A Study in Pink(ertons) - USA, 19th Century

The Cloak and Dagger Podcast · Mar 28, 2024 · 1h 6m

In a factory in Homestead Pennsylvania, thousands of steel workers have downed tools and striking - their boss Andrew Carnegie is about to lower their wages and they have had enough.

Then down the river the workers see three barges coming towards them - bristling with agents of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Hired by Carnegie, they are here to break up the union and end the strike, by any means necessary…

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