CHAPTER I. CAPITAL IN ITS STRONGHOLD.

Homestead and Its Mills--The Rise and Progress of the Carnegie Firm--How The "Star Spangled Scotchman" Made His Fortune--He Labors For Years and Then Lapses Into Luxury--H. C. Frick's Career as Coke King and Iron Master--The Fine Art of Crushing Strikes--Carnegie and Frick Join Hands and the Latter Becomes the Master-Spirit--Condition of Organized Labor at Homestead 3-14