Pinkerton National Detective Agency

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The Pinkerton National Detective Agency is a historic American private security and detective firm notorious for its strikebreaking activities and involvement in major labor conflicts and high-profile investigations in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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instanceOf private detective agency
private security company
alsoKnownAs Pinkerton
Pinkerton Agency
country United States
employed Kate Warne
foundedAs Pinkerton National Detective Agency
foundedBy Allan J. Pinkerton
Allan Pinkerton
hasLogoFeature all-seeing eye
unblinking eye
hasMotto We Never Sleep
hasReputation controversial role in labor history
notorious for strikebreaking
pioneering national detective service in the United States
hasSloganOrigin We Never Sleep
headquartersLocation Chicago
Illinois
United States
inception 1850
industry investigations
private security
risk management
involvedInEvent Great Railroad Strike of 1877
Homestead Strike
Pullman Strike
notableEmployee Kate Warne
notableFor anti-union activities
employing one of the first female detectives in the United States
high-profile criminal investigations
industrial security
involvement in labor disputes
involvement in major labor conflicts in the 19th century
involvement in major labor conflicts in the early 20th century
involvement in the Homestead Strike
private detective services
private security services
protective services for industrialists
protective services for railroads
pursuit of Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch
pursuit of Jesse James
pursuit of outlaws in the American West
pursuit of the James–Younger Gang
railroad security
strikebreaking activities
strikebreaking for large corporations
union infiltration
originalHeadquartersLocation Chicago
Illinois
United States
partOf history of American labor relations
history of American law enforcement
timePeriodOfProminence 19th century
early 20th century


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