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Show MIIAT 11 liNkLltruMNH? Henatoii rAiitniof Il'lnolt, while cam)-ttgnlng for his pren-nt place, acquired ac-quired much of hit popularity from the vlgoroui anli-l'lukerlon ipeechea he delivered. During tho great railroad atrlko In Xw York it few yrura ago I'lnkertoulstn entered large!) Into It, anl (lovoruor Hill, b) lilt open hostility tn It, gained some popularity with the working claasci. Congreta hat ttleu uii the subject, aul In workings aud melhodt have been fcr tome time tuhjectt of Investigation, Maaachustts has at present an antl I'liikerton hill unler consideration. Haveral Btalet haru already fttoited ineaiutea ct an aull-I'lukertou character. charac-ter. 1'inkertonlsm Is the term usually applied to thu system of hiring prlvalo watchmen and sollcemtn during ttriket by the owners of rallroaJa, factorlta and such corVratloiis. It derived Ut ntuie from Allan I'lnker tou, of Chicago, who eaUbllthed a detective agency lu that city In lbO.'. tie also eslabll.hed M coraj of private watchmen whloh In time became n teml-organlteit i-ollce lone. In timet of latior troubles lila men were lu c.iclal demand. The slnrlir. of countlea aud the chiefs of jtollco owing tojiolltlcal t-ntaugleiuentt could not, It w as claimed, render cflntlvo service lu opposing orranl ted Istor. During tho great striken lu tho coal and Iron regions of I'cnoiylvatila Tin kulon wei given charge of the pro) erty. lie organized a rtgular olke fotco there, brluglng the material from Chicago, lie tuccredui In enfoalng thu will of hit employ, re, It being largely by hit aid that all the Kngll.li speaking workmen were foriod to leave, and that their placet wero flllesl by Italian, Hungarian and Hclsvonlo laliorera. After Ihlt l'lnkertoD wat tailed to other Ktvtet where hhor troubles existed. Hut others took up tho private police system and practiced prac-ticed In Ihu same way. However, tho name l'lukertoiilam, beottue attached to the ayatun, anl now It applies to the writs of any person using police or executive) powers without bilng n con stltuiedofllcer of the Htato or town In which liu serves. Allan I'liikerton waa bornltiOlai cow, Scotland In 1810. Honasson of a pollen sergeaut. At the ago tf SI he became In leutlfled with the Chartist movement, nnd alter thu Iturmlugham rlote lied tho country, arriving In America about 1S1J. He drlftej to the town of Dundee, Illinois, wheru ho started a copier ahop. In ISol' h moved to Chicago nud entered on his t-ollcework. After that period he wna closily ldontlllsl with tho criminal history ol the Mlsslssltpl valley nnl Atliutlo Blatei. Ilo lost flvnmen In trying to capture Jessu Jamie. Ho ist'iblltbe 1 agencies lu New York, I'hllailelphla, New Orleaut St. 1-ouls and Denvur. Ho died lu 1 65 1, but tho bualues. still goes on, coiiducloj by hit two tins Wllllim anJ Jlouirt. The) are Immensely vvcillhj anl, Wing more aggressive than Hit Ir father, they not so popular us ho was. Alliii riiikertouwas net an educated man, nor wna ho evcn a goul talker, lie workul eiiii very heavy casis. One of 111 peculiarities wna thlt ho would never ougago un any case where rewards wire ollered. Hit j Ian was th it ho shoul 1 lo omplo)id by some re.pju.lbli. person at a ttlpuUlud Ml .ry pr day or week, rind w ould not even ronilso bvicci He agreed to do tho best he could, nut he general!) gtvu sillt'ao Ion I'lnkcrtonlsni ought lo bo abollthtd, Its txlstijllle Is a Olifesshin of -areak niaanuj lnoilli.leiioy on thopirtu1 the regularly loustlluUd authorities under the law. |