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How The First Police Went From Gangsters, To An Army For The Rich

Behind the Bastards

CHAPTER

The Battle of the Pinkertons

The pinkertons tried to surrender four times. Each white flag they rose up was shot down by a sniper. The mercenary cops were led on to the shore, beaten and clubbed and pelted with stones as they were taken out of town by train. A homestead was put under martial law. By november of 18 92, the amalgamated union was finished. Carnegie was able to move in his scab worker. And it would be fair to say that Pinkerton never quite made the whole experience worth living again.

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