they were used to intimidate and kill strikers as late as the 1970's. they suck. they were usually used to go beyond what the law allowed. hence the "get their hands dirty" which meant they were used to violate the law against people that hired them. what was said here on this original post is correct. if you are glamourizing them, then you wont mind when google and amazon sent them to your door to terrorize you.
Didn’t they (Pinkerton) open fire and kill a bunch of iron workers at Andrew Carnegie’s command?
they were used to intimidate and kill strikers as late as the 1970's. they suck. they were usually used to go beyond what the law allowed. hence the "get their hands dirty" which meant they were used to violate the law against people that hired them. what was said here on this original post is correct. if you are glamourizing them, then you wont mind when google and amazon sent them to your door to terrorize you.