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Haymarket Riot

Haymarket Riot. May 4, 1886 Chicago, Illinois. American Labor. Faced the problem of organization “8-Hour” Movement New York and Chicago Terence Powderly & Knights of Labor – “all workers”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HaymarketRiot-Harpers.jpg.

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Haymarket Riot

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  1. Haymarket Riot May 4, 1886 Chicago, Illinois

  2. American Labor • Faced the problem of organization • “8-Hour” Movement • New York and Chicago • Terence Powderly & • Knights of Labor – “all workers” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HaymarketRiot-Harpers.jpg

  3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Haymarketnewspaper.jpg

  4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Haymarketnewspaper.jpg

  5. Haymarket Event • May 3 – Massive protest and police clash • Haymarket Square, Chicago • 7 police, 4 workers killed • Socialists & Anarchists • 8 convicted – 3 hanged, 1 suicide, 4 pardoned • Gave the Labor Movement a “black eye”

  6. Aftermath • Samuel Gompers • American Federation of Labor (AFL) – Union of Skilled Laborers • “wage slavery” • Homestead Strike - 1893 • Pullman Strike – 1894 • 1935 – AFL-CIO formed

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