARNEGIE CARRIES OUT dc
KINLEYIsM.
CARSEGiE's $500 wOrkmen have not
struck against the twenty per cent. de-
crease OF wages by the Carnegie Steel
Trust. They had no opportunity to
strike. The old scale of wages did not
expire till midnight Thursday. But
Just "a hours earlier-at midnight We'd
nesday-a notice was posted at the
Homestead Works discharging every
man in the employ. And thus CARNEGIE
& Co. stole a march on the unfortunate
employees to, whom CARNEGIE's party
has so often preached the false gospel
that McKinleyism would put wages up
instead of down. The action of the
firm in precipitating lockout instead
of taking the chances Of a strike shows
stern determination to force wages
down at all risks to party or other in
terests.
An interesting addition to the stock
of information in the case is made in an
interview purporting to come from a
Buffalo representative Of the CARNE-
GIEs. This gentleman in reply to the
question as there any prospect that
the firm OF CARNEGIE, PH1PPs & Co.
will be moved by their present heavy
losses or by any other cause to accede
to the demands Of the laborers and thus
avoid strike ?" said:
''NOne whatever. The firm lrui URdoubt-
I edly lose heavily, but they have no intention
of giving up the fight Carnegie has made
! the most extensive preparations for a
| strike. He has built high board fence OF
double thickness about the Homestead
mills where the fight viii undoubtedly be
waged toe hottest, and has strung electric
wires along the top. Other preparations
have oeen made which, it is believed, Will
repel any body Of strikers, no matter how
! large. The work is largely done by ma
/ chinerv, so it is believed that little trouble
will be had in securing wOrkmen. II there
are not men in Pittsburg who Will NIL the
places, wOrkmen will come from other
/ places From all the preparations that
| have been made and from all the iRdica-
/ tons at hand, have no doubt that Carne-
| Gle intends 10 fight this out 10 the end. he
expects % lose money hcapiy, but that Will
not deter him. He has so many factories
under his control that it is next TO impossl-
/ bic to force him TO give way IN this matter.
So determined is this leader among
the benedciarieS Of protection to cut
down the wages which MCKINLEY
promised to build up, that he is willing
to close heavily" in order to accomplish
this highly protective purpose. To an
ordinary unprotected observer it would
seem to be the part Of common sense
and common decency, under all the cir
cumstances, TO use the money which he
expects to close heavily" in keeping up
the wages, instead Of putting them
down. II he must close heavily" in the
! fight TO lower wages, why not save that
loss and keep the protection" pledges,
at least in part, by leaving the wages
uncut?
The only obvious answer is, that that
is not the way of the protection" lords.
They in too many cases apparently look
upon their workmen as only valuable to
be voted like cattle for protection, and
then treated like cattle afterward. Ger
tainly CApNEGE's course toward his
workmen is very hiEh-handed, and con-
sidering the mans relation to Mckinley
ism and to Mckinley leaders, his conduct
is an audacious outrage upon right and
6ecency.