Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04


nonsaneia grew and Pittsburgh emerged
from us swaddling clothes. Mr.. Overholtz
became the Leading miller and distiller
VI western pennsylvania. His daughter.
hlHaDcth' married John w. Frick'
young man of Swiss ancestry who at the
,lme was working as an engineer in the
oNerholt disti'Iery II was from thls
union mat the future capitalist was
oorh' inc father attempted farming
nut did not make remarkabIe success
Oh II ana az result young iicnrN Gay
u TICK was pracucaHE ADOPTED INTO the
'Verhoi ianllE Wheh ne was "o'u' u
years old' lie received goo" aSlc
Schoohhs' out thcre was hothll@ III ms
poFhood TO indicate the rcnarkaoic apH-
II! "h'ch character'Heo MS 'a'er me- eN-
'epJ MS easerhesS l" get Hlo pusiheSS'
for time ne was bookkeeper III MS
grahdlathcrs dstiIIery ana from TINS
position ne went to Morgan company.
COKE dealers ana at about u years or
age ne appeared in PITTSBURGH as then
agent The coke industry was in it's in
FANCY. Inc iron masters of Pittsburgh
were lust beginning to appreciate the
value of coke for their furnaces. Young
Prick had an opportunity to acquire
limited interest in plant near Bradford.
other holdings lie later joined a COM
pany to build n railroad to penetrate the
Connesville coke region and in 1871. the
year this road was opened. Mr.. Frick
organized the corporation Of Frick u COM
panN. which bought Goa; land and coke
ovens in the Connelsvillc region. That
was the basis of the Frick fortune. The
undivided attention of the rising finan-
cier was given to coke until 1882
In the midst of this period there came
the pan. Of 10 and the financial crash
Of many aubitious onorators AT the
sheriffs sale Mr. Frlck purchased adj
ditio,al tract of coal land and ovcns
and q fa,v vears Iatar pho NcIlons now
arfu, pittshure, bankers became utter.
ested in tho oxr,rdirc enternrise Of tbe
vounp operator
1,bn Carra,ioe tber do,olonins their
yr.,t etoc, usinoss IN p;ttshrr,b ROD
taken 1a1ruc HOLDINGS in rho Ericl,
colt co,,,n,nv ,nd ~ 1890 Mr. Erici,
fo,,nd ttn C,.,,,io hra,hars ,,.i,,;,,rr
70 odn,i, b;r, ,,or,hor Of thoi,.
f;r,, IN oonsiIo-,,ion of his s,;,,i,,
then, fnrtbe, interos,s in HE col.e
husinass +, u.,s tbus NJ rric,, no.
c.r,o .Ien . ,.,.,,, r.nneocturo,. If
stoal
.rb,oueb tha l,,,ost,od etrilo or
,ooo NO 1,;i go 49,, ot;o,,a,
nron,inenco Dirfarences had arisnu
betwoon tho c.rrogia StoaI con,uonv
and ito ornlovos over wage scale.
cu,r,ina,inr in strife invo,vin,.
thousands of mon. the calling ont Of
tho Notiono, 6.r,rd a,d Tho nroc1ar,,
tior of martial lav If was at this
noriod Julv % lSee thai Alexander
Rerl.man a Now yorI, anarchist tried
70 assassinate Mr. Frick. Berxman
walked into Ericl's office drew - re-
yolver and fired. the bullet lodging in
Mr.. Frick's neck. Mr. Prick was shot
a second time and then he grappled
with Berkman. During the encounter
Mr.. Frick was stabbed three times
but he downed his assailant and held
him until the police arrived. berkHail
was tried and cert TO the western
Penitentiary in pittsburgh Tor twenty
one years.
Ihirteen days arter the attach Nr
il1h "''iNs' ~ ,, ne 49, 1900
.,'..,' ,,.I.,,,,1 ,,,,.u Noyn,hoc,
81 A.. rrntai. no., ,,r.
,.I ~ nro,o,ts
80 ~, ,,i ~. di,+ross ~ rho
sa.,;,, - ,h s,r;,,ors 10 wor and
,,a,.a hao,,,dasd Tho nr;ce of victory.
W. NJ T,.cl ontsred tho Carnegie
u.,oI .,,,,,,,.,,,,. he a.o,dod to mako /, the
,o,, ,,,,ar,,,, corcer, in tho ateel world
,r,,o ne bis i,nnod;ate ventures netted the
C.rra,,a ,oncer, p,ap,, millions of dol
,o,, ,,;tho,, so,rcal,. AM, investneut
w a. +his tir,o tho sy,;tch;nr charges
hotwa.n Inc v.,ious -arneg;e nIants had
bean very nrof,tabIe IN the railroads and
aypersiye tn the Carneeis companv. Mr..
Frick bui,t the Union railroad to weld
+be scatte,ed Carnepia nIants closer
togatber This eliminated the switching
cbsrgo. .rd sayaa enormous sums for
rho Carrerie comnanv
;. ~. ,,,.,a,. ., ,,,o. .,o,. o,..,.
was .., w.. ,,naah, ora ti.,ds
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,,raran,eed tha rarnegi. romnanv for
af,y years ~ minimum animal SUNNY of
ooO o0o ron. Of ore driving a shrewd
bargain with tho Hockefe,lcrs vino owned
tbes. ore lands
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