Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-02-20
CARNEGlE'S POLICE.
Large Tmoe Constantly Employed
by Coal and kon Company.
aow o~der 10 Pr~s ~<v ed IN shs nalis
aAA Promises OF the Ocao
CorporAtto. - r~kiaS Care
OF the Injured

The police department. of the Car
negie Steel oupaEy, \ constituent ~
the ceusss. United States Steel cor
porauon Is aimos, as large as that
o. the city Of tfttshurE, Pa Three
4 hundred well equipped men. uni
formed an6 armed and offi>ered BY ser
gearLs, rounGs-nen, Neutenauts, cap
/ .Ans and chief, constitute the Car
/ nszie Company Goa! and Iron nolce
/ force. They guard the property and
/ enploves u TIE big company, make
sTrests, attend - the injured, conduct
/ visitors through the mills, and in cases
/ ot fire .hey serve SIS fremen, says the
! Chicago American.
The Goal AZ Iron police are sworn
N unte~ a Pennsylvania state law,
v Mich empowers railroad companies
50 employ police O! their own. a sup
pleweut q ;h,s act extended this
power 70 sN corporations, firms or IN
divtuals owning, leasing or being in
possession of a7v co,ljery. furnace or
rolling mill Under the act the gov
e-uor Of the state. upon application,
iSsues commits; ons 20 the policemen
upon appointment. They take oath
before the recorders Of the counties
through which the railroad or other
property 70 BE protected extends.
After being commissioned these po-
Ncernen hsve JUS; as much authority
TO eke arrests SIS the duly authorized
members Of metropolitan police
force.
We're the Coal and Iron police 10 ap-
pear on the streets Of New or Chicago.
o. any other big city, they wuu,d
scarcely he recoEr ri,ed apart from the
police on duty there. They wear
iden ticslly the same uniform and hel-
met The patrolner have blue blouse.
.nt in winter wear long. heavy over
coats. oruansented with brass buttons
The captains and lieuterarts have rold
bands around the rim ttheir caps Or
each mans hreas: is displayed snal!
meta, shield with ;he words Coal
and Iron Police. Carnegie Steel com
pany," engraved on it.
Ir the mills and furnaces the police
patrol beats and preserve order in Just
the same manner as the police Of city
patrol the streets. And, all things con-
s!eereG. the city policeman's work i.
pretera bic. Many Of the employees Of
the big steel mills. especially the la
hore.s. are foreigners. unable 70 IN
derstand the English language. and
fr r'gh-tned Il nothing save a man
wearing brass buttons on his blouse
Fights among ne foreigners are q
frequent occurrence. and when they 10
clarre. thy generally resort - yia-
ie1ce. Pieces of i-or, r9iI-s. bars ana
other tools are always within reach In
3 steel mill and the belhgerents read
iy use them in oeiabortag one an
other,
Here is where the big burly Coal and
Iron policeman, armed with mace and
q revolver. is most needed. He sepsr-
ates The combatants and sends them
back 10 work or to the hospital. ac-
co-d'uG 10 The extent Of their injuries,
and restores order.
Often fight between two laborer.
precipitates 4 small riot owing 10 the
eagcruess ot friends Of both men to
tax, q hand In the f-av. Then the po-
NcervAu. wisely iudg;rg that his in
divi6usl efforts will never stop a frht
in which probably dozen men are
concerned. eJGs n a riot call. and the
reserves are sent 20 his assistance
Another important part of the po-
Gcen ans duty IS 70 supervise the
movements - the injured. If work
man : cut or bruised by The machinery |
or molten metal ,eorkm.r drop their F..
tools and rush 10 his assistance. BY I
this time policeman = on the spot. /
The hospital corue with strrtchers or
ambulance hurries a. fast AZ power I.
can take them. and under the super
vision Il the intelligent bluecoat the .
poor, limp form j. teLGerly carried to
the emergency hospital There the pa
tisnt j. as comfortable a. his case al
lows him 10 be II there is prospect .
of 3 long siege Of couvaIe Scence or a (
difficult operation 10 perform he is
taken 70 one of the city hosp.tai, OPP
erations however. can be performed .
a. the hospitals at the mills Each
works Ia. its own emergency hospital.
The Co.l and Iron police figured con
splcuou.iy in the homestead riots At
hst time thev were not uniformed. and
their presence a. the mills had little ef-
,ect II overaving the unruly element
among the foreigners. The police were
able % maintain order With much
greater ease after the UNIFORM. were
distributed.
In conjunction with the police patrol
'ysten thorough frs department. rs
main tanned.