The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16

PITTSBURG. Pa. Feb. 1S.-Dalzeu,
Scott and Gordon. attorneys for the Car
negie steel Company. have acknowledged
service OF the papers in the suit brought
against the company by II. {. FriCk. for
merly manager Of the company, but they
insist that papers must be served on all
the defendants, some Of whom are in Eu-
rope and say that it viii be several weeks
before the suit is completed.
Since the open rupture between Carne-
gle and his manager. Il has come to light
that in 1884 Prick. who was then the new
head OF the H. c. Prick Coke Company,
Of which Carnegie was the principal stock
holder, was so greatly offended by the con-
duct Of Carnegie and enc Of his employees
that he left Pittsburg without notifying
Carnegie, went 10 Europe. and remained
there until Carnegie sent over a friend
and apolOgized 20 him.
As The story goes. one day Mr.. Prick and
some OF the managers of rival coke com
0anies. with which he lad formed a syn
dictate for regulating the price of coke,
we're in consultation. John Walker, known
then as Carnegie's right hand man. walked
in lie and Frick were not friends. Prick
looked up and said: Mr.. walker. are you
aware that this is private meeting OF
business men oh. l know that" re
piled Mr.. walker. "tu, I don't suppose
YOU viii object 90 yc,lios nae The price coke
is ~ sell ar Viii ycc Nca SNOW r9y com
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that as the --s-E1r-> EEt .-s- heard what
holder 90 the Fries Company had % say.
there was nothing more Cor him 10 say
After Carnegie ar0.Csi-,& ana tvogEh
Prick back from Europe. Prick rtEaiuCa
the fullest confidence OF the Carnegie
Steel Company. but iJ is said that even n
he forEayc Carnegie. he never forgo, ttc
incident
Another thing. under which he ChafCd.
wos that Carnegie, since the Homestead
strike. had in speeches, as ne thought by
implication, made it appear that he shifted
tho rcspous ihiliry for the labor troubles
TO FrIcN who was the Official head Viii q
the strike was under way. In these, as in
many miner matters. 30 is said. that Car
ncEip offended Fr.ck but the breach became
wider when Prick fouEG he was, in Car
ucgie.s eyes. responsible FOR the failure of
the syndicate 90 buy Carnegie Interests
i'm the steel company.
Prick. Judge Moore Of Chicago. and
some Of he smaller stockholders had paid
81 Go0rUo To- Carnegie as an option on sale
Of Oh his interests I'm the company for
Si5I. GOO. Goo. The syndicate could not raise
the money in time and Frick and Andrew
Mellon. a Pittsburg capitalist. went %
SkibO Castle. Scotland. to get Carnegie 10
extend the time. Carnegie said that since
ne made the price his interests had adj
yanced 500 .uC0 000. and ne would. there
fore. sell az a new price Of $l7I.O 000 Il
ne got another 81 900 600 bonus for the o.
lion. Frick and Mellon left Immediately
but they went 20 another neighbOrhOOd
and let Carnegie know where they could
De found. Although they stayed there foI
six weeks Carnegie did not send for then
and they returned home Now il is said
that Carnegie really wanted TO sell. al
though he did not wish 10 disclose his anN
iety 10 do so and ne held Frick response
bic for not having renewed the negOtia-
lions.
Persons who know both Frick and Car
negie say that there are grave causes FOR
the destruction Of the relations between
the two men for they recall three years
ago. while Carnegie Was on his way TO New
York city. that he put his arm around Mr.
Tricks neck in the Union Station i'm Pitts
burg and said 10 the men who we're there
to see him of.
You gentlemen don't know Mr.. Frick.
The newspapers OF PittsburR have no idea
Of he good he has done the city. The time
VIII come when you and the newspapers
and The public OF Pittsburg Will admit that
Henry Clay Frick is the greatest man this
city has ever produced. That's right. Har-
~ Frick. I mean what 7 say"
The conflict between Fricb and Carnegie
is being watched keenIy in Philadelphia by
men interested in the manufacture of steel
II is thought by some of the Philadelphia
that Prick. irrespective of the outcome OF
his suit aginst Carnegie. is going ahead
to establish. in conjunction with other cap
ualists, another steel plant for the manu-
tacture OF armor plate. especially for the
United States Government IL is said that
he believes that Andrew CarneGie's utter
ances against expansion and In favor OF
free trade for steel Industries will not en-
dear him TO the Mckinley Administration
aud that in bidding for new contracts for
armOr and structural steel, other things
being equal Prick and his associates will
have an advantage over the Carnegie Steel
Company. II Is asserted that the Carne-
gle company has never really competed
with the Bethlehem Steel Company, but