Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-02
DEATH CLOSES
ACTIVE CAREER.
OF HENRY FR|CK
Coke King Dies After Short
Illness At 5 O'Clock This
Morning; Rated Among 10.
Richest Men In U, 5.
New York, Dec. 2.-CUnited Press.)

New York, Dec. 2t-(United Press.)
Henry Clay Frick, steel magnate,
died today OF ptomaine poisoning.
Fnck was 20 years old He had
been i'll for several days. The end
came suddenly at S o'clock this morn
ing at Frick's home, Fifth avenue and
10th street, his physician, Dr. John ).
Ccnnors, announced.
The funeral will be private and will
be held at the residence on Thursday
The place of burial has not yet been
announced.
Frick's two children, Helen X. and
Charles, arrived at the residence today
from their Long Island homes. the
grand children remained at home.
When Frick retired from business
several years ago he was known as one
of the nine or ten richest men in tht
United States and one of the most In
fluential in the business world.
Associated With Carnegie.
An associate of the late Andrew Car
neeie, he early laid the basis of hi
tremendous fortune as flour mile
-
coke business and from this develope
ii the H. C. Frick company, which pt
.e came the largest coke producing flrl
in In the world, with 10000 acres OF holt
d ings in the Pennsylvania coal fielt
le and 10000 coke ovens with daily c'
De pacitv of $4,000 tons.
o. Frlck came prominently into u
A,1t.it,p the IA mo
y. steel strike at Homestead, Pa wh'
er he was shot and stabbed several ti'''
re bv Alexander Berkman, anarchist, nj
lis awaiting deportation. ;,
Ic- Frick was chairman of the noafo
10. directors of the firm OF Carhe'
off Rrothers from 1889 TO 1892 ana Ia
rv- was made chairman of the ooard
ion managers of the Carnegie Steei co
to pany. He was at one time olreo
er of the Pennsylvania Railway compa
ION the Atchison, Topeka d Santa = e.
at cbicaeo AZ Northwestern; the uni
ar states steel corporation, the Mel
the National bank of Pittsburgh, tne oii
day Trnet company and the NorfolR
on western railway
the Frick's bitter fight TO oreak
l 1t Horn aste cad strike made him one OIL
OF c,nnloyers most hated by RADICALS
lerk !, ne manufacturer retirement
tate wears ago created stir III 'iie i'i
ndl- c,a, world. 1t came soon a1ler the
wn's "ie' ,,t of b,s associate, Carnegie,
Veh' Jol,, d. Rockefeller. lhe tiiie1
py nj. ;hat time the foremost lea"e'
rnor too, finance.
bred Aili'i ,,,,., to have been ir
'N0 hes, OF nealtn at the tliile "a --
pro- p''' considerable SUI prise
set ,,orossed thai he should QUIT
this exp ies'e" oo,naratively early a
IT, oa. 4 was Iepoiteu d. 'ii@'
yas inc WealtnIesL man "llh '''N
ut"- ,,oonrton of Rockefeller in Inc
- y ~ sta,es and PROBABLY in the "ofio'
ss,ao He was known as one ol liie
cot arr collectors in the woiiu
u>'o ooIlection when he retired was
''' i.' ato,1 os worth millions. He wa
,vern- mateu as WI -. 900 Co., a singl
to have paid $5oO,ooo ior d ''Ne'
ture. =. ..c,,hvnxn
ice in won N" 4.+;or of
ell as Frlck hao 'ie .,,,,a tho
n Ko- silent enough " .t,,o,,,o,v g,
of the "SphynX. ne "s.S o,trou
Chad full in avoiding pupiiol.'' ~ or,
there guiding genius in score OF sr'
olcott d,,strial. railroad and financiai
is en- izations. rno,
n for The United States Steel corpoi
3 was success in preVeit.ins ,,,.;c
i,s labor was attributed to frlc
lie pro- firing fight against VI a,,;oo
V now steel industry by 'iAe ....
.rruled. Grafton Of Labor. ing tna
fill out Judge Gary in relusihs " .,,,
overnor union representatives ieoe
of the to be merely tollo"ihs WV
supra, early policies OF Frlch'