This work examines the operational methods of the Pinkerton Detective Agency and its involvement in labor disputes, specifically the Cripple Creek strike and the legal case against Moyer, Haywood, and Pettibone. The author details the activities of various undercover operatives and argues that the agency functions as an essential tool for the capitalist class in its conflict with organized labor.
with the public kept in blissful ignorance as to the real nature of its business, is certainly a remarkable achievement of detective ingenuity.
To shed light on the inky darkness and secrecy so necessary to the success of this and kindred detective agencies, and to describe truthfully and fearlessly the workings of their governing or "Inner Circle," is the object of this work and its author.
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