An excerpt from Henry Frick’s testimony during the Congressional investigation into Pinkerton detectives at Homestead, 1892.

In 1892, Congress initiated an “investigation of the employment of Pinkerton detectives in connection with the labor troubles at Homestead, Pennsylvania.” This excerpt is part of Henry Frick’s testimony from that investigation.

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United States Congress, House Committee on the Judiciary, excerpt from “Investigation of the employment of Pinkerton detectives in connection with the labor troubles at Homestead, Pa,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/22211163d966762678f1d592fb597b47.
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