New-York tribune., 1911-12-09
CARNEGIE VETS" MEET.
Tenth Annual Meeting Draws 81
of 45 Living Members.
DINE WITH FORMER CHIEF
Average Age of Former Partners
in Steel Company Estimated
at from so to 55 Years.

The Carnegie Veteran Association, COM
posed Of The former partners of Andrew
Carnegie in the Carnegie Steel Company.
assembled here Yesterday. and IN the even
ing journcyed mp to Mr.. Carnegie's house
In East 9lst street. there 70 break bread
with their old chief Charles L. Taylor, Of
Pittsburgh, secretary of the association. ex-
planned that the gathering was fraught
with no consequences TO the business OF
the nation or Of the world. that 1t was
merely the tenth annual meeting OF the
association which was formed when the
rited states Steel Corporation absorbed
the Carnegie company.
1T Is lust our love for and loyalty 20 the
old man that brings us here every year
said he. He has way Of binding men
10 him. YOU know. We all want 10 see
him and shake his hand once In while,
and We make this the excuse for getting
together II any one talked shop at any
Of our dinners we'd throw him out BODILY.
" hat We do is renew old times and take
firgs at each other
The Waldorf set aside a small assembly
room. where the members of the associa-
ton could meet Here during the after
noon
and threes. The dinner at Mr.. Carnegte's
house began az o'clock, but for ten or
fifteen minutes before the guests gathered
round the board they chatted with Mrs
Carnegie and her daughter, who always
iold a brief reception on the occasion OF
the annual meeting.
Thirty-seven Of the forty-fve living mem
bers were present. They were, besides Mr.
Carnegie: Charles ". Baker Of New
York: ". 2. Ralsinger, ". ". Blackburn
Il P Bope, J. J. Campbell, A {. case
and l. NJ. Clemson, Of Pittsburgh; ". E.
Corey and W. B. Dickson, OF New York;
a. c. Dinkey, Of Chicago; r. A. Franks,
n New YORK, James Gayley. A. R Hunt.
u. G. Kerr. i. II. Kind, George Lauder
and Thomas Lynch. Of Pittsburgh; z. ;.
Mills Of Chicago; A. Mcneil Thomas Nor
-ison. George z. McCague. ". c. McCaus-
land John Mcleod and Gibson d. Packer
Of Pittsburgh; ". P. Palmer, OF Cleveland; ;
A. F. Peacock. of Pittsburgh; Lawrence
c. Phipps. Of Denver. J. II. Reed, of Pitts
bursh: Charles NJ Schvab. and J. f
Schwab. OF New York; James Scott, Emil
Swenson and Charles L. Taylor, Of Pitts
burgh. II. +. Tener. Of New York, and
T. II. Utley, of Pittsburgh.
OF all these men George Lauder Is the
eldest. He is seventy-six years Of age,
the same age as Mr.. Carnegie. The baby
of the gathering was f. s Mills, who is
orly forty and looks younger. Mr.. Dick
son is the poet laureate Efforts TO get
from him a copy OF the poem he read at
last nights dinner were fruitless. as he said
the references were so personal that II
the work were published he would lose
most OF his friends. Both Mr.. Carnegie
and Charles NJ. Schwab spoke, as well as
n NJ. Clemson. George f. McCague and
Gibson L. Packer. Informal after-dinner
talks" Mr.. TAYLOR called their remarks.
Tie following officers were reelected: A:
Hrdrew Carnegie. president: 9. VI. Sch~ao'
vice-nresident and Charles L. Taylor sec
retar,-. The following members sent re-
crets: William L. Abbott. 7. T. Berg
Of Stockholm. Sweden, who was the chiet
engineer Of the Carnegie Steel Company.
Nillard Hunsicker. OF Paris France
James c. Hunter. John G. A. Leishman'
Ambassador to Germany: J. a. Potter.
George H Wightman and F. T. Wood.
Mr.. Taylor read the letter from each one.
The association originally numbered
fortv-nine. but four have since died. They
we're. :. o Hoffman. OF Philadelphia; H
]. Lindsay and ". r. Singer, Of Pittsburgh
and Colonel L. T. Brown. Mr.. Taylor est-
mated the average age OF the survivors at
botuveor fFtv and fftv-fVe years