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100,00 American workers go on strike in support of the eight-hour workday. The strike ends peacefully in Chacago, where German anarchists toast their "Emancipation Day."
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Louis Lingg and William Seliger make 30 to 50 bombs and transport them to Nepf's hall.... Later thrown into the ranks of the police, fatilly injuring many people.
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Congress wanted to shorten the work day, but they failed.
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National Labor Union passes a resolution calling for an eight hour work day
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Albert Parsons becomes secretary of Chicago's eight-hour league.
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Trial testimony begins; 227 testify including 54 members of the Chicago Police Department and the defendants Fielden, Schwab, Spies and Parsons; the defendants are prosecuted not as perpetrators but as responsible for instigating the violence; a guilty verdict and death sentence are considered inevitable.
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Judge Gary delivers his speech and the final decision.
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Spies, Parson,Fielden, and Engel are hanged at noon.
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In Chicago, the funeral procession of Lingg, Parsons, Spies, Engel, and Fischer in Chicago is witnessed by 150,000 - 500,000 people
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Illinios enacts the nations first eight-hour law, but employers refuse to comply and the law is rendered meaningless.
