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Haymarket Square riot

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Haymarket Square riot outbreak of violence in Chicago on May 4, 1886. Demands for an eight-hour working day became increasingly widespread among American laborers in the 1880s. A demonstration, largely staged by a small group of anarchists, caused a crowd of some 1,500 people to gather at Haymarket Square. When policemen attempted to disperse the meeting, a bomb exploded and the police opened fire on the crowd. Seven policemen and four other persons were killed, and more than 100 persons were wounded. Public indignation rose rapidly, and punishment was demanded. Eight anarchist leaders were tried,... Read more
Haymarket Square riot
Haymarket Square riot (1886) An outbreak of violence in Chicago, USA. A protest at the McCormick Harvester Works culminated in a riot in which 100 people were wounded and several died. Eight anarchists were... Read more
Haymarket Riot
...recognition. Radical unionists had called a mass meeting in Haymarket Square to protest police brutality in a strike action. A bomb...were pardoned by Illinois Gov. John Peter Altgeld . Haymarket Riot Haymarket Riot Haymarket Riot Read more

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