@book{32, keywords = {Roman Catholics, Pennsylvania Railroad, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Pittsburgh Police, Railroad Strike of 1877, railroad industry, Trainsmen's Union, tramps, communists, Socialism, Molly Maguires, Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, William C. McCarthy (1820-1900), Robert Pitcairn (1836-1909), Allan Pinkerton (1819-84), ministers, trade unions, Black Americans, Protestants}, author = {Allan Pinkerton}, title = {Strikers, Communists, Tramps and Detectives}, abstract = {An anti-union fictional account of the 1877 Railroad Strike by America's leading strikebreaker, Allan Pinkerton, with many chapters about the great strike's worst violence in Pittsburgh, as well as riots in Johnstown and Altoona. Though the author claims the book is reportage, many scholars consider it a novelization of events to counteract the labor movement's growing popularity and power.}, year = {1878}, pages = {412 p.}, publisher = {G. W. Carleton & Company, Publishers}, address = {New York}, note = {North Side is referred to as Allegheny City, as it was then known.}, language = {English}, }