Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-18

SENATOR PALMER OF Illinois, while
campaigning for his PRESENT place, nc.
quired much OF his popularity from the
vigorous anti. Plnserton speeches he
delivered. During the great railroad
strike In New York a few years ago
Pinkcrtonism entered largely into 1t,
and Governor Hll, by his open
hostility To 1t, gained some popularity
with the working classes. Congress
has taken up the subject, and its
workings aud methods have been for
some time subjects OF investigation.
Massachusetts, has at presont AT anti.
Plnkcrton bill under consideration.
Several States have already adopted
measures OF an anti.Pinkerton charac.
ter.
Pinkertonlsm Is the term usually
applied to the system OF hiring private
walchmen and policemen during
strikes by the owners Of railroads,
factories and such corporations. It
derived It's name from Allan Plnker.
ton, Of Chicago, who established a
detective agency In that city In 1862.
He also established n corps OF private
watchmen which IN time became n
seml.orgsnized police.force. In times
OF labor troubles his men were In
especial demand. The shcriffs OF
counties aud the chief. OF police owing
10 political entanglements could not, II
was claimed, render effective service
la opposing organized lsbor.
During the great strikes In the coal
and iron regions Of Pennsylvania Pin.
kerton was given charge Of the prop
erty. lie organized a regular police
force there, bringing the material from
Chicago. he succeeded in enforcing
the will Of his employers, 1t being
largely by his aid that all the English
speaking workmen were forced TO
leave, and that their places were filled
by italian, Hungarian and Sclsvonic
laborrrs. After this Pinkorton was
called 10 other States where labor
troubles existed. But others took up
tho private police system and prac.
ticed in tho same way. However, the
name plnkertonism, became attached
to the system, AMI now II applies to
the writs ofany person using police or
executive powers without being n con-
stituted officer OF the State or town Ia
which he serves.
Allan piukerton was born In Glas.
COW, Scotland In 1910. He was son o.
a police sergeant. At the & Of q b,
became Unidentified with the & harris
movement and after tho Burminghan
riots He'd the country, arriving II
America about 1872. He drlftcl to Ia,
town Of Dundee, Illinois, where h,
started u copper shop. In 1852 h,
moved to Chicago and entered on hi
police work. After that period he wa
closely identified with the crimina
history OF the Missls sippl valley an,
Atlantic States. He lost five men Il
trying to capture Jesse James. IL
established agencies In New York
Philadelphia, New Orleaus st, Loul
and Denver. lie died in 1854, but III
busines, still goes on, conducted by hi
two sons William and Robert. The,
are immensely wealthy AMI, beinl
more aggressive than their father, thul
not so popular AS he was.
Allan Pinkertou was not an educate.
man, nor was he even a good talkel
He WORKED some very heavy case,
Oue Of hi4 p2culiadties was that h
would never engage on any case wher
rewards were offered. His plan WI
that he should he employed 10y som
responsible person at u stlpula;o
salary per day or week, aud would ma
even promise success. lie agreed to d
the bes; hs could, ami he general
gave sltisfac ion,
Pinkcrtonism ought to be abolished
Its existence IL a confession Of zeal
ness aud inehlGienoy on tho part d
the regularly constituted authorize
! under the law,