What the records say
- When
- 4 May 1886
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Deaths
- 11
- Coordinates
- 41.88° N, 87.64° W
- Description
- aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday, May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago
Haymarket affair
1886 bombing in Chicago, Illinois, US
The Haymarket affair was a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago. The rally began peacefully in support of workers striking for an eight-hour work day; it was held the day after a May 3 rally at a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company plant on the West Side of Chicago, during which police killed two strikers by opening fire at the crowd as it surged to the gate…
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