The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-09

a debate about IT,. one believed in unlucky
stones. the other did not The outcome OF
the dispute was an article In Truth In June
OF that year which the curious may read
as neat little piece OF prophetic dialectic.
Mr.. Carnegie was advised to keep his
stone and pay no attention 10 superstitious
absurdities.
one month later history was being made
at Homestead. Andrew Carnegie's name be-
came a by word and a reproach among
wage-earners, although previously poll
ticians had We'd with each other for his
support. Fortune had very suddenly
changed her mind about him.
In the winter of that same year Andrew
Carnegie fell III. He suffered severely,
and while cut driving his horses ran away
with him and he was hurled TO the ground.
sustaining painful injuries He contracted
the govt that winter, too. His dearest
friend died as well. That was in January
of 1898, and a whole nation mourned Blaine
with him. But Mr.. Carnegie kept the FIRE
stone.
1t was in the succeeding spring that the
Carnegies determined TO come TO New
York and live Arrangements were made
to build fine house. From the very be-
ginning matters went wrong with the pro-
jected abode. There was suit over the
site, there was a strike among the masons-
Luck was against Mr. Carnegie and he
gave up the idea.
Here are a few things that happened to
Andrew Carnegie in the summer Of that
year:
First-He was robbed OF goo by pick
pocket That is the theory of the Scotland
Yard men. At any rate, the ironmaster
lost that much money and no one has been
| able to trace it since II went into Andrew
Carnegies waistcoat pocket from the
strong box of the Bank of England.
Second-He was deliberately turned
down." as we Americans say. at every So
| cial function among the coaching set in
| Scotland No reason was ever assigned
for this 1t was whispered that Mr.. Car
| negie had incurred the enmity of the Duke
| of Argyle by his utterances on the subject
| of the peerage. Be this as it may, Andrew
| Carnegie lost caste in Scotland.
Third-The money he had contributed to
| the city of Allegheny proved o. source OF
| i'll luck to him. The council wished to re-
turn il. John Burns refused to receive
contribution from him for the meeting on
| behalf of the London unemployed. ana
| made good out of his own pocket the sum
| he returned to the Scotch-Amerlcan mil
| lionaire The same year the striking min
| ers in Scotland hanged Andrew Carnegie
| in effigy outside the walls of his own castle.
! Bad as all these misfortunes had been,
| there was a climax to come. II began 10
| be whispered about that Andrew Carnegie
| was unlucl6y. Stories were circulated that
| he had a gem that brought misfortune to
| all who became its possessor. Mrs. Car
negie fell i'll about this time, and 1t Is
whispered that she, too became nervously
superstitious about the firestone. But An
drew Carnegie is not the man to yield
! to queer notions and uncanny breads. He
expressed a savage resolve to cling to the
| stone, though it became the last of his pos
| sessions. r.,-
| The ironmaster's great fort had hereto
! fore been business. Everything he Under
| took seemed to have money in 1t. The
| great works at Homestead were prosper
| ing enormously-until nearly three years
ago. Since early in 1892 things have
| changed. The strike was a great source
of loss. That same winter the compeu-
| tors of Carnegie underbid him in these
markets Mr.. Carnegie's real estate deals
| fell through. He lost money in col
/ lapsed bank.
! The most sensational scandal in our his
/ tory has Just amazed the nation and seems
| destined to play still more important
| part in public affairs. Andrew Carnegie's
! Homestead works have been the means of
( leaving us helpless before an invading foe,
| If there be any truth In what congress has
| declared. Our boasted navy is made of
tin plate. We are laughing stock among
the navies of the world. And, rightly or
wrongly, Andrew Carnegie is being held
responsible.
But the great Scot viii not part with
| the firestope.