The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-14

L.uckie, one of the Homestead men
who disappeared to avoid arrest after
the riots. Professor van Dyke of Rui
gers College told him that he had
met McLuckie working as a laborei
in mine at Sonora, Mexico. Carnegie
asked the professor to offer McLuck
lie any help he might need and on his
return to the West he did so.
He found that McLuckie had obtain
ed position with the Sonora Rail
way, driving wells, and was prosper
ing. You didn't know" he said 10 the
professor whose money | was told
to help you with" He did not. Well
it was Mr. Carnegie's." Then re
lated Mr.. Carnegie came the slow
earnest response That was damned
white of Andy When l heard this
suggested to my friend Van Dyke
that it wouldn't be a bad epitaph to
grace one tombstone. If It ever
did hoped there would be no long
blank between the DIS. Each iette;
should be put down to give Nc
Luckie's proper expression"
He sold out 10 the Steel Corpora
ton for $4,000 600, and in his teJti
mony before the Stanley Committee
in 1912, referring to this bargain he
exclaimed, what a fool / was!
have since learned from the inside
that we could have received 100000
600 more from Mr.. Morgan il he had
placed that valuo on our property
OF all his fields OF public activity he
took most interest, probably. in his
peace propaganda An offshoot of his
peace lahors was his interest in
bringing about arbitration in Central
and South America. He aided in tho
organization OF various leagues and
commissions TO this end, and when
Secretary Of State Elihu Root return
ed from his tour Of South America
Mr. Carnegie at cnce gave Mr.. Roots
alma mater, Hamilton College $200
600 lin memory of the services Of
Senator Root in behalf OF inteTna
ional peace" In 1907 he sent a
peace commission to the Latin
American republics.
Not so long ago. said Mr.. Car
negie in 1907 "a speaker recited in
my hearing how'll he had seen the most
powerful naval vessel in the world
the Dreadncught with her $4,000 tons
displacement When my turn came
! said that must regret to dispute
the statement. | myself had seen the
most powerful naval vessel in the
world, She was a tiny yacht-lilte veg
sell painted in beautiful white, with
a flag at her masthead and toy can
non on her deck-for use in firms
salutes, mostly.
Such dainty vessels as these serve
to maintain the neutrality Of the North
American great lakes. The little white
yacht was the true dreadnought The
name of the other, the vast. gloomy
and terrible engine, should be Dread
everything wounds dread
shot. dread drowning, dread savage,
Ihellish passions; dread miserable, tor
tured ruthless death"
If there seemed an inconsistency in
his attacks on armament and the
making of it. in that he himself had
once engaged in the manufacture of
lrmOr plate he had an answer ready.
He had engaged in it reluctantly. He
a declined to bid to President Cleve-
land for armor manufacture, despite
Secretary Whitney's pleadings to him
to reconsider. President Harrison and
Secretary Tracy had urged him, but
he had refused Then while he was
coaching in Scotland, he received a
telegram from Tracy saying: "The
President considers it your duty to
contract for the armor for your coun-
try; the ships now wait for it." Car
neeie. according to his story. replied;
"Thlt settles it. That command from
the President of my country is a com
mand from on high.
His famous utterance about dying
disgraced' appeared in an article in
the North American Review in 1893, in
which he said:
81 he day is not far distant when the
man who dies Leaving behind him
millions of available wealth which
wero rec for him to administer during
lifo viii pass away unwept Union
ored. and unsung,' no matter to what
use he leaves the dross which he can
not take with him. OF such as these
the public verdict will be, The man
who dies thus rich dies disgraced'
When he came back to the United