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How Millionaires Are Made in the Carnegie Era
The passage traces the rise of Carnegie Steel employees from modest beginnings to immense wealth. It highlights C M Schwab as a prime example, rising from a Braddock grocer’s counter to lead Edgar Thomson Works and later head the Steel Trust. It notes many others transformed from clerks to millionaires through Carnegie’s system.
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Sea Steel Works
Agre’ Foegie
Carnegie Steel Company
Carnegie Company
Mr Carnegie
C. M. Schwab
Schwab
Braddock
Edgar Thompson
United States
Great American Steel Trust
Mr Long
Pittsburg Stock Exchange
Loretto
Carnegie
States
Andrew Carnegie
Pittsburg
Mra Carnegie