Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-24
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Immediately aftsr the tragedy doors
leaaing from the Carnegie Office eaIii-
ing we're CLOSELY guarded aud admit
t1nee wss denied 10 everybody. no
matter what the nature of their huss-
ness- inslds The building the confused
murmur OF the eroSds upon the street
we're plainly heard. la the mean
time all the PHYSICIANS ia the
inimedlAta uelghborhood had been
summoned and with Dr. Ltchneld,
Al eminent practitioner. Al their head.
proceeded 10 administer 10 the
wounded man, who. although weak
from the loss of blood and Suffering
great pain, stiil retained consciousness.
HE Vas lying on y couch when the
doctors arrived, aud the frst report
that came out. which wss evidently
based on the superficial examinations,
was 10 the effect that four shots had
taken effect that one had penetrated
the bowels, another had entered the
chords IN the back of his neck, third
had struck the ear, and that Frlck had
Too Badly Hars Ia Move.
Later The semto fiicial statement came
that three shots had taken erfect-one
IN the ear, another in the neck and q
tnlrd IN the back. The unfortunate
man had also received = serious gash in
the back from = sharp knife. 1t Was
decided that the patient could not be
Immediately removed to his residence.
except At the risk Of mis- life, and for
two hours thereafter the physicians ex-
erted themselves toward alieviating MS
sufferings bv All methods and by all
medical appliances known to medical
science. At $3.50 p. m. word came from
the room that one of the balls had been
extracted. but which one WAS not
stated.
At this hour, the attending physi-
clans will risx no opinion regarding the
Chances of Mr.. Frlck's recovery. 1t is
feared that the effect of the news
upon Mrs. FrIck, who eight or ten days
ago became the mother OF little boy,
and VINO IS devotedly attached 10 her
husband, will be very serious.
The excitement III the city Is growing
with every minute, ami no sucn fever
has been experienced since the riots of
II. business men have left their stores
and are mlughng with the surging
crowd Of people, and business III the
central portion OF the city, for the TIME
being, 10 practically suspended.
AMan with History.
Mr.. Frick is q man of remarkable
history. He was born in Fayette
county, Pennsylvania. in December,
1919, and while u hoy became one OF
the trusted clerks in Overholt's dis
tillery. When barely 81 years Of age
ne engaged in the coke business as an
operator ON his own account. He made
his firs: great strike in 1872 by building
a coke road from Bradford to Mount
Pleasant. The Baltimore a. Ohio saw
the value OF TINS road and
bought il at handsome profit
to the owner. Mr.. Frick at once
invested his entire capital in coal
lands and additional coke plants. In
1882 the coke interests held by him and
r. NJ. and Walter Ferguson reached
such an enormous size that Carnegie
Broa. Il Co. paid 81 SOC, 900 for = half
interest therein. lie then bought the
Standard works. J. NJ. Schoonmaker's .
plant and others. bringing into one in-
terest u, 900 to 25, 900 acres OF Connells-
vi 10 coal. Later the holdings were in
creased so per cent. The coiapany has
nearly 10000 ovens and in busy times
produces from 5000 to $4,000 tons
of coke daily. On the death
of David A., Stewart Mr.. Car
negie. recognizing the great bueiness
ability of MIR. Frlck, succeeded In get
ting HIM to take an interest IN the
firms OF Carnegie Bros. and Carnegie,
Pn,pps Il Co., and he accepted the po-
sitiou of Chairman. When the CON-
panies consolidated July /. with q cap
ital Of $25. DOC, 900, Mr.. Fr.ck hecame
chairman Ga the new organization and
active mead of ITS vast interests.
Hated by the workmen.
At the time Of the great Connells-
vile coke strike IN the spring and sum-
mer OF 1891, Mr.. Frick was the head of
the II. l.. Frick company, which en-
ployed over $4,000 men and had nearly
10, 900 ovens IN full blast. When all the
other coke companies had concluded,
rs Elucn out Of the starving condition
of the workers and their families as
on account OF the heavy losses which
they were mourning. to end
the strikes and at least meet the men
half way IN their demands, Mr.. Frick
by persistentIy sticking to his sliding
scale scheme and by holding to his
determination to make the strikers re-
turn To work under harder conditions
than they left, prolonged the strike for
several months. tie was the direct
cause for most of the evictions, the
stories of which aroused the country,
when she distress OF the strIkers secured
national relief. Mr.. Frick's op-
position to the men who had
struck against the sliding scale was
40 strong that he employed only
. small proportion Of thoee VINO begged
to be allowed To return to work. In
stead. he imported many thousands OF
negroes and Itallans. 1t is said that he
conceded to these imported workmeu
much that had been originally de-
manded by strikers- This course made
him exceedingly unpopular and this
unpopularIty has been enhanced dur
a