Book · 2016 · History
Inventing the Pinkertons; or, Spies, Sleuths, Mercenaries, and Thugs
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Mia Wong inventing the Pinkertons again. This serious battle would last the next 14 hours. After an initial surge, t… 2
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“This is from the book Inventing the Pinkertons. Quote, "By the end of June, he had built around the mills a protective 12-oot fence that included rifle holes, water manes capable of blasting strikers with boiling water, and wires attached to a generator which could be electrified."”
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“inventing the Pinkertons again. This serious battle would last the next 14 hours. After an initial surge, the Pinkerton were pinned down in their barges. After several hours, the crowd attempted to sink the barges by cannon fire.”
