FRICK, HENRY CLAY

(1848-1919), coke manufacturer, and railroad directer; b. West Overton, Pa.; d. New York. Beginning busine life as a clerk, he afterwards became a flour merchant and distiller, and then became a producer of coke. At first he operated ovens on a small scale. The plant developed into! the H. C. Frick Coke Company, operat-| ing 12,000 ovens, and the largest coke producers in the world. In i892 he was seriously wounded in an attempt a a inate him in the famous strike at Homestead, Pa., because of his firm| resistance to and control over the strike, and his a ailant was sentenced to long term of imprisonment. He was| Closely a ociated with the Carnegie| interests, and a director of. is bequeathed many millions for public purposes. His New York home and art gallery on Fifth Avenue, valued $50,000,000 were left to New York City. The value of his estate shrank owing to depreciat ion in the market value of many securitie = s he held. The estate yielded $9,402,000 in federal and state taxes.