Essays on Henry Clay Frick

The different perceptions of who was to blame for the aftermath of the Homestead Steel Mill Strike of 1892 are evident in Emma Goldman and Henry Clay Frick’s accounts on the case. On one hand, political activist Goldman informs her readers that the incident involved protests that ended with the “slaughter of steel-workers by Pinkertons” after the latter group, to control the former, “opened fire, without warning” (Doc A par.5). In his book, “Give Me Liberty!” Eric Foner explains that the mentioned Pinkertons were “300 private policemen” that the Homestead Steel Mill officials hired from the “Pinkerton Detective ...

Andrew Carnegie and the Making of US Steel

Background Andrew Carnegie was born in Scotland in 1835, to his parents William and Margaret Carnegie. They moved to the United States of America in 1848, when Andrew was aged thirteen years. On arriving and settling in the Allegheny City, near Pittsburg, Andrew's father secured a job in a cotton factory, with Andrew playing the role of a bobbin boy in the same organization. One year after arriving in the United States, Andrew got a job with the Pittsburg Telegraph office as a messenger, a job he did very well, so well that he was promoted to the position ...

Henry Frick was born in West Overton, Pennsylvania in 1849 ("Henry Clay Frick"). He amassed a fortune from his coke and steel business, and he was extremely respected among 19th century industrial magnates for his business and accounting acumen. He became the head of the Carnegie Steel Company; however, after years of contention with Andrew Carnegie, Frick formed the United States Steel Corporation ("Henry Clay Frick"). Known among his contemporaries as a quiet philanthropist, a dedicated family man, and an avid art collector, Frick was not respected or well-liked by the general public. Competing business owners and working class men and women ...