New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-07
UNION LEAGUE AND FRICK.
THE FAMOUS HOMESTEAD MANAGER
SEEKS ADMISSION TO THE CLUB
ACTIVE OPPOSITION TO HIM DEVELOPS HE rs
OBJECTED TO NOT so MUCH on ACCOUNT
OF HIS COURSE N 1892 AS BECAUSE OF
HIS REPORTED $4,000 CoNTRI-
BUTTON TO CLEvEIAND's
CAMPAIGN FUND

CAMPAIGN FUND.
| Edwin Einsteins resignation will not be the
| only unpleasant subject for consideration at the
meeting Of the Union League Club next Thurs
day night There Is another matter Of different
| kind but az dsagreeable in its way and equally
laden with the seeds Of animated and prolonged
d!spuiation Mr. Einsten wants to go out; the
club does not want him to go; at least a large
element Of the membership views his proposed de-
parturc with unfeigntd regret. Henry e. frick
on the other hand. wants to come in; the club
has not said whether It would have him or not
but an active vigorous minority is decidedly
against his admission and is working hard to
prevent 1t.
Mr. Frick is not Ncv-Yorls man. He spends
little time here being only an occasional visitor
Nevertheless. he is much better known thah
Thousands Of New Workers who have grown up
on this mas,-g!rt island and the majority Of the
gentlemen with whom he aspircs To associate In
the Union League. De Quincy aflirms that mos,
things are practically forgotten within forty
light hours. but it Is easy to believe that long
time must elapse before the stirring events that
ushered Mr.. Frick into puDIic gaze VIII fade
from the memory Of this generation. The year
1892 was fun Of unusual developments. The
Presidential campaign vas exciting throughout
There was much agitation on an fields Of actv-
iiy AT home and abroad but II IS doubtful If
anything except. perhaps. the result Of the Ma
tional contest impressed the minds of people
more than the Homestead riots. in which Mr
Frick played such a conspicuous role.
Nominally. Mr. Frlck was merely the agent OF
the great Carnegie concern; I'm reality, ne was
the controlling force the firms side through
out the entire controversy It was he who
really decided upon the course Of action against
the strikers. It was he who insisted upon radical
measures: and II was he who scorned al efforts
to bring about an amirabe settlement Of the
affair. even when urged % do 50 by leading
men OF the country including Andrew Carnegie
himself. As manager Of the great plant he de-
cncd every proposal ~ this nature. He hap
pened 10 be in position II decide the matter
according to his own views. and he did 80. even
with Mr Carnegie on the opposite side "If the
Preslden, of the United States and his entire
Cabinet" he remarked on one occasion. land If
the Republican National Committee and Mr..
Carnegie In person should come and sue FOR
peace. would not yield one inch in this matter.
I shall nghi It out n 1t takes all summer and all
winter and every dollar ! have in the world
And ne KEEP, his word. In vain did the Re
publican managers point out to him IN" disas-
trous effects u tho strike upon the campaign
He Was deaf 10 all entreaty. lie would only
consider one question. how ~ beat tne strikers;
and tho attempt = the crazy Anarchists 10 XII
him only intensified his des',c on this point.
Even when suffering most a>Ately from MS
b., ,unhs he evincel the strongest . termination
n.i even to listen 70 a-conciliAtofy 1N.IrN.
Us bulldog courage was admired th'n IL
stlIl is objection - his admission To- tho mon
League club docs not aris" from the unyielding
disposition he unaffected nor because BE- refused
to consider party interests I'm declining To- do
ANYTHING toward ,Ncrting settlement tie nad
a rerf..t right 90 follow his own ideas of what
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