Haymarket affair
The Haymarket affair (also known as the Haymarket massacre or Haymarket riot) was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor protest on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago.[1]
It began as a peaceful rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour day and in reaction to the killing of several workers by the police. An unknown person (there are theories that it was a police agitator trying to cause an incident however this is unconfirmed and probably incorrect) threw a dynamite bomb at police. The bomb blast and gunfire resulted in the deaths of seven police officers and at least four civilians; dozens of others were wounded.
Eight anarchists were convicted of conspiracy. The evidence was that one of the defendants may have built the bomb, but none of those on trial had thrown it.[2][3]
The Haymarket Affair is thought to be an important reason of International Labor Day or May Day for workers.[4]
The site of the incident was designated a Chicago Landmark in 1992,[5] and a public sculpture was dedicated there in 2004.
Haymarket Affair Media
- Revenge flyer.jpg
The Revenge flyer printed shortly before the Haymarket riot. In English and German.
- Haymarket Affair map Chicago Tribune may 5, 1886.jpg
Haymarket Affair map Chicago Tribune may 5, 1886
- Mathias J. Degan (ca. 1886).jpg
Police officer Degan, killed in Haymarket Riot, 1886
- HaymarketMartyrs.jpg
Portraits of the Haymarket Martyrs
- The trial of the anarchists in Chicago.jpg
The trial of the anarchists in Chicago related to the Haymarket bombing
- Haymarket jail Harpers Weekly scan 01.tif
The verdict as reported by Harpers Weekly
- Chicagi 1887.jpg
Le 11 novembre 1887, à Chicago, dans la cour de la prison, exécution par pendaison des anarchistes August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer, George Engel.
- Altgeld.JPG
Statue of John Peter Altgeld (1847-1902) by Gutzon Borglum in Lincoln Park, Chicago, installed 1915
References
- ↑ "Originally at the corner of Des Plaines and Randolph". Cityofchicago.org. Archived from the original on May 6, 2009. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
- ↑ Timothy Messer-Kruse, The Haymarket Conspiracy: Transatlantic Anarchist Networks (2012)
- ↑ Smith, Carl. "Act III: Toils of the Law". The Dramas of Haymarket. Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- ↑ Trachtenberg, Alexander (March 2002) [1932]. The History of May Day. Marxists.org. Retrieved January 19, 2008.
- ↑ "Site of the Haymarket Tragedy". City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. Archived from the original on July 14, 2006. Retrieved January 19, 2008.
