Vacuum Oil Company controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1907
Interstate freight-rate indictment
Vacuum Oil, Standard Oil, New York Central Railroad, and Pennsylvania Railroad were indicted over alleged violations involving petroleum shipments made at unlawful rates.
1887
Buffalo Lubricating Oil conspiracy case
Hiram Bond Everest and his son Charles M. Everest were convicted after allegations that they had attempted to destroy the competing Buffalo Lubricating Oil Company. The case included an allegation that a former Vacuum employee was bribed to sabotage the rival plant. The historical account says there was insufficient evidence to show that the Everests acted under Standard Oil’s instructions.
Forced labor at facilities in occupied Poland
During World War II, Vacuum Oil facilities in Poland, captured and operated under Nazi German occupation, used forced labor from the Tschechowitz I and II subcamps associated with Auschwitz.