The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-29
HOTEL GOSSIP.

DR.. A. W. Manifold of Indiana, Pa. is
registered at the Kenyon. He is accom-
panied by r. H Nixon, who, for years
past, has had the supervision of the
freight shipments of the Cambria Steel
works at JohnstOwn, Pa. When seen last
night the young medical man talked in an
interesting vein regarding the hidden side
OF life around the big steel works in the
east To illustrate the generosity of Mr.
Carnegie he stated that at the time OF the
big Johnstown flood his companion. Mr.
Nixon, lost his wife and two children in
the catastrophe. At the same time re
left his monthly wage check N his desk,
which was swept away in the Hood DR..
Manifold stated with a bitter smile that
unable to cash that check, owing TO the
fact that it had never been found and the
company refused TO issue another.
we hear lots of talk out here to the
effect that wages around steel works
never were so high as they are at the
present time he said. We'll. L live
right there, and 1 ought to know. Dur
ing the panic of SO wages were cut Oft
just about Is per cent. Today they have
regained % per cent. leaving them still
3 per cent under the schedule which was
in operation before dun times Unsldlled
labor today around the works is earning
from $40 to $i.2O per day.
"A man who gets into those big steel
WORKS carries his life in his hands, and
there Is hardly day passes but there
are close upon half dozen accidents. a
steel rail being drawn strikes an obstacle,
and in a second 4 mans feet are practic-
ally burned OFF. / have known instances
where the wlite-hOt rail has flown up
and wrapped around a man. Mr.. Carnegie
is known throughout the world as philan-
thropist. giving donations for libraries. Be
that as il may the public generally does
not know that there is not a HOSPITAL at
his works. Cambria certainly has an
apology Tor one. but that is practically
paid Tor from the compulsory benefit,
which is taken OF the mems wages.
When asked as to whether ne knew Mr.
Prick, he SAID: Nixon does.
The doctor proceeded to state as he
| fondled a University OF Pennsylvania
button In the lapel of his coat. that with
| out doubt Frick was great organizer.
/ In the early days, ne said. ne saw
that there was money In COKE ovens, and
| proceeded 10 buy up or get mortgages on
/ all he could lay hands on. He soon came
/ under the notice OF Carnegie, with the re-
suit that he was taken UD by him, and
i from that time on his success was as
! sured After the Homestead riots. how
| ever q GOODNESS SDrung. uD between the
/ two men, with the result that the pubic
/ had been let into the huge profits that
| there are in the steel industry. The peO-
/ pie learned that even during the var OF
panics IN company netted Ss.OD,OdO, While
I this year il is not too much to say that
$45, 0O0, 600 win be nearer the mark.
/ At this juncture Mr.. Nixon. who had
| been nodding acquiescence to the remarks
of his friend. took hand in the con-
versation He Stated that he had been
! connected with the company since boy
hood days, but had resigned his position
as freight receiver prior 10 taking "trip
to the west for his health He stated that
this resignation had not been accepted by
the company, where the matter stands
In speaking of the money paid out in
j freigbts byssthe eonapanS-' ne saad- Hard