The Pinkertons are considered the epitome of the "Wild West" - that is, the total lack of state control of law and order in the American West. Their interventio

The Pinkertons are considered the epitome of the "Wild West" - that is, the total lack of state control of law and order in the American West. Their intervention in strikes in the East is, to put it mildly, not a good example of law and order and a functioning state.