Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ..."Compensation paid to the dependents of men killed." But strictly speaking, the benefits paid out of the Carnegie Relief Fund are not part of the compensation made by the Carnegie Steel Company to its employes for injury. The fact that benefits are paid from the fund, even in cases where a law suit has been brought and won against the Carnegie Steel Company, makes clear the separateness of the two institutions. The fund was established and is administered as the personal gift of Andrew Carnegie. It is no more a part of the policy of the Carnegie Steel Company than is the wholesale endowment of libraries. TABLE 33.--COMPENSATION PAID BY CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY TO WIDOWS OF 42 MEN KILLED Number of Families Amount Paid 10 o 17? 100 or less 8 Ioi to $500 3 501 to 1000 2 1001 to 2000 2 Over 2000 These benefits are not paid until the suit is determined. Hence the fund is never put in the position of aiding the injured employe in a suit against the company. TABLE 34.--COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY THE 42 WIDOWS ENTERED IN TABLE 33, PLUS CARNEGIE RELIEF BENEFITS Number of Families Amount Received 1 o 5 $ 100 or less 5 101 to $500 20 501 to 1000 8 1001 to 2000 3 Over 2000 From these tables it is clear that the Carnegie Steel Company, considered separately from the Relief Fund, is not in the class of consistently liberal employers. To the families of only 15 out of 42 married employes killed, did it give more than funeral expenses. This is a smaller proportion than in the case of Jones and Laughlin, The National Tube Company, or the Pressed Steel Car Company. But, with the addition of the Carnegie Relief benefits, the families of men killed in the employ of the Carnegie Steel Company are on an average better off than those men killed in the...
