Show FIRST DAY IN AN IRON MILL A nen mans experiences Experienc el in what seems seem plutos own Regi regious when I 1 went to the superintendent and nd ard for work he said what can you do doa anything I 1 am large strong active and wll ag rr I 1 have been about machinery ill at my ili lieo a and wint want work badly he touched a button arid and a boy appeared show this oils man doell to the converting mill aud and ask fred it if ho he can do anything for him good morning TOOm lne he be saad and my interview was over I 1 ji put on my new overalls and juniper jumper wl d followed ut 0 owed my guide down through the iiii fig we va inadi our anay ay through piles an 0 at stock raw rous rolls tie etc and came at mot to the he huge bufie con verLin amill hilll the superintendent was waa lound found and the th word delivered lie glanced at me it a moment and then sid said not unkindly you look loolie good anti and strong jump jn in and belp those feno there on those vessels I 1 hardly knew what lie meant hut but th ardig chro z t the smoke ant anil steria I 1 aaa settle men benrath one of the vex r s or con vort vert eiB eils working with sledges and bars to pet get the iho bottom botto xii olt off the mw mill with its ila ponderous and cranes cranas rhe be immense vessels till covered with lack black scale and soot the cha flying sparks iii arka the iho roaring names fames LIAL comier and g rolac alit aal the iha air filled wath stearn and smoke and finally nally I the abria and deafening no noise ise awed ea confuted confute ond and ven even decd recd me 10 moro more than fihnn I 1 should have liked ce to ac c knowledge I 1 elded a sledge lying near and jumped to in we at just jot got out oat the keys na as chev call the wedges which hold the con tor ether and by the help of it a hy by delullo rum ram took tho bottom oft off this left a white hot opening eight feet in diameter and nn about six feet from the around under which wo must munt work it deemed to me as though the skin on my neck and hands would burst burat with tho the heat beat my clothes even steamed and how I 1 wished w ched I 1 had been f p i aher e under the still aun goal uld sol raj than under this thin fiendishly not hot sul eur I 1 ieng ne inc AO a very rear noar us ua hon no a had the new bo be I 1 on we went vent up tip so a the platform a floo hoove lie I 1 converters and drove tho the howe home mo more moe securely and tit a a small 1 bole thero there bo be w with II 11 h f any 1 l 8 A shrieking ngin T ca jt by and me swiftly of an iron fn poured then W it t tl 0 gaii co nerr a beav bhea li f e blast was wag turned on and a cloud of si le flow ow and saffron name flame th with i sp rab arks and oi of rill ri na ll yua 7 I 1 ed ca out oin of the mouth of gt the t 0 river t or into the air one of the men e lu me by tho arm m and nd pulled me away juil I it in time to save me from froin being 1 seriously I 1 y burned cd for I 1 was wa not expecting the nit me by noon I 1 was so fired that I 1 could hardly stand but I 1 stuck to it for nit all I 1 was worth during the afternoon I 1 frequently fell down because my knes were too weak wak to hom hoki me up my hands viere rc burned and blistered and my new overalls were tilled filled with holes hole burned by flying sparks about 4 in the after nuon while tinder the plat fort n I 1 was startled to ace a stream of red A artre r run over the edge of 0 the platform and strike in the midst of some workmen an AB it II touched louche J the wet ground it exploded explode ed with a report like that of at a cannon the molten metal hew flew in every direction many workmen were burned moro more or leas severely end and in tho th caso of ono one poor fel loft lt it me afelt still to think ot of ll it the ibo steel came down directly on tile the head bead awl and back we gat him out of oe the steam and smoke and carefully cart fully and tenderly cut his hid burnel clothing from him As we placed him on oil he stretcher the burned alesh front from bin bones when I 1 was refi relieved eved at 8 6 it seaman sea mod as it fc it oud have been utterly impossible for mo me to 10 live in that mill another hour hoir I 1 to in my y room find and went to aed at once all t that h t ngat I 1 tossed and turned my aching achin x bone bonca tr trank ing to get into som borne e position I 1 e 0 painful than han the Is lasi I 1 w waa its tor tortured turca bairt tt b by thousand na gru grotesque tesque fancler and by lite pd picture of oc the poor fe fellow oy who was burned barrio so badly at last 1 kat into an elsy drowse but I 1 felt as iba it I 1 had bad not been asleep a manule when my alarm clock announced to ni me e that it way van 4 I 1 43 and that thai I 1 must got up to my breakfast fast on oh the lill misery sery of that rising and going boint to the mill every bone and sinew sor seemed ned as it made of redact iron ind and the joints joanta as aa if toge her it was a dark foggy foby morn iff I 1 found when having des desperately pera to ly cot up enough g et will power to 0 o dress I 1 tu mw t out eliou to r my ny boa house tho ill pittsburg smoke and SOs foz are proverbial but I 1 really think that on that par particular morning one I 1 1 1 agh t have ha v e cui c u ta e chunka chunis out of the dok black w wet are I 1 air ir the board wa walks iks in arc never in to repair pa jr and on the way to the mills I 1 stumbled ambled st mon alone t through bro ugh mud and stones atones over boards ani and into hoan carrying cArry lne in my hand my tin till dinner bucket which contained cont alnea my midday meal on my first sunday wl we reclined relined tho the converter ter ond and it t mccame in my duty duly to stand up in the iho inverted vessel and hand up thu the bum bull stuff and limestone Ihn with which to lo reline jr it the vessel had been loft left to cool cent simply over night and I 1 suppose the t tem n I 1 IHirA r bt ture u re 0 of f the dry air inside of it stood at about t aa degrees decrees I 1 worked os as hard its aa I 1 could but near noon I 1 for the firm time in an my tee lire I 1 sly experience at homestead was the experience of the of workmen there fearn mcclunes mcclures McC lures DIAga zIno sor for J uly |