His employees worked long hour work days; rarely had days off, and were paid unreasonable wages to have a chance at living, paying bills, and keeping their families fed. These workers struggled to survive the brutal conditions and it started to become unhealthy and dangerous. .

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             Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish immigrant who came to the United States in 1848. He worked in factories as a telegraph operator and then became hired for a railroad company. The company gave him money to invest in the stock market and soon became a millionaire . In 1872 Andrew Carnegie submerged into the steel industry and became overnight well known. Like John D. Rockefeller, he kept the wages of his worker low and disliked other unions. Carnegie had his own method of owning the industries that supported his steel industry. He paid less to make his steel, and was able to sell and move his steel since the railroad become connected form east all the way out west, he did it for less that way the majority of people bought his steel.

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             The middle class to lower class really disliked these men, Thomas O'Donnell gave a testimony before the us senate committee in 1885 we he stated that would only make on dollar and fifty cents week, roughly six dollars a month, he also stated that some men that had children that were able to work would only make .30 through .40 cents a day . At times in our modern time we can understand having teenagers working for money and at times have them pay bills or have a car payment just to teach responsibility. We also have the luxury of government enforced laws that limit age, pay and hours worked unlike then when there was not limit on age or pay, and children had to work long hard hours for on cents at a time, to help with household bill almost nothing came for them to spend, yes in those days the dollar wasn't valued as much as it is now, but during that time, that pay for the amount of hours they would work was not suitable.