New-York tribune., 1901-06-02
WORTHY OF THEIR HIRE.
HOW THE CARNEGIE SYSTEM WORKS TO
MAKE IABORERS RICH MEN

pany interests. Whatever his private accept
aLce of conditions existing between employer
and employe his practice was always to pay the
worthy laborer the full measure of his value in
cash. He literal creator of the aristocracy
OF the dollar which he encouraged in public ut
tcrances in recent years. No man ever entered
the employ of Carnegie Brothers & Co, Car
negie Phipps & Co. or. later, the Carnegie Steel
Company. and proved himself fitted for advance
ment, who did not receive promotions as rapidly
he could master them And so thorough was
the system of the different Carnegie interests in
watching out for the best talent among their
employees that the promotions extended from
the common labOrer in the yards To the superin-
tendents of departments and managers of en-
tire plants. Without establishing system of
actual espionage. the Carnegie managers were
of the probable business capacity and
the daily excellence lack of ii of even the
office boys. of whom they employ hundreds. The
result of that system has been to provide the
Carnegie interests with probably the best talent
for the steel business that it was possible TO
get. The employees had every cause to strive
for promotion, and the workers were always
successful The Carnegie interests have prob
ably the best organization of workers from top
to bottom of all steel concerns the world over
1t was the working of this system that
| brought so many unknown names into the steel
| trade within a few years. Men who had never
| been heard of suddenly sprang into prominence
and received recognition factors influencing
the production and marketing % steel Many
of them had been mere workmen. many just
shade above dozens of other workmen, but
enough TO receive rewards in the shape of pro-
motions and large salaries Many workmen in
| the Carnegie plants have advanced at a bound
| to positions that gave them salaries equal To.
and frequently exceeding. the earnings of heads
| Of q he iut
The men AT the heads of the different interests
| composing Carnegie company affairs were work
| men only few years ago. and even now excel
| but little hundreds of other men who work for
| stated price ton. They live in palatiaI
| homes. for that is also part If the Carnegie
| system. When one Of the workers is promoted
| TO superior position the company provides him
| with handsome house until he is able to build
one for himself. when ne is expected to own
| his own large house a support To his more
| dEnihed position
! Joseph r. Schwab. a brother Of President
| Charles NJ Schwab who l.; superintendent of
| the DUquesnc rlLnt of the Carncg" interests:
| William r Corey superintendent at Homestead.
| Thomas Morrison. superintendent at Brlddock.
and Thomas Lynch. head Of the Connellsville
| cCk!ng interests % the company. all men
| who have risen from TIE ranks within the last
ten years. That many years ago Mr. Corey. Mr.
| Schwab and Mr.. Morrison unknown out
side the departments in which they were en-
| p!oycd None OF the three would have been
| picked for such phenomenal advancement by
any OF the employees Of the mill hut their
| ords had been SO fairly inspected that the com
/ pany made no mistake in the selections At the
/ same time. let il be understood that the Car
negie selection might have fallen upon dozens
Of other wortmen with equal
one Of the requirements insisted upon by the
Carnegie company is that the superintendents
! Of plants must live in the towns where their
work is. But in every instance the supeTintend-
cnt of a Carnegie plant has the largest and most
costly house III the town Thus MIR Corey
cupies II stone palace the magnificent Car
ncgie Library at Homestead. Mr.. Schwab lives
luxurious spots in the place. and MIR Morrison
occupies princely dwelling house Brad
dock. Mr. Corey's stone palace commands
view OF the beautiful MonOngahela River Valley
! and the hills overlooking the East Liberty Val
| ley. The eye does not need To search for the
| Corey residence from any part of Homestead
and vicinity. The house and the Carnegie Lii
| brary stand out like sentinels. Telephones and
| call bells connect the house with every depart
minute of the twenty-four hours Mr.. Corey, like
every other Carnegie director of works, is
duty. He may be called from his bed dozen
| times in night, but responds each time the
| bell rings a call is made otherwise. But the
Corey who travels to and from Europe like
| N bob and has hundreds thOuSa nlS of dollars