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 |
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| instanceOf |
bombing
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historical event → labor protest → political demonstration → riot → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Haymarket bombing
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Haymarket massacre → Haymarket riot → |
| commemoratedBy |
International Workers’ Day
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| commemoratedOn |
May 1
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| followedBy |
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
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| 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
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| hasLegacy |
pivotal moment in U.S. labor history
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symbol of workers’ rights struggle worldwide → |
| hasLegalProceeding |
trial widely criticized as unjust
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| hasLocation |
Chicago
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Illinois → United States → |
| hasMemorial |
Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument
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| hasMemorialLocation |
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois
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| 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
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| hasYear |
1886
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