Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-14
CARNEGIE CONSPIRACY.
A New Story Told, Admitted To Be
Nearer the Truth Than the
First One


by aHSoclileu L Tese.
Pittsburg, Pa, March 13.-An entirely
new story In connection with the armor
plate charges has made Its appearance.
The STORY implicates Manager Charles
NJ Schwab aud Superintendent Corey Of
lthe Carnegie company. The STORY is
that Edward Sill, a clerk in the home
sIcad office of the Carnegie company,
discovered In January 1891 trat the ar
NOR plates We're being changed. These
records show the progress of the plates
from start to finish, and were entered
by sill in pass books. The books We're
turned over by Superintendent Corey,
who, In turn. entered them officially ON
the books of the company for transmits
sion TO Washington.
sill took still Others into his confidence
in order TO pursue the quiet Investigation.
Si. one day received an order from Man
ager Schwab to destroy all the pass
books in his care relating to the armor
plates. This Sill preteneded to do but
Instead he took the books home with
him. Soon additional Information OF com
mercia. value was secured.
1t is claimed by the men that at night,
when the naval inspectors were not
about, plates which had not passed the
inspection were substituted for those
which had, and were duly shipped. AT
tOrney Smith Of Petersburg was then CON
suited Letters to the navy department
were secured from Attorney George
J,nks OF Bro,kyiile, who had been so
.ititor general during President Cleve-
lands first term. In June of last year
Mr. Smith went to Washington, and
made known to Secretary Herbert what
sin and his companions had told him.
4 fier many conferences and an agree
mcnt being drawn up. assuring the m
formers % per cent, Secretary Herbert
fa,.tt,aI 1ptnn nd for flp rptuulllnE
$4,000.
A meeting between the president and
Secretary Herbert and Mr.. Carnegie and
MIR. Frick follow ed. The amount claimed
was reduced from $45O,OOO to $40, lol,22;
or 10 per cent Of the total line imposed
ON the Carnegie company by the admin
istNtion. This was deposited for the
Carnegie company with II. Mellon y
Sons bank. Pittsburg, Immediately af-
ter this meeting, It il alleged, Andrew
Carnegie openly advocated the passage
of the Wilson bill.
An effort was made today to interview
James b. Smith. the senior counsel in the
armor plate sensation. He would only
talk in a general way. 81 can simply
say That the newspaper reports of the
affair have been all at sea, the lawyer
said. Even the story published today
though somewhat more tangible than the
others, is badly garbed.
''The fact of the matter Is, the whole
story has not yet been told. 1t will be,
however. aud II the proper authorities do
not lay the facts before the public.
shall be forced to make clear and spe-
clic statement myself, The public ought
to know the whole truth, however, and
repeat, If someone in authority does not
speak. / will
"fThis much / viii say, that there Is
not one scintilla Of truth in the state
ment that there was a conspiracy on the
part of the men by whom | was en-
ploycd. If defective armor plates We're
struggled in among those approved by
the government inspectors, 1t was not
done by my clients, or with their CON
sent"