Hay Market Riot By coountrygirl01 May 4, 1886 Mass meeting turned to a riot when someone threw a bomb into a group of poilice officers May 4, 1886 People protested because of harsh working conditions May 4, 1886 The Labor radicals created the rally to protest the killing and wouding of several workers May 4, 1886 radical and anarchist speakers addressed a crowd of approximately 1,500 people May 4, 1886 Seven policemen were killed it’s likely that most of them died from police bullets fired in the chaos, not from the bomb itself May 4, 1886 Four civilians were also killed More than 100 people were injured May 4, 1886 More than 100 people were injured May 4, 1886 it’s likely that most of the pollive officers died from officers bullets not rom the bomb itself May 4, 1886 The idea was to protest police brutally May 4, 1886 They were working for a 8 hour work day
