Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-08-14
GREAT PHILANTHR0PIST,
CARNEGIE DEAD
Steel King Started as S1.20 Week
BObbin Boy

LENOx, Mass, Aug. 11--Andrew
Carnegie, Lizard of Skioo, multimil-
lionaire and philanthropist, who set
out in 1901 to give away the great
fortune ne had accumulated in the
steel industry, died today in his 84th
year.
The end came little after 2 o.
clock this morning at his summer
estate here, Shadow Brook, where the
iron master had sorght seclusion
when the horror Of the world war
(weighed heavily upon him.
Mr. Carnage had been compelled
against his wish to remain indoors
since Friday, suffering from what was
described as severe cold. The
trouble developed into bronchial pneu-
monia and death came with brief
warning.
Mrs. Carnegie and his private sec
rotary, John Peyton, were summoned
to the beside by the nurses early
today and rmained until the aged
man breathed his last at 7:10 o'clock.
When the fatal turn was reached,
his daughter, Margaret, wife of En-
sign Riswell Miller, of New York,
was summoned from her home at Mil
Z brock, N. Y, and arrived a few min
utes after her father had passed
away.
Andrew Carnegie, once the richest
man in America, if not in the world
was born in Dunfermline, Scotland,
!. November %, 1885.
His father, William Carnegie, was
a weaver, operating four hand looms
at the time of the boys birth. The
introduction of steam to the weaving
Industry sent him into poverty, and
Mother Carnegie was forced to take
boarders into their humble home on
Reform street.
Theiv poverty finally became acute,
the hand looms We're sold and the
family of four, Andrew then being In
his thirteenth year, packed up for
migration to America, where Mrs. Car
TdgIe lOliKo ~ tiSNCoooAy W
money from several friends for the
trip.
His wages were small, and even
with what the mother earned stitch
Ing shoes there was not enough to
provide the family eds.Little An
drew was forced to go to work and
found a job as bobbin boy at the wage
of S1.20 a week. He always enjoyed
telling of his feelings when he rar
home to his mother with his first
weeks pay.
His second job was in bobbin fac
tory. where it was his duty to keeI
the fires going under a boiler in 9
diney basement. He knew little about
steam and suffered an intense secret
I. fear that his ignorance would one day
= be responsible for the boiler expl
oding.
1T cannot last forever" he said t.
himself, and kept his eyes open for {
better job.
He found it as messenger boy To-
the O'Reilly Telegraph Company, ant
there first showed the keenness whicl
made his life so successful. He mem
orizd the addresses of all the bust
ness and professional men who hat
business with the telegraph compan.
= and showed remarkable speed in de
Ivering messages.
The manager of the office had
Morse outfit fitted up for the amuse
ment of the messengers and Carne
gle soon picked up biography. 1t
is said that he was the third operate
in the United States to take mes
sages from the wire by sound. 1t wa
not long until he was a full-fedge
operator in the Pittsburg commerce.
office
Carnegie's first investment was
ten shares Of Adams Express Con
pany stock for $500, on which he re
ceived monthly dividend of $40.
He got an early finger into the ric
sleeping car pie through his railroa
acquaintance with Leach, the inver
\ tor of the sleeper. His capital wa
added to by $4,000 return from thi
early investment.
When oil was struck in Wester
Pennsylvania Carnegie gave up raj
reading. Edgar Thompson, then pres
ident of the Pennsylvania, and Thor
a. w. Scott, the roads general mar
ager, decided to put their money wit
Carnegie's business ability and go il
to the oil fields. Before they wei
through they had cleaned up mi
lion dollars and Carneige's shai
made him at last man of capital
He saw the tremendous possibi
tiles Of the iron ard steel ind-lssTis
and with his brother Tom. he b7li