Person
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-born Pittsburgh steelmaker and philanthropist.
- Dates
- 1835–1919
- Wikidata
- Q484265
Connections 6
member of
- South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club member Scholarship & press 1
owns a stake in
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Carnegie Steel Company
1892
Self-published
2
In his own words, the controlling owner in 1892.
involved in
- Commission on Industrial Relations hearings on Colorado and the foundations, 1915 witness Primary record 3
- Sale of the Carnegie Steel Company and formation of U.S. Steel seller Self-published 2
- Homestead lockout and battle controlling owner, in Scotland during the battle Scholarship & press 4
authored
- The Gospel of Wealth Self-published 2
Timeline 2 dates
- 1835–1919 Andrew Carnegie
- 1892 Andrew Carnegie owns a stake in Carnegie Steel Company
Proof 4 sources
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Members of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, National Park Service, Johnstown Flood National Memorial.
Scholarship & press
John Caldwell, Jr. Andrew Carnegie Thomas Carnegie
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Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Carnegie, Houghton Mifflin (text via Project Gutenberg #17976), 1920.
Self-published
Workmen had been killed at the Carnegie Works, of which I was the controlling owner.
Mr. Schwab told me Mr. Morgan had said to him he should really like to know if I wished to retire from business; if so he thought he could arrange it.
it was inevitable that I should live up to its teachings by ceasing to struggle for more wealth.
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Industrial Relations: Final Report and Testimony, Vol. IX (Colorado strike, foundations and industrial control; testimony of J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, Sr.), U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations (scan via Internet Archive), 1916.
Primary record
Mr. CARNEGIE. Andrew Carnegie.
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Battle of Homestead (Behind the Marker), Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Explore PA History.
Scholarship & press
Am with you to end[,] whether works run this year, next or never. No longer question of wages or dollars.
On all these matters, Carnegie left detailed instructions with Frick before leaving for Scotland on his usual summer trip.
both Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Carnegie agreed that when the contract expired in July 1892, they would break the union and restore their complete control over the mills.
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