The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17
CLASH OF STEEL KINGS.
d. c. Tricks Widely eralded Suit
Against Carnegie For an
Accounting.
THE ABSORBING TOPIC AT PITTSBURGH.
VIII he Lined Up Formidable Ar
rays of Legal Giants-The Man
Who Drew the I~rOn-Clad Agree
mcnt TO Try to Smash 1t.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Feb. 14.-The an
nourcement in the papers that the
lcng-threatened clash of the steel
kings had been finally precipitated by
ii Z Fricke filing the widely-heralded
sui against Andrew Carnegie and the
equitable accounting of the ex-chair
mans stock holdings in the giant steel
%ccrcern, created a sensation in finaI.-
cial and manufacturing circles hero.
and was the principal topic through
out the city.
A Most Important Suit.
The suit is regarded as the most i'm
p%ortant ever filed in connection with
the steel business, and it is said more
money is at stake than in any legal
proceedings ever brought in this
country in which all the parties were
simply citizens. Steel manufacturers
view the trouble as a bitter personal
struggle for supremacy,an are watch
ing each move with intense interest.
Legal Giants Called to Action.
Tho legal talent called into action ty
the suit is an array of the giants of
the profession in this state. with prob
able luminaries of national repute ct
to be included.
IN Mr.. Tricks side are John G.
JChr son, of Philadelphia, who stands
at the head of the equity lawyers of
the city, and perhaps of the state, and
who has been engaged in some of the
greatest legal battles of the country;
David T. Watson, of Pittsburgh, an at
to.ney scarcely less widely known,
and whose prowess in the civil courts
of the state have been proved time AM,
again, in cases where vast fortune
were at stake; and, finally, Willis F
McCook, for years the personal coun
selcr and intimate friend of Mr.
Fr.ck, whose ability in handling tn.
affairs of big corporations, has pu'
him in the front rank at the Alleghen,
county bar.
To Undo His Own Work.
Strangely enough, Attorney Watson
is the man who originally drew up tn
now-famous 'ironclad" agreement TO
i, Andrew Carnegie, and which he ha
now been retained to find a flaw in
and have declared invalid. 1t is sal;
that Mr.. Watson spent the best part o
three months in drafting this instrr
ment. and when finished. declared tina
! it was the strongest paper of the kin
, h, had ever formulated.
!, Plans Not Yet Formulated.
As yet little has come TO light G
the plans made by Andrew Carnegi
to defend his company's interests, 4
though it is almost certain that Da
zell, Scott & Gordon have been at wor
n for days in the Carnegie defense. Co,
gresi man John Dalzell, the seniC
= member of this law firm. is not
Pittsburgh, and so far has attende
. none of the conferences which are =
. ported to have recently taken pla'
with Mr.. ~Carnegie's adherents and re
rescptatives in the steel company, III
y he will likely take a hand before Ion
other Legal Talent.
Other prominent lawyers of bo'
- this city and New York are mentions
as having been retained by Mr.. Ca
=, negie, but just who will really be o
o posed to the legal array on Mr.. Fricl
: side. can not certainly be ascertain
=. until q day or two has passed and a
swer is made t % the bill.
- Attorney McCook said that he CO
fidently expected the suit to come
trial before midsummer, and prot
bly, much earlier.