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In 1868, a federal law was granted, and employees were granted an 8 hour day
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Knights of Labor were formed, there objective/goal was to organize all working men and wommen, skilled and unskilled.
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There was a wage cut of 10% and workers were angry and declared strike
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At the Haymarket Riot, anarchists bombed Haymarket square which soon ruined the Knights of Labor because they got blamed.
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Henry Frick tried cutting wages as well and people were furious, and anarchists tried assasinating him as well
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Nationwide conflict between the American Railway Union and the railroads that occurred in the United States
