The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-06

New York. April 5.-Mr. and Mrs. An
drew Carnegie were at home this evening
TO about SOC teamsters. bankers. hOd-hOist-
ers, lawyers, stone cutters, capitalists, car
l,,-1ters, clergymen. bricklayers, pubii-
cists, and other artisans. 1t aI came of
at the magnificent Carnegie home. at
Ninety-hrst street and Fifth avenue, and
its name was an Industrial Peace Even
iHg," under the auspices of the National
Civic Federation.
The guests were invited for S.l5, and as
the talking did not begin until nearly 8
O'Clock, they had ample opportunity to
wander through the spacious rooms Of
the big house and admire what they saw.
The distributing point for the arrivals
was the great hall. THENCE they passed
into the draWing-r0om, where Mr. and
Mrs. Carnegie aud Miss Whitfield, Mrs
Carnegies sister, were waiting 20 receive
them. Ralph 81. Easley, who knows
everybody in the camps of both employ
ers and employees. was there TO see that
all hands were properly identified. After
being presented TO the host and hostess,
the guests strolled at their viii through
the suite of rooms on the ground floor.
The invitations bore the word -'infor-
NAL, with the result that most of the
men present wore business suits'or frock
coats A good many notable figures were
there.
All Walks of Life There.
The big rooms We're full Of contrasts.
which VIII perhaps be made evident by
the mere recital of few names. Among
those who wandered about from room 10
room or stood about chatting in little
groups were; Charles NJ. Schwab presi-
dent of the Bethlehem Steel Company:
Daniel ]. O'Keefe, president Of the Inter-
national Longshoremen' Union: Leslie NJ.
Shaw, ex-Secretary of the Treasury;
Robert j. Riddell, of the Double Drum
Holsters; George Haven Putnam, VIII
lam J. Skinner, of the Stone Settlers
Union; the Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, Henry
kossOw, of the Bartenders Union: Jonn
-. Crimmins, Michael Brayer, of the
Cloth SpOngers' UuiOn Adolph Levi
sOhR. .. C. Davis, of the Bricklayers'
Union; Woodbury. I.angdou, capitalist, ed
Gould. OF the Teamsters' Union.
When the meeting was called in the Hall.
Mr. Carnegie jumped upon "a couch and
vailed the guests To order. Archbishop
Farley and Mgr I.ayeIle had come in q
few minutes before. Just beside the arch
bishop sat Seth Low. while MIR. Belmont
perched himself upon the organ bench.
A little To one side stood r. Y. PowderIy,
the old labor leader. John Mitchell was
not far away
Carnegie Welcomes Guests.
Air. Carnegie first welcomed those pres
ent as his guests in the name OF Mrs.
Carnegie and himself He said that he
thought it peculiarly appropriate to have
an industrial peace evening so soon be-
fore the great peace conference. Peace,
like charity, should begin at home. He
went on to urge the virtues and the neces-
slty of arbitration in industrial matters
as wei as in international disputes
Mr. Carnegie went on to say that the
real cause of most strikes was not trou-
bic about wages. but the failure of en-
ployers to give sufficient recognition "a
their men.
There is no time more important than
this for a gathering of this nature. began
Mr. Belmont. 1t is very easy TO remain
at peace during prosperous times, but
sometimes times change. l do not de-
sire 10 pose as q prophet or as an alarm
ist bat II is unquestiOned that We should
prepare ourselves through just such gath
erings as this 10 understand sand solve
the problems with which we are likely az
any time TO be confronted"
Addresses We're made by Archbishop
Farley and others.
After the addresses the guests swarmeC
into the billiard room. where d buffet
supper was served.