The discovery of oil in Pennsylvania sparked another rush, but this time for 'black gold'. Oil has innumerable uses:lighting cities, lubrication for machines and many more. Brands talks about the elite leaders of oil and steel and how they all got their start and many of the troubles they ran into along with all the corrupt breaks they got. These men dominated over all of the industry, as they all had the monopoly, they would even sell product at a loss so they can run other businesses out of business. The lifelessness of the mine operators in Carnegie's operation is seen throughout the strikes. Brands then leads into the Molly Maguire trials and more
The discovery of oil in Pennsylvania sparked another rush, but this time for 'black gold'. Oil has innumerable uses:lighting cities, lubrication for machines and many more. Brands talks about the elite leaders of oil and steel and how they all got their start and many of the troubles they ran into along with all the corrupt breaks they got. These men dominated over all of the industry, as they all had the monopoly, they would even sell product at a loss so they can run other businesses out of business. The lifelessness of the mine operators in Carnegie's operation is seen throughout the strikes. Brands then leads into the Molly Maguire trials and more