Knickerbocker Ice Company controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1911
Labor and supply testimony
President Wesley M. Oler testified about worker shortages, wage disputes, warm winters, and agreements to purchase ice from other companies when Knickerbocker’s own operations were constrained.
1900
Van Wyck political controversy
New York mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck and other officials faced allegations concerning stock linked to the ice trust. Van Wyck denied purchasing the stock when questioned before Justice William Jay Gaynor.
1896
American Ice trust and alleged price fixing
A consolidation involving Knickerbocker and other major ice companies was accused of concentrating market power and doubling consumer ice prices.