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  2. Haymarket affair - Wikipedia

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    The Haymarket affair, also known as the Haymarket massacre, the Haymarket riot, the Haymarket Square riot, or the Haymarket Incident, was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

  3. August Spies - Wikipedia

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    August Vincent Theodore Spies (/ s p iː s /, SPEES; December 10, 1855 – November 11, 1887) was an American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor.An anarchist, Spies was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder following a bomb attack on police in an event remembered as the Haymarket affair.

  4. Timothy Messer-Kruse - Wikipedia

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    Timothy F. Messer-Kruse (born () March 13, 1963) is an American historian who specializes in American labor history.His research into the 1886 Haymarket affair led him to reappraise the conventional narrative that the trial was a miscarriage of justice, arguing to the contrary it was fairly conducted by standards of the era. [1]

  5. George Engel - Wikipedia

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    On May 3, 1886, after hearing about the massacre at the McCormick Plant earlier that day, he attended a meeting at Grief's Hall. This meeting, later dubbed by prosecutors the "Monday Night Conspiracy", was used to prove that there was a conspiracy in the bombing at the Haymarket.

  6. Frederick Ebersold - Wikipedia

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    In 1886, when Chicago's population was approximately 825,000, just over 1,000 cops were employed. [5] Ebersold was commended by some for how he handled his officers in the perilous days leading up to the Haymarket affair. [3] Arrest warrant issued by Ebersold for Rudolph Schnaubelt, who was a suspect for the bombing at the Haymarket Affair

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  8. Dyer Lum - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of the bombing during the Haymarket affair. On May 3, 1886, the Chicago Police Department attempted to shut down a demonstration of striking workers in Haymarket Square. A bomb was thrown from the crowd and the police opened fire back, resulting in several people being killed. [47]

  9. May Day riots of 1894 - Wikipedia

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    May Day, or International Workers' Day was a day for remembering the workers who died during the Haymarket affair of 1886. [3] During a General Strike in Chicago, Illinois, an unknown person threw a bomb into the crowd, prompting police to fire into the crowd, killing civilians and police alike.