The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-24
M'KINNEY HAS Resigned
III Health Made the Step Necessary
One on His Part.
MR. WEHRUM HIS SUCCESSOR
Resignation Will Take Effect on Jan.
MIR. Mckinney Entered the Employ
Of the L. I. h C. Company
as IN Office Boy.

L, SdIl w. MCNluiiSy, SelltTdI IldHdScI
of the Lackawanna Iron and Steel COM
pany. has resigned and will be succeed
ed by Henry ]. Wehrum, the present
chief engineer and general superintend-
ent Of the company.
Mr.. McKinney's resignation was ten
dered on Wednesday of last week and Is
! to take effect next Wednesday, Jan. l.
A weakened physical condition and in
ability to stand the strain involved In
so important position is Mr.. McKin-
ney's reason for resigning.
No little importance Is attached to the
announcement of the resignation, as
Mr.. McKinney's position has been one
of unusual responsibility upon which
in large degree the success of the eX-
tensive operations of the Lackawanna
Iron and Steel company depended. In
addition to the two elaborate plants in
Scranton, which furnish employment to
several thousand men and boys, the
company operates four ore mines and
furnaces in this state and New Jersey.
Mr.. Mckinney, as general manager.had
entire and immediate supervision of all
these interests.
Mr.. Mckinney was interviewed at his
home on Platt place by a Tribune re-
porter last night and when asked for
the reason of his intended retirement,
said:
II have resigned because 7 am not
strong enough to undergo the strain
caused by many duties. Interest in
| ones business is one thing and interest
in ones health is another thing. must
be just to myself. | pulled through
serious and trying illness few months
ago, but find myself unable to keep
strong while attending to the numerous
and exacting demands of my position.
Cannot Withstand the Strain
1.-THE distributed interests of the COM
pany are widely separated and require
| constant travel In addition to the duties
Immediately connected with supervis-
ing the business of each plant. Either
would be sufficiently labOrious to try
the nerves and constitution of even Il
man in robust health. but ! am far from
strong and the travel alone Is more
than ! can attempt to do and keep WELL
MY doctors have long been urging
me to rest; to keep quiet; to travel;
to do anything except continue the hard
work connected with my position as
| general manager. l have now agreed
with them and have resigned because
l need rest"
When asked if any new system of
management would be established
when Mr.. Wehrum assumed his office
| Mr. Mckinney said he could not speak
| authoritatively. He made the same re-
| ply when asked who would assume the
position to be vacated by Mr.. Wehrum.
Mr.. Mckinney has been in the en-
| ployment of the Lackawanna Iron and
Coal company and the Lackawanna
Iron and Steel company almost cOntin-
uously since boyhood. He was first en-
ployed as office boy by the Lackawanna
Iron and Coal company when the mod
est offices were located "under the hill"
the site of the present carpenter shop
near the blast furnace, and was for
| twenty-fOur consecutive years an EN-
ploye of the company. From the office
he became time-keeper at the blast fur
mace and during the last eight years
of his employment with the company
was i'm charge of the blast furnace de-
| partment.
Then was organized by w. w. Scran-
ton the Scranton Steel company when
Mr. Mckinney resigned his old position
| to become superintendent of the new
company's plant now designated as the
! South works. When the Scranton Steel
company and Lackawanna Iron and
| Coal company consolidated he left this
city to accept the position of superin-
| tendent Of the converting works and
rail- mill Of the Maryland Steel COM
| pany's plant at Sparrow Point, Md. the
company's Bessemer and rail mill de-
partment.
Returned Here In 1893.
He returned to Scranton Nov. Is, 1899.
to become general manager of all the
mills, furnaces and plants of the pres
ent Lackawanna Iron and Steel com
pany. corporation whose interests and
plant value is equaled by few and eX-
| cepde1 by still fewer comma n leo in th;c