Pinkerton (detective agency) Anti-Pinkerton Act in 1893, federal law has stated that an "individual employed by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, or similar organization, may not be employed by the Government of the United States or the government of the District of Columbia." In the 1870s, Franklin B. Gowen, then president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, hired the agency to "investigate" the labor unions in the company's mines. A Pinkerton agent, James McParland, using the alias "James McKenna", infiltrated the Molly Maguires, a 19th-century secret society of mainly Irish-American coal miners, leading to the downfall of the labor organization. The incident inspired Arthur
Sinners Never Sleep August, the group performed at Reading Festival in the UK. A live video was released for "Reckless" on 6 September composed of tour footage. The track was released as a single on 22 October. The following day, the band performed for BBC Radio 1's Radio One Rocks event. On 8 December, the group played a one-off show at Wembley Arena in London, dubbed The Final Night of Sin. They were supported by We Are the Ocean and Deaf Havana. The show was filmed and subsequently released as a CD/DVD combo in March 2013. "Sinners Never Sleep" had reached number one