Site of the Haymarket Riot - a photo on Flickriver

            In May of 1886 a series of rallies were held to protest for the eight-hour workday. On May 4th a rally was held at Haymarket Square in reaction to the deaths of two workers killed by police a day earlier.

The rally began on Randolph Street between Halsted Street and Desplaines Street. Later the rally moved to Desplaines Street just north of Randolph.

Samuel Fielden was speaking at 10:30 PM when the police moved in and ordered the demonstrators to cease the rally. As the police moved forward to disperse the crowd, a unknown person threw a bomb which detonated in front of the police. Gunshots were exchanged between police and demonstrators. Officer Mathias J. Degan was killed instantly. Six other police later died of their injuries, four civilians were killed and around 60 were injured.

In the aftermath of the riot eight anarchists would be charged and convicted of conspiracy, although none had thrown the bomb. One was sentenced to 15 years, the remaining seven were sentenced to death. One of the anarchists on death row committed suicide in jail. Four were hanged on November 11, 1887 and two had their death sentences commuted to life in prison. When Illinois Governor John Altgeld took office he pardoned the remaining men.

Located at the corner of Randolph Street and Halsted Street.

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Taken in: United States / Illinois / Chicago / Haymarket (show map)

Taken on: May 13, 2012

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Camera: Canon PowerShot SD780 IS, f/3.2, 1/1250 sec, 5.9mm, ISO 80 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot SD780 IS
Aperture:	f/3.2
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1250)
Focal Length:	5.9mm
ISO:	80
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
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