The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-11
CARNEGIE N TEARS
That, at Least, Is What an
Anarchist Says
IN CABIN OF ST. LOUIS
Millionaire and King Killer
Have an Interview.
IN CABIN OF ST. LOUIS

New York, May 1o.-Samuel Mintz, a
New York anarchist. mas reported to the
local anarchist group an interview he
had with Andrew Carnegie aboard the
American liner st. Louis. Following is
an abstract Of his report:
The trip Of the Carnegies was purely
/ one Of pleasure. I sailed on the same
/ ship, bound for Europe 10 help my family
who were in great distress Knowing
that Mr.. Carnegie was on the st. Louis
I thought it a good opportunity to gain
an interview with this man who had set
all the people ahame.
True. was a steerage passenger, and
Mr.. Carnegie and family occupied the
finest cabin that could be found on board
the st. Louis. But determined not to
be daunted by this fact
When I gathered enough courage to
approach the first cabin was ordered
back by an officer
But one day, AIA1r. Carnegie, as a mat
ter of curiosity, visited our'quarters be-
low deck, attended by a ship officer.
NOW I said TO myself, now is the
time to talk to him" I approached him
hat in hand, and said:
Good morning, Mr.. Carnegie. I am
ne of your employees and 1 would like
70 speak to you"
I Te reached out his soft, white hand
ana grasped mine, saying with a slight
SINH e:
~ GOOD morning. viii take you to my
cabin where you can say all you wish"
I va liked away with Mr.. Carnegie, the
other passengers regarding US with a
great de al Of wonder.
Enterin the cabin Mr.. Carnegie point
ed to a sa 1T which I took. and then began
the conve -sauon.
Mr.. Carnegie said I, 81 have read in
the newspa, pers Of your gift of $4,000, Co.,
Is it true?'
yes. it Is true" he said. here is
copy Of the letter I have sent to the
managers of the steel trust. I will read
it to you"
Mr.. Carnegie" said as he finished,
would you ever want to be dependent
upon the charity Of any one?"
mo, certainly not" he answered; Dut
say on"
Mr.. Carnegie, do you think it Just for
a man to have surplus wealth? Can you
deny that this wealth is not yours, but
sire to help through your charity, and
who have PRODUCED it? 10 you know that
the surplus wealth. is but the unpaid
wages of the men who have contribut-
ed so greatly to your success? DO you
know that the interest on that $4,000, 900, /
which amounts to 100000. out of which |
the miners are to receive their pensions, |
is but the product of the same laborers
or laborers at large?
you give money for the erection of
libraries in Homestead, Braddock and
Duquesne DO you know that the major |
ity of the miners and their children are |
unable TO read and write, because they
never have had the opportunity that
you and men of your calibre have had? |
do you not know that these miners /
have not the time to go to the libraries |
and read. because they are below in the /
mines from 8 a. m. to p. m? And on |
their only day of rest, Unday. they are |
too tired to drag themselves down to
the Hbrary2
"Why are you now willing to give so
much to the miners. when you were so
unwilling TO yield them their meagre
demands. winch were a little part OF
what was JUST
'sWhy did you not prevent their slaugh-
ter at Homestead, Braddock and else
where where your interests were in
volved?
You see that I am a cripple. DO you
know that this IS the work of you and
your helpers-the authorities who protect
You and your kind alone2 Your charity
bah. it is but a mockery.
Tts- fIfr +frq-ta b,fI Ar Ta~,.-io md !
were very much excited. Mr.. Carnegie
myself, and at the same time he would
endeavor to calm his own feelings. I
took a book from my pocket and read
from 0Iarion's poem, From the Teeth of
the Gray Wolf these stanzas:
The curse OF fathers and mothers made
mad
BY the sight OF their murdered dead.
shan ring al night in your straining
ears.
As You toss on your sleep-aed bed
And men shan rise from unsodded
graves,
In rivers and tunnels and mines.
And your blood shan freeze as you meet
the eaze
OF the easily, unbroken lives
Men you have robbed and killed and
sent
To destruction in gruesome places;
Men all bleeding and bruised and
crushed.
With their dead. accusing faces
on the bones Of these. the slain. no
more
.ancTETTrhs.