Haymarket

Haymarket Riot

By wdrichard7

  • Coordinated Strikes Nationwide

    Coordinated Strikes Nationwide
    Striked for 8-hour work days
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    Haymarket Riot

    Coorfinated strikes and demonstrations nation-wide; demanding eight-hour work days

  • Bombing

    Bombing
    Bombing at Haymarket Square. Bomb thrown at policemen. policemen fire at strikers and strikers fire back. Policemen and Workingmen die

  • Persecutions

    Persecutions
    31 men were persecuted to be asscessories of murder. 8 other men stand trial for the death of policeman Mathias Degan.

  • Questioning

    Questioning
    981 citizens questioned during voir dire process.

  • Trial Testimonies begin

    Trial Testimonies begin
    227 Testify, defendents prosecuted for instigating violence.

  • Conclusions of Trial

    Conclusions of Trial
    Conclusions: All were to be executed except Neebe, who was to serve 15 years in the penitentary.

  • Funeral Procession

    Funeral Procession
    In Chicago, 150,000 to 500,000 wittness the funeral procession of Parsons, Spies, Engel, and Fischer.

  • Suicide

    Suicide
    Louis Ling dies of suicide in his jail cell a day before execution.

  • Executions

    Executions
    Parsons, Spies, Engel, & Fischer are all executed.

  • Transportation

    Transportation
    Fielden and Schwab are moved to Joliet Prison with Neebe.

  • Pardoning

    Pardoning
    Governor of Illinois (John Peter Alteld) pardons Neebe, Fielden, Schwab.