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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.

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Chapter XXIV.

Total Annual Agency Income from Criminal Work 10,920.00 Net Annual Loss to the Denver Agency $32,838.00

It is plain that if the Denver office were to lose the large amount of $32,838 year after year, the Agency could not hope to remain in business. It is also reasonable to assume that if the conditions which prevail at the Denver office hold good at all other offices, the Pinkerton institution would lose more than $500,000 every year. That the Agency could not afford to lose millions in this maner is something everyone will perceive. That the Agency is making instead of losing millions, the following financial tables conclusively prove :

Denver Agency's Annual Income from Criminal WorkFive Operatives at $6 per day $10,920.00

This leaves 25 Operatives unaccounted for. Of

these 25 Operatives, at most 7 only are

working for the Special Rate of $6 per day.

Annual Income from 7 Operatives at Special Rate

of $6 per day 15,288,00

Annual Income from 18 Operatives at Regular Rate

of $8 per day 52416.00

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Total Annual Income of Denver Agency for

30 Operatives $78,624.00

Total Denver Agency Annual Income $78,624.00

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