226 The Pinkerton Labor Sfv.
wliich we believe is correct, and which we hope will enlighten Manager McParland to quite an extent in regard to the workings of his brain.
Although the Pinkerton Agency is divided into twenty branches, nevertheless the entire business is run by seven men; two principals, one general manager, one assistant general manager, and three division managers. These seven men dictate the policy of the Agency, and keep the innumerable wheels of the entire plant going full speed; and as without their knowledge and consent no subordinate official of the Agency can make a single move, it naturally follows that these seven men are, without the slightest shadow of a doubt, responsible for everything done in the name of the institution.
Division Manager McParland is one of the seven men that run the Pinkerton Agency. All correspondence on matters of importance is discussed with the greatest precaution and secrecy by these men, and only after they have decided definitely on any measure, do they give their orders and instructions to subordinates or tools, to carry out their wishes. So secret and hidden are the consultations of these seven men that some of the things THEY know will perhaps never be retold to anyone this side of the grave.
Manager McParland is so used to this method of doing business that he simply cannot understand any other system; and no doubt, the consciousness of the power which he shares with his six associates was deeply, even if unbeknown to him, lodged in his mind.
So, then, it came about, that when Manager McParland decided to exterminate the Western Federation of Miners, and was looking around for the best means with which to accomplish his purpose, ALL HIS