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The Events of the Haymarket Riot
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8-hour work day strike
100,000 American workers go on strike in demand for 8-hour work days. -
Idea of 8-hour work day
The National Labor Union comes up with the idea of having an eight hour work day. -
Article
Michael Schwab wrote an article that called for the need to resist the capitalists. -
Request for 8-hour work day
The National Labor Union requests congress to have a maximum of an 8-hour work day. -
Illinois 8-hour work day
Illinois enacts the 8-hour work day but none of the employers follow it. -
Albert Parsons
Chicago's Eight-Hour League gets a new secretary; Albert Parsons. -
Goal
The Labor Union and Federation of Organized Trades sets the goal of having an 8-hour work day by May 1, 1886. -
Protest turns deadly
The protest turns deadly when a bomb is dropped and police open fire on the crowd of protestors. -
Haymarket Trial
The Grand Jury begins the examination of the witnesses of the Haymarket Riot. -
Hanging of Protestors
Some of the protestors at the HMR were hanged.
