The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-16
CARNEGIE WILL
! REWARD HEROES
Fund of $1,000, 900 Set Aside
For the Purpose.
iEETlNG OF COMMISSION
PETALS AND SCOPE OF THE
PLAN.

0ITTSBCRG April l5.-Andrew Carne-
gtc has created a fund Of 100000
for the benefit "of the dependents
OF those losing their lives in heroic effort
20 save their fellow men. or for the heroes
themselves n injured only Provision Is
also made for medals TO he given in com
memoration OF heroic acts.
The endowment IS to he known as the
hero fund. and consists Of S5.O19-UO OF
first collateral per cent bonds of the
Tuitcd States Steel corporation. The
trust Is placed in the hands Of "a com
mission composed OF the following gen
tlemen;
Charles I. TAYLOR, chairman: Edward
w. Anderson. Edmund Blackburn. Ed
nund NJ Bigelot Joseph NJ. Burlington.
William r. Frew. Rev. J. Holland. John
j.. Jackson Thomas Lynch. Charles c
Mellor r. y. Miller. Thomas Morrison.
Frederick q. Perkins, Robert Pitcairn
H. Kirk Porter. James n. Reed. ". l..
S"aifc. William Scott. W. RI. Stevenson.
]. NJ Wilmot. secretary
How it Originated.
The commission held its first meeting
here todIy and made known the project.
The scheme was conceived by Mr.. Carne-
Eie Immediately after the Harwick mine
disaster when ne summoned 10 New
York Charles L. Taylor. and r NJ. Will
mot. manager of the Andrew Carnegie
relief fund. TO discuss with them plans
Tor the relief of the sufferers from this
catastrophe On this occasion Mr.. Carne-
gle announced 10 MessrS. Taylor and VIII
mot his intention to endOw n fund for
heroes outlined his plans and asked that
tneN consider the project and white him
regarding Or. making such suggestions and
giving such instructions as might occur
TO them This they did. and on March l.
just before his departure for Europe. Mr..
carnegie forwarded a letter to Mr. Tay-
lor announcing his plan, and stating that
the certificate of the bonds had been
placed in IBIS hands.
Mr.. Carnegie's Letter.
I'm a letter 70 the hero fund comnis sion.
Of the fund which, IN his own words is
TO place those following peaceful VOCa-
lions who Lave been injured in heroic
Aiort TO save human life. in somewhat
ktter positions peCuniarilv than before.
N again able 30 work. IN case of
tn. the widow and children or other
AfndeutS to be provided for-the widow
she is remarked and the children
they reach a self-usppOrting age.
Exceptionally children. exceptional
htS may be made for education.
ants Of sums Of money may also he
- dde TO heroes or heTOinCs. the COM
tnittee thinks advisable-each case to be
judged on it's merits
Ii Is provided that no grant is TO be
continued unless il be soberly and properly
used and the recipients remain respeC-
table. well behaved members of the COM
munity.
A medal shall be given to the hero
widow or next Of kin. which shall recite
the heroic deed il commentaries The
! DIAL shall be given for the heroic act
en- II the doer be uninjured. and also
deem such gift advisable.
4 Commission to Decide.
Mr. Carnegie warns the commission
4 against the danger Of Interference OF
I conflict with the pension funds for mu-
nicipal employees that exist in many cit
les. ana urges II 10 act i'm harmony with
such funds. This. as il the case with
All the details Of the funds administra.
ton, is left to the commission.
Tic claims upon the fund for some
earsN cannot exhaust it. After years
J5oSwet f.r, pensioners will become more nu-
b ~, .Ytl5td Should the commission find aft
r-.t.Fs lring literally for this that a sur,
plus viii remain. it has power to make
grants in case of accidents (pereferably
where a hero has appeared) to those in
Foreseeing the probability that cite,
and employers on this continent will al.
timately be placed under similar condi-
tous To those of British German and
other European states. and required &c
provide against accidents 70 the employees
me commission Is empowered TO. by q
two-thirds vote. devote any surplus thai
may accrue to the relief Of those III
want caused by no fault Of their own.
Wide Field Embraced.
The field embraced by the fund is tn,
United States and Canada and the wa
many heroic acts saws Mr. C9rDeeie',
letter and no action is more heroic thar
that Of doctors and nurses volunteering
their services in the case of epidemic,
Railroad employees are remarkable for
heroism. All these and similar cases ar,
embraced. Whenever heroism is dis
= played by man or woman iu saving hu
Aeman life. the fund applies"
The usual provision Tor reports and &C
t'untngs IS made. and 10 is directed
Nat q roll Of the heroes and heroiucs shall
b9 kept displayed IN the offices at Pitts
ELrgL
The commission has fun power to sell
invest or reinvcst all funds
The wish of the commission is to pu
She beneficial results Of the fund in opera
ne