Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-24

STANDARD OIL" Some or the rallroad
owned by Rockefeller and his pals, II
which Reinhart had no part, were Il
go in too, and with these was to unit'
that mother hog Of them all, Stand
ard Oil" itself. The trust was to b'
an enormous company, the like o
which had until then not even beer
dreamed Of by the most daring stool
manipulators. The Systems" banks
as we'll as trust and insurance com
panies throughout the country, hat
for a long time been getting into
shape by concentrating the money o.
the country for this monster trust. i
was newspaper and news bureau gos.
sip that Reinhart and his crowd hat
bought millions Of shares Of the diff.
ferent stocks involved in the deal, ane
| it was common knowledge that upor
its successful completion Reinhart's
fortune would be in the neighborhoot
of a billion. On October 1st the GER
tificate of the Anti-People's Trust
$4,000, 100000 capital, 120,000,OOO
shares were listed upon the New York
London, and Boston Stock Exchanges
and the German and French Bourses
and trading in them started off fast
and furious at LOG. The claim that one
billion of twelve billions capital had
been set aside to be used in protecting
and manipulating the stock In the
market, had been SO widely advertised
that even the most daring plunger die
not think of selling it short.
1t was evident to all in the stock
gambling world that this was to be
the Systems" grand coup, that al
it's completion the masses would be
rudely awakened to a realization thai
their savings were invested in the
combined American industries at vast
ly inflated values, that the few had
all the real money, and that any at
tempt upon the peoples part to regu-
late and control the new system oi
robbery, would be fraught with un-
paralleled disaster--not to the "Sys-
tem," but to the people
Since Bobs return from Europe
had seen him but few times. UI
to October 1st he had not been neal
the Stock Exchange or "the Street.
Shortly after the listing Of the "Peo-
pie Be Damned" as "the Street" had
dubbed the new trust, he began tc
show UP at his Office regularly This
was the condition Of affairs when
Fred Brownley called me up on the
telephone. as 1 related at the begin
ming of my story which did not real
ize had been so long in telling.
My thoughts had been chasing each
other with lightning-like rapidity back
over the last five years and the 15 be-
fore them, and each thought deepened
the black mist over my present men,
tai vision. In the midst Of my re-
Elections my telephone rang again.
"Mr Randolph, for Heavens sake
have you done nothing yet?" 1t was
Fred Brownley's voice. Things are
frightful here. Bobs brokers are sell
ing stocks at five and ten thousand
lot clips. Barry Conant is leading
Reinhart's forces. It is said he has
the POOLS protection order in Anti
Peoples and that it Is unlimited, but
Bob has the Reinhart crowd pretty
badly scared. Swan has just finished
giving Conant a hundred thousand of
the reel in 10000 lots. and he told me
moment ago he was going to get
Bob himself to face Barry Conant
They're down 20 points on the aver
age, although they haven't let Anti
Peoples break an eighth yet. They
have it pegged at 106, but there is an
ugly rumor just in that Bob, under
cover Of a great attack. is unloading
Anti-Peoples on to the Reinhart wing
for Rogers and Rockefeller, and the
rumor is getting in it's work. Even
Barry Conant is growing a bit anx-
ious. The latest talk is that Reinhart
is borrowing hundreds Of millions on
Anti Peoples, and that his loans are
being called in all directions. Do you
know Reinhart is at his place in Vir-
ginia and cannot get here before to-
morrow night? If Bob breaks through
Anti-People's peg, it will be the worst
crash yet"
"All right, Fred" I answered. 90
will go over to Bobs right now.
hate to do it, but there Is no Other
hope"
| 1 dropped the receiver and started
for Bob's Office. AS l went through
his counting room one OF the clerks
said, "They have just broken Anti
Peoples to 80 on a bulletin that Ton
Reinhart's wife and only daughter
have been killed in an automobile ac'
cdent at their place in Virginia They
first had it that Reinhart himself was
killed. That has been corrected, al
though the latest word is that he Is
Frustrated
| l raped on Bob's private office
door. / felt the coming struggle as
He stood at the ticker with the tape
in one hand, while with the other hi
held the telephone receiver to his ear
My God, what a picture for stage!
His magnificent form was erect, his
feet were as firmly planted as II he
were made of bronze, his shoulders
thrown back as If he were withstand
ing the rush Of the Stock Exchange
hordes. his eyes afire with a sullen
smouldering blaze, his jaw was set II
way that brought into terrible relie
the new, hard lines Of desperation
that had recently come into his face
His great chest was rising and falling
as though he were engaged in phys.
ical struggle his perfect fitting, heavy
black Melton cutaway coat, thrown
back from the chest, and low
turn down white collar formed the
setting for a throat and head that re-
minded one of a forest monarch a.
bay on the mountain crag awaiting
the coming Of the hounds and hunters
| l hesitated at the threshold to catct
my breath, as I took in the terrific
figure. Had Brownley been an enc