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Haymarket Riot

Work Cited

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. "The Haymarket Riot: “Let the Voice of the People Be Heard” ." britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., May 4, 2011. Web. 8 Sep 2012. <http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2011/05/haymarket-riot-voice-people-heard/>.

The Riot

Days before

After The Riot

Before the Riot

American Industrial Revolution

  • On May 1, 1886, the workers of Harvesting Machine Company in Haymarket Square in Chicago, began strike trying to gain shorter work days.
  • On May 3, the police tried to protect strikebreakers, and a scuffle broke out.
  • One person was killed and several injured.
  • A period of panic and over reaction, flooded Chicago.
  • Hundreds workers were detained then beaten to force confessions.
  • Seven out of eight anarchists were committed of conspiracy to commit murder.
  • Four were hanged, one committed suicide and three were pardoned by John Peter Altgeld.
  • They were never proved to be the real bomb throwers.
  • The American Industrial Revolution started in the early 1800s.
  • Without Labor Unions the workers in the factories were treated poorly.
  • The workers were not only men but women and children too.
  • Robber Barons were known for treating workers badly.

How Workers Were Treated

The Effects

The Riot Begins

  • Owners of factories wanted to pay the lowest wages to workers so there were many children and women workers because their pay was less than men.
  • Factory workers worked for as long as 16 hour days.
  • Workers got physical punishment to speed up production.
  • Methods of work and machinery were not designed for safety so there were many maiming and fatal accidents.
  • The Haymarket Riot was blamed on the Knights of Labor (KOL) which was at the time the biggest and most successful union in America.
  • Several more strikes lead by the KOL fought to make eight hour work days.
  • May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square a rally began planned by anarchists to protest alleged police brutality.
  • A crowd of only 2,000 people out of an anticipation of 20,000 showed because of rain.
  • A police official, against the mayors command, sent units to get rid of the crowd.

The Explosion

  • A pipe bomb was thrown into the police ranks.
  • Seven policeman were killed with at least sixty others injured.
  • Police fired into the crowd and killed four workers.
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