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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Haymarket Riot

The Haymarket Riot was the aftermath of a bombing that happened after a labor demonstration on May, 4th 1866.  The bombing happened in Haymarket square in Chicago. The labor demonstration started as a peaceful rally to workers who were striking for an eight hour day, someone threw a dynamite stick at police officers who were trying to disperse the protest. Gun fire soon broke out after the bomb and it resulted in the death of seven police officers and at least four civilians. In the proceedings that followed eight anarchist were convicted of conspiracy. The evidence came out to that one of the defendants may have built the bomb but no one on trial threw it.

Seven people were sentenced to death and one person was sentenced to 15 years. Two of the defendants sentences were changed to life in prison and another committed suicide in jail. The other four were hung on November 11, 1887. The Haymarket Riot is generally considered a significant part of international M

ay day. A cite of the incident was designated a Chicago landmark in 1992.
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