The Haymarket Affair

Steven Sapp

Smith, period 6
10/22

The Haymarket Affair

The Haymarket Affair

Tuesday, May 4th, 1886

The Day had started peacefully, with a rally for workers to get 8 hour work time, but an unknown assailant had thrown a stick of dynamite at police after they tried to stop the rally. The explosion caused the police to fire upon the civilians. when the smoke and gunfire had cleared, there were 7 police officers and 4 civilians found dead, and 100's were wounded. After the bombing, there were 8 Anarchists that were convicted of conspiracy. Evidence said that one of those convicted was the builder of the bomb, but non of those convicted threw the bomb. During trials, Judge Joseph E. Gary sentenced seven of those men to death, and the 8th to 15 years in prison. on November 11th, 1887, Samuel fielden, Adolph Fischer, August Spies, and Albert Parson were executed. One of the three others to be executed, one committed suicide, and the other two had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment by Illinois Governor Richard J. Oglesby.

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Hiring Workers (under construction)

Steven Sapp

U.S History

Mr.Smith

    Hiring Workers

Workers was one of the hardest things for railroad owner Charles Crocker to get. All kinds of people were looking for work, ranging from Caucasians to Chinese. Though they didn't make very much money, they eventually became stronger as groups, and later created a Union for workers.Most of Crocker's workers were Irish Immigrants, and he could only hold onto 800 at a time, yet he had 4,000 spots available.