Haymarket affair
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The Haymarket affair was an 1886 labor protest and bombing in Chicago that became a pivotal moment in the history of workers’ rights and the labor movement in the United States.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bombing
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historical event ⓘ labor protest ⓘ political demonstration ⓘ riot ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Haymarket affair
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surface form:
Haymarket bombing
Haymarket affair ⓘ
surface form:
Haymarket massacre
Haymarket affair ⓘ
surface form:
Haymarket riot
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| commemoratedBy | International Workers’ Day ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | May 1 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Haymarket affair
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surface form:
Haymarket affair trial
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| hasCasualties |
several civilians killed
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several police officers killed ⓘ |
| hasCause |
labor protest for the eight-hour workday
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police attempt to disperse a workers’ rally ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
galvanized international labor movement
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increased repression of anarchists and radicals in the U.S. ⓘ strengthened campaign for the eight-hour workday ⓘ |
| hasContext |
late 19th-century U.S. labor movement
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struggle for the eight-hour workday ⓘ |
| hasDate | 1886-05-04 ⓘ |
| hasEvent |
bomb thrown at police
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peaceful labor rally at Haymarket Square ⓘ police gunfire into the crowd ⓘ |
| hasInjuries | dozens of people injured ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
pivotal moment in U.S. labor history
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symbol of workers’ rights struggle worldwide ⓘ |
| hasLegalProceeding | trial widely criticized as unjust ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Chicago
Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| hasMemorial | Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument ⓘ |
| hasMemorialLocation | Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
clemency for remaining defendants in 1893
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conviction of eight anarchists ⓘ execution by hanging of four anarchists ⓘ one anarchist’s suicide in prison ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Chicago police
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Chicago workers ⓘ anarchists ⓘ employers’ representatives ⓘ trade unionists ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalIdeologyContext |
anarchism
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socialism ⓘ |
| hasRelatedMovement |
international labor movement
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labor movement in the United States ⓘ |
| hasTriggerEvent | McCormick Harvesting Machine Company strike ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1886 ⓘ |
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Haymarket riot
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Haymarket massacre
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Haymarket bombing
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Haymarket Square bombing of 1886
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Haymarket affair trial
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Haymarket anarchists
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Haymarket trial
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Haymarket affair trial
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Haymarket anarchists
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Haymarket rally, Chicago, 1886-05-04
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Haymarket bombing
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Haymarket bombing of 4 May 1886
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Haymarket Square bombing
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Richard J. Oglesby
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Lucy Parsons
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Haymarket bombing