[RoughGuide:] First, there’s the Pinkertons. The rarely-spotted bogeymen, the jackbooted stormtroopers of the status quo. Some say they work for the Feds, or for Bill Gates, or for the goddamn Illuminati. They’ve been around for as long as anyone can remember, and they’ve always been the blunt instrument of just whoever it is that is really in charge. If you make too much noise, if you try to go public, if you melt a cop’s face in broad daylight, you might get a visit from these guys. They might let you live, they might kill you fast, or they might make such an example of you that your name becomes slang for misery.

(Sort of our version of the New Inquisition.)

General

Linked to the Shriners, LegalTenderCoxey (BenSiegel's grandpa), and IAm. In possession of the BookOfGoodRoads. Took the side of TheMan in the CoalMine.

People

• JohnMoses

Links

• http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/aug25.html
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/peopleevents/pande04.html
• http://www.columbiapa.org/county/historical/molly_maguires.html
• http://thunder.prohosting.com/~tlennon/molly.html
• Pinkerton badges are both silver and gold: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/Prairie/8980/trivia_pinkerton_badges.htm

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