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...iron and steel monopoly made Frick his chief partner-in Carnegie Bros. That was in 1889. But theirs was no close friendship. Both were too individualistic. Eventually they quarreled, called each other names, separated, but this was after Frick, with the aid of some Carnegie men-Charles M. Schwab, William Ellis Corey and James Gayley-had smashed the bloody, massacring Homestead Strike of 1892. In the riots Anarchist Alexander Berkman shot Frick, stabbed him thrice...
Charles M, Schwab, steel potentate: "I make many speeches before businessmen in this republic, but rarely have I been so fluent as I was in Chicago last week before 1,500 guests of the Association of Commerce. I told them that U. S. industry was never better, that the steel corporations were prospering even with a profit of less than 6%. I sprinkled my speech with anecdotes. This one made them laugh: 'I had entertained a governor of one of our largest states at my country place.* After seeing him about the grounds, I suggested: "Governor, would you like...
...Schwab's country place is at Loretto, Pa. ; he has winter homes in Manhattan and Bethlehem...
...Speedway. Twenty-eight tiny speedcars, all "specials," set out to cover 500 miles at over a mile and a half a minute, to race for the international motor sweepstakes. Hearst-Editor Brisbane acted as chief referee-a post held in past years at Indianapolis by Henry Ford, Charles M. Schwab. . . . After something more than three and a half hours of breathtaking skids and recoveries, the judges decided to flag down the first car passing the 400-mile mark as the winner-declined to let the race proceed until someone was killed. Frank Lockhart of California, driving a Miller Special...
Saddened at these developments, Mr. Schwab's nephew sailed for home on the France with the best titled racers he could...