“A man who dies rich thus dies in disgrace.” Andrew Carnegie was known as the father of steel and became one of the most powerful men alive at his time. Carnegie was a Scottish-born immigrant. His story is what people would call the american dream, coming from nothing into being extremely successful in his industry. As boy he worked in a cotton factory in Pittsburg and eventually worked up to a superintendent position in railroad in Pennsylvania. He eventually learned new ways to produce steel at a rapid pace, beginning his industry in steel. Later in his life he became a philanthropist,believing that dying a man not giving to the community was unacceptable. Andrew Carnegie’s contribution impacted the community and changed the steel industry …show more content…
Carnegie hired Frick to oversee his steel mills, most specifically the Homestead. Frick was working every last once out of these workers, and they had had enough. They began to get together, planning a rebellion. Knowing this, Frick began to make moves of his own, quickly letting the workers know that there was going to be no changing in the way the mills were run, no change nor negotiations. This didn’t stop the workers; they continued to plan until, June 29, 1892 when 2,000 Carnegie workers stood outside the barricaded homestead mill. Frick shows up with new replacements, but that’s not the only thing he brings. He brought reinforcements of his own, the Pinkerston Detectives, they could fight your battles for you as long as money. At the end of it, 9 Carnegie workers were dead and majority were injured. The workers didn’t stop fighting until the Pennsylvania …show more content…
Even though he couldn’t change much, Carnegie still wanted to do something, he wanted to make a difference to counteract his wrong doings. In 1901 Andrew Carnegie sold his company to J.P. Morgan for 48 million dollars, by the end of it, Morgan shook Carnegie’s hand congratulating him on being the richest man in the world, and he