New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

nw years won fortunes from source OF PROM
the changing Of horse railways into as large cities
hi:ht rto worked loss with horses are thomks 70
dsnd For on eecrey IN four has dis
placed 10000 horses American tramway ys 10 600
o@s OF ope ere BY eescy The of
this renovated tram Investment Is ne' ,aryge degree
Of earning power not money pad sd IN
'ramway millionaires to the nuaper ,o 0n list of
American money monopoliss It is naurn al S slsp
from Yerkes who made his fortune cheny m n,
aires resident in that city.
PHIL" ARMOURs INDUSTRY.
one cold winter morning having arrived In C NJ
cago about o'clock. was making my way =, ,yhite
no.e to be n the street a Especially when
was located In the business centre OF grsae .irn
and said Look. there's phil hard at work; Come
Wen tx small e. Of Skr f Srm fnls eV the
millionaire pork packer butcher grain ga, famp anj
stone steps. across large office made to accomm2,
date hundred clerks but now RI on on m
Of Phil was in ,hS atodd G
n hs M he World w ID second Perkyn Mddewc butter
man-carefully examining large pooki III , VIII hv
day lie is always at his office two hours before ms
clerks arrive: and he always begins the days WORK
ness have been told by men able TO Judge that no
man In America ha The same "YaG ba ana his S are
doing lie has five in his employ to each o., OF
when he pays a salary of 10000 year And all ms
here lies the secret Of his success all well worked
body as well as brain Phil" Armour impressed me
and very much alive in brain. eye. ear and body
He seemed nerveless as an old oak tree ana ms
that is iow felt "Phlr' Armour is worth about bon
&o@o.ooo lie has given between S'ocO'O" ana '''""
After few words with he great pork packet
my friend preached the poker question: honesty
from, Ia.
eyes snapped. feared he was on the point o, sus
did not He only Invited to come to his house that
evening. He would have some OF the boys tnere
a most interesting lot. ali millionaires except two
Judge Gresham. Clcvelands fav rite Eabnct MN
bier of the Chicago Board of Trade. Norman T.
Roam tan man Ti'h n1cr OF mn ron
the grain markets OF he world up ana down AT
has no limit and the bluff often wins. There was
Marshall Field ten times mInnaire maze on, OF
now father-inlaw of the Hon George 'urz9h. re
h 1' asked for cards fancicd it was one Of his 800
clerks crying, in their accustomed way, ".ash!
fame VAS here ' Iookng u the ccmfortabc r
or rather than uncomfortable millionaire NJ Stcad
blLn rather than pay s. to see hat had lie was
as conservative In poker as In paace cars Bu' ne
Gominecring wGy even with his brother miliionaircs.
the manner and method which have made AL ms
one Air the talk about his scishness and tricky
ways is ridicnlcd by, men who krow his life day by
Potter Palmer the millionaire hotel owner ami
real estae man was another OF ne tarV r r ' frnn
tn multitude. The ~est Of the company were men
lacking lndvidHality- VINO had one mgm, s'S
value of land long held in the family Taken an 10
ionable set OF mer. and each wore his mantle OF
millions easily.
HOW JAMES J. HILL BEGAN.
II is very curious. but / find | have left out the
most interesting man in card party. This is DUE
I'm all prohabi to the ciro umstance that he was
the only who did not play poker This man was
railway man in the West and railway man who
enjoys this unique record mis- properties have IN tne
bends Forty years ago jim HI was ,rousf-
about .n the wharf IN 81 Paul MINI. dhat Is ~
earned s. day carryipg WOOD ana tr"isnt on mr., ms
back from the wharf to the deck Of TIE MisSssippi
boats with surprising rapidity. Money came to MN
Railway. owned by ilollanders, got into trouble
Hill somehow got the road out OF trouble but al
land owners To-day he Is worth s70.o0oGo In APP
pearance he strongly suggests lion on Two , leGs
Tn. kind OF lion. in the financial world the lamp
80 oi h n,S nrSyd hoTv bmt oyersized head
u ~, r'1 hi '' hair l., Samson in the ante-Delilah
days and his hat IL always TWO sizes too Dig tor nm
He neither smokes. drinks nor eamhles. but IN IN"
lace Of such a record of the minor virtues no one
.v,r calls I'm saint E~ ,nr is n' on the barf
his sweetheart worked for wages AT the Only hoteI
When wealth came 10 him he sent his sweetheart
for TWO years to an Eastern $, ho3L theh marr"d
her To-day from the window Of their ho ON "a
house which cost S1c"o 70 build h. can see the old
wharf where h" once worked nara ana .ons, shr,
looks down upon IN" roof Of that same hitle hotel
In which long ago. a strl who's" FACE was her Only
fortune. she tOilcd HS a servant ~
Neither is ashamed OF their numbr STAR lney
Of emerald, the handSom'st In Airerca do's no.
look of place her neck even In IN" eyes Oh tl
most critical. for underneath the or,1n, oI , ~
thousands of dollars distributed each year 10 poor
, tS"t Ti'% which comes Win riches
Mr.. llill of whom hay" just written controls
The United States The West is the old home OF gold
and silver mining. and II IS Therefore 4 nAtnral
to the subject Of miner and Mirror" millionaircs
But the name Of such men Is legion. Let me select
N millions outside Of the ordinary.
THE BONANZA KINGS
The bonanza Kings will suit our purpose Flood,
Q ltricn Mackay and Fair were all In queer street
Californian gold fever surgcd across the continent
in iS,e they tried thalr luck with the crowd at the
new rl Dorado in the heart OF the Sicrras TO
Nevada IN" four disabled vster"nS Of the cold Gold
still bur they knew something about mining. and
In this respect far IN advance Of the great ma,
knowlcdg" OF mill and mine soon enabled each man
to engage in profitable spec"n, nei or long
Each man worked with energy and with the skill
that experience had given him.
In each of the four mines great discoveries OF the
precious metal were ultimately made. and the civil
lied world rang with the story OF that bed or gold
and silver which the foundation 10 4 Who'll"
range OF mountains. The first Wild talk was never
realized but from those four mines their propric-
tors. Flood OBricn. Mackay and FAR, TOOK out
gold and silver which sold for s2oooo,"1
The "Bonanza' story s sensational but IL has
never appealed 10 my Imagination as strongly as the
story of old Tommy Cruise. of Montana Probably
the circimst ancc that | krcw the old man before
he his millions lends 20 his story large part
OF it's charm. Then. too will admit lean toward
Tommy Cruise. because riches did not work FOR
rightcC in his case. they do with such mad
Il. ming persistency IN all mining frances. When
met Tommy first his only asset was In serious dan
ger for his five undcrfcd and underlined ponies were
about to hc seized for overdue taxes could not
help Tommy with money but tried TO with advice
STRIKE old Sam Ashby for couple OF hundred dol
lars" | suggested. Sam Ashby one of the rich
men of Helena. Mont; nj that period. and ran a
small savings bank Tommy Cruise tried old sam
Ashby." All he got however. was some pretty free
L.. In In ussIlrnl Tommy l'I1IsC