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Book Review: Meet You in Hell
In Meet You in Hell by Les Standiford, he describes the partnership between Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick and how they made significant advances in the industry that is now known as the Gilded Age. They both started from the bottom and worked their way up to the top being successful with Carnegie Steel, the largest steel company at the time. Upon arriving to the United States from Scotland, Carnegie held multiple heavy duty and low cost jobs and eventually ended up working for a railroad business. That is how he advanced and learned about business. He used that experience to for his later achievements and started to make investments. With all of the earnings he had made being the head of the company, he …show more content…

They did not accept any competition and would go through great lengths to remain the main steel producers. This meant lowering production costs and paying lower wages. Their controversial decision to take down the AAISW (Amalgamated Association of Steel Workers) in 1892 led to the most horrific, catastrophic event in history. The workers were furious at getting lower wages and refused to work. Carnegie inconveniently leaves to his home in Scotland leaving Frick with all the trouble. Frick got telegrams from Carnegie who told him to send 300 Pinkerton Guards and strikebreakers to stop steel and union workers and to go against them. This made matters worse and led to the killing of nine strikers, three Pinkerton agents and left others severely injured. Frick was even nearly killed by Alexander Berkman, a 25 year old Russian anarchist who shot and stabbed him. The workers were against the Pinkertons that were hired by Frick with orders from Carnegie. Frick was aiming at starting a war with the workers while Carnegie intended to let them fight until they had no more strength. This event known as the Homestead Strike was the downfall of their capital and resulted in the end of their partnership. Although Frick was following Carnegie’s orders, he took full responsibility for what happened. Even after all the chaos and betrayal, Carnegie still tried to have Frick removed from his …show more content…

Frick’s partnership with Carnegie was the key to getting the company to evolve and become as profitable as it was. Carnegie was the head of the company and it was impossible to run anything by him. After Carnegie sold his company, he spent the rest of his years giving away his fortune and funding libraries, charities and even funding his own institution. Frick left all his money to transform his house into a gallery for the public with all of his paintings and works that he had

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