The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-24
So Says Casey Who Was Dis
charged by LsWisohns.
SW0AE he WOULD GET EVEN.
Claims That His Vengeance Has Oay Be-
gun Sent Statements All Over III,
wNIi-Hurt Am,Igamatsd.

New York, Dec. 4.--"I swore ia be
even with the Lewisohns when they dis.
charged me from the United Metals Sell.
Ing Company" said Henry L. Casey YES.
! terday. They laughed because they were
backed by the Amalgamated Copper Com
pshy ana the standard oil Company, but
my revenge has cost millions up 10 date
IN the man who brought copper from
lSo To 81, and I've only starred the ba ttle.
/ ! We cost The Lcwisohns some millions
| nave deprecated the stock value OF Anal
| gamated ana forced the price of copper
, 20 II cents pound. That's loss OF
I sb"oooo or the supply on hand. for tho
! AmslsAmated Company has over ls5 900 00e
| pounds ahead. with few purchasers"
Mr.. Casey. who has an office at Sc F,,l
| ION street, is about five feet five inches in
height with gray eyes, "A closely cropped.
| ren-ilntsd beard and mustache and il bs Id
lie talks with the soft accent OF a south
erner, nut with the rapidty and vivacity
| OF Frenchman.
II presume the people OF New York will
nsuFe mat ] was bear on the market
ana that j manipulated matters 10 bring
copper down" said he. "but that is not
so ] went i'm TO knock copper down by
teiIing The truth, because the Lewieohns.
who arc AZ the head OF the United Metals
Company, part or the AmsIgsmated
company and child OF the STANDARD oil.
mad discharged me after fourteen years
OF faithful service
have brought ruin on many. I pre-
sumo, but my purpose was 10 cost those
who injured me some of their millions
They can sell no copper at big prices
hereafter when they have an overproduc-
uon and millions and millions of pounds
OF the metal lying idle"
DISCHARGE AFTER VACATION.
Mr.. Casey, who appears 80 show no
hatred against the Rockefellers. H. IL
rogers or other Standard OIL men OK
cept the Lewisohns. told with some feel |
Ing or MS long connection with the con- |
cern which they control
When j went to work for the Lew (
isohns fourteen years ago" he said. 81
was told that IL ] remained with the con-
Germ would he taken into the firm
planned and schsmed and worked for
them. saved them hundreds OF thousands
OF dollars in freights and did all the plan
ming.
For twelve years never took vaca-
tion. Finally the Metals Company merg-
ed with the Amalgamsted Copper Com
pany, and they believed they were I'm 4
position TO seize the commerce OF the
world by the throat and throttle it They
proposed TO corner the copper Of the
world when they only controlled about so
per cent. OF the output OF this country
aione-to hold the stuff, force up the sell |
n8 price TO enormous figures and squeeze |
lut tremendous dividends. / told them |
hey could not win, for they could not .
.ontrol the output
Were in the Standard OIL Company |
low, said one of the members OF the
iFm. you've never done business with
NAT company aud you don't know how
hey work. Nobody dares fight them. for
they start the Standard will wipe them
IN the earth. We know we can corner the
oppsr supply and put the price up 10 anv &
ONE 10 MS
\ argued against the plan" continued ! 3
lr Casey. but my argument went for | Z
ausht. Shortly after that | went 10 New | 5
'rieans 10 see my mother, who was dv- ! S
ng S
When ] returned and announced that | s
was prepared 10 resume business Jesse (
'ewisohn informed me that. as the ANAL {
amated, and the United Metals Selling
ompanv had absolute control of the con- 8
er or the country, and that buyers had 10
oms TO them, statesmen would not be (
eeded any longer and n had better take ;
office and look for another position.
II went to Leopold Lewisohn Informed ;
I'M OF my dismissal and told him | had
zen promised an interest in the business. |
SENT 1000 CIRCULARS. 5
p" IF tho firm had remained as II was
, said, we would undoubtedly have done ;
mething for you. but now we're in the
malganated and don't see what we can
II determined 20 reduce their fortune
hlch | had helped them make nv now
nous circular followed That circular ~
cited the fact that The company had on -
md secret supply OF 135. 400 600 pounds
copper. that 2no0O,O00 pounds i'm excess
the demand was being produced every
onth. that over fifth or the total an
al production was on hand without n
rchaser and urging purchasers TO buv
~ ~ small quantities and not 10 ac
mulate a supply. =.
One thousand OF these circulars vvara n
nt IL took twenty trips day 10 the
stonlce for five weeks TO send them 10
rchasers, for the schedule was so ar
nsed that the men i'm St Petersburp
ankfort Cairo, Buenos Ayres and To-
received them simultaneously with -
2 men I'm san Francisco. Brooklyn. Ros- Il
J and New York l.
Copper broke an over the world tbe
y the circulars were opened The Anal.
mated sent denials- but the work had
en done. Then they secretly sold |
road 6oWo.OoO pounds OF copper al
1ts below the price. ! learned of tho J ,,,
~ ana cabled my agents abroad. Con. w
: broke again. and its been going down e.
sr since. The fight will never sfon for ~
'ugh have been warned that was tn 90
We danger hy Sighting the Standard OH y"
tne Amaissmatcd Copper companies I
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