The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-21
CARNEGIE GOES TO LONDON
Policemen Guard Him From the
Crowds at southampton.
No Attention Paid to the Army of
Mendicants That Awaited the
Landing of the Iron RinE-A Sack
Full of Begging Letters Received.

MeEdIcauts That Awaited the
| Landing of the Iron KinG-A Sack
Full of Begging Letters Received.
SOUTHAMPTON. March 2l.-Andrew
| Carnegie and family landed this morning
from the steamer st. Louis and proceeded
to London. Protected by the steamship
line agents and scores of policemen. they
ran the gauntlet Of the crowds Of assem-
| bIed mendicants and entered the train,
which was waiting at the Empress dock
| No such great crowd has greeted an in
! coming passenger since Lord Roberts re
turn from South Africa. College profess
/ sors seeking endowments for chairs Of
philosophy iostIed elbows with begsars
ready to supplicate donations for artificial
| legs
College boys cheered and eage--eyed
representatives of English cities. seeking
/ donations for libraries. fought to get near
/ the American steel king. II an interview
Mr.. Carnegie said:
Well, ] am surprised by the interest
/ you tell me my library gift has aroused
/ in New York L supposed greater atten-
ton would have been paid my gift to the
Carnegie workmen- Why, they were equal
t in amount.
The fund for the Carnegie employees
was announced first, You understand
( that I thought of them first, as it was my
duty to do
My New York library scheme is com
/ pIete as it stands. I looked for corpora
ton. In fact, without giving him any in
tfmation Of my plan. I cdAsited on Abram
| Hewitt and 1 am not surprised TO hear
that he has come to the front TO push
the project TO successful issue. He is
the nobIest Roman Of them all. New
York needed branch libraries 70 work in
cooperation with the Lenox Library, and
the idea of providing fund I had long
under consideration.
When told that the enthusiasm aroused
by his New York library gift had led TO
the mention OF his name in connection
with the mayoralty nomination. Nj Car
negie laughed heartily. He pointedIy
evaded the question whether he would ac-
| cept if the nomination were rendered him,
but he gave the impression that the sery
mention of politics was unpleasant TO
him
Have you any further philanJhropic
plans for immediate falaIment2~- he was
asked
we shan see he replied. You know
never announce these things until ev-
erything is completed.
Have you any intention of eStendlng
your rnunjfcence TO the Old Worldz'
IN that I have nothing 20 say. either
am only commencing 70 give and who
knows what way may turn? This VIII
say. though as you tell me I am to be
/ piled with requests over here. that, with
out wishing TO be impoEte. requests never
affect me. no matter how perslsteEtly they
are made
| i give on a certain. we1I-dehned prin-
| ciple and or my own judgment as 70 what
is best for the general mass of the class
who want.
/ Mr. Carnegie refused TO discuss he Steel
/ Trust or other industrial questions
| His party VIII remain in London only
a few days, leaving for the Riviera
| Most Of the persons seeking gifts from
Mr.. Carnegie had been waiting ali night.
The St Louis did not get up TO her dock
| until > O'Clock this morning Then there
WAS q mighty rush on The ship 'Ehe pc
lice had 10 be- called on 20 drive back TIE
| crowds. Mr. Carnegie had retired at Il
p m. leaving word that he was not 10
| be called until O'Clock
Among those who failed to catch Mr.
| Carnegfe's ear WIS q FrenchmaI. named
| Adam. who had come all the way from
| Havro TO demand $l.00000o for tie pur-
| pose Of raising an army 10 aid the Beers
Michael Hogan, an Irish patriot. was
there 10 ask for S5.o10000 with which TO
free Ireland from British tyranny He
| was moderately willing TO accept me sum
| IN small miscellaneous
| \ Winchester man was seeking 4 dona-
ton TO buy his brother an artificial
| leg.
Letters and kilograms from ali parts
| Of the United Kingdom had been arr1y-
| ing for many days. These were col
| Iected at the company's Office. They
| filed a mail bag. which was put aboard
the St Louis by the pilot before mid
night. The postmarks and printed des-
| isnations on the envelopes justify a guess
| that ninety-niue out of a hundred of them
| contain requests for money
! The local agent of a London bank.
who was instructed with an important
letter to be delivered personally at the
earliest possible moment, had been wait