In conclusion, Judge Paxson said: "We have reached the point in the history of the state when there are but two roads left us to pursue; the one leads to order and good government, the other leads to anarchy. The great question which concerns the people of this country is the enforcement of the law and the preservation of order." While the events narrated in this chapter were in progress, while the workmen of Homestead were being taken to jail in batches and charge after charge heaped upon them, and while the Supreme Court of the state was engineering the last grand _coup_ by which the revival of an obsolete offense was to be made instrumental in winding up the strike at Homestead, Mr. Andrew Carnegie was busily at work reaping encomiums for his philanthropy, which at this particular time found vent in the donation of a memorial library to the town of Ayr, in Scotland. The corner-stone of this edifice was laid by Mrs. Carnegie two days after the treason warrants were issued at Pittsburgh. An address of thanks was made by the mayor, to which Mr. Carnegie replied, part of his remarks being as follows: "I feel more strongly bound than ever to devote the remaining years of my life less to aims ending in self and more to the service of others, using my surplus wealth and spare time in the manner most likely to produce the greatest good to the masses of the people. From these masses comes the wealth which is entrusted to the owner only as administrator." A few groans and cries about Homestead were all that reminded the audience which heard this generous-spirited speech that, at the very moment when Mr. Carnegie was speaking, the wealth-givers in his own employ were being hunted down as traitors, locked up in jail and supplanted by cheaper workmen. [Illustration: THE FERRY AT MUNHALL.] [Illustration: JOHN McLUCKIE.] CHAPTER XVI. [Illustration: THE FIRST BREAK] MORE PROSECUTIONS--THE SOLDIERS WITHDRAW--A NON-UNION HOTEL DYNAMITED--HOMESTEAD FIGURES IN PARADES AND GIVES A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY--SLAVS WEAKENING--THE "LOCAL NEWS" PREDICTS DEFEAT--GOMPERS AGAIN--SHERIFF McCLEARY IS HARASSED AND INCREASES HIS CORPS OF DEPUTIES--LAWYER JONES IN TROUBLE--SCHWAB SUCCEEDS POTTER AS SUPERINTENDENT--HOMESTEAD'S LAST RIOT--STRIKER ROBERTS HINTS AT DEFEAT--MECHANICS AND LABORERS GO BACK TO WORK.