"The keeper of the furnace was a negro... I watched
him to see how he managed the four white men that worked for him. They were Austrians,
and I found they joked together and showed no resentment of status. Commands were
given with a nod or a gesture. With the American on the furnace, the relationship
was a traditional one."
"Steel: The Diary of a Furnace Worker': Charles
Rumford Walker, 1922
