Corporate-Espionage

La Follette Committee Exposes Pinkerton and Burns Detective Agencies' Massive Labor Espionage Network

| Importance: 7/10

The La Follette Civil Liberties Committee subpoenas records from major private detective agencies in early 1936, exposing the vast scale of corporate labor espionage in American industry. The investigation reveals that the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, Burns International Detective Agency, …

La Follette Committee Pinkerton Detective Agency Burns Detective Agency Corporations Service Bureau Railway Audit and Inspection Company +2 more labor-surveillance corporate-espionage union-infiltration private-security labor-rights
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Coeur d'Alene Miners Strike Violence Triggers Martial Law, 600 Imprisoned Without Trial

| Importance: 8/10

Violent confrontation erupts between striking silver and lead miners and company guards at mines in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, after union workers discover a Pinkerton agent has infiltrated their organization and routinely provided confidential union information to mine owners. The violence follows …

Western Federation of Miners Pinkerton Detective Agency Idaho National Guard U.S. Army General J.M. Schofield +2 more labor-suppression gilded-age mining-industry martial-law federal-intervention +1 more
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