Henry Clay Frick - The Man

HENRY CLAY FRICK- THE MAN by GEORGE HARVEY. Originally published in 1928. Contents PAGE I. ANCESTRY I II. BOYHOOD II III. BEGINNING BUSINESS IN COKE .... 19 IV. A TRIUMPH OF FAITH AND COURAGE ... 44 V. INTERLUDE 6j VI. ENTER THE CARNEGIES 76 VII. THE MAN IN STEEL 93 VIII. HOMESTEAD 106 IX. THE STATE INTERVENES 124 X. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION 136 XI. POLITICS 146 XII. THE LAIRD AND THE MAN . . . . l6o XIII , VICTORY'S COST AND GAIN 175 XIV. OLIVER AND FRICK 187 XV, NEGOTIATIONS 100 XVI. MR. FRICK RECEIVES HIS RESIGNATION . . Zl8 XVII. THE FINAL DRAMATIC BREAK .... 117 XVIII. MR. FRICK WINS HIS FIGHT 137 XIX. THE UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION . 158 XX. A CAPITALIST 169 XXI. PUBLIC AFFAIRS 189 XXII. THE PATRIOT 313 XXIII. AN ART COLLECTOR 331 XXIV. BENEFACTIONS AND BEQUESTS .... 344 XXV. PERSONALITY Illuftrations HENRY CLAY FRICK Frontispiece Wood engraving by Timothy Cole PACING PAGE DANIEL miCK Grandfather 4 THE OVERHOLT RESIDENCE 6 ABRAHAM OVERHOLT Grandfather 8 BIRTHPLACE THE LITTLE SPRING HOUSE . . . IO CHRISTIAN OVERHOLT Uncle 12 - ACCOUNT RENDERED Written and initialed hy Mr. Frick . 2.6 A LETTER OF CONDOLENCE Written and initialed byMr. Frick z8 JOHN S. R. OVERHOLT: Brother-in-law 30 JOHN W. PRICK Father 3 X MRS. JOHN W. PRICK Mother 4 A PRICK DOLLAR BILL 5^ MRS. ABRAHAM OVERHOLT Grandmother . . - 5 8 ABRAHAM O. TINSTMAN Cousin HENRY CLAY FRICK At the age of fourteen fe 4 o At the age of sixteen 00 At the age of nineteen At the age of twenty-one . 9 At the age of twenty-five I 4 1 At the age of thirty . . . - l6 PICTURE GALLERY I 9 1 MR, AND MRS. FRICK MR. AND MRS. KNOX On a holiday in Venice x: L 4 FACING PAGE HENRY CLAY ^ IC& At the age of forty-five . . . . Z