Haymarket Riot

By kkinde

  • Events Leading to Haymarket Riot

    Strikes by industrial workers were common in the United States in the 1880's

  • Events Leading to Haymarket Riot

    Wages were low, working conditons were dangerous,

  • HAYMARKET RIOT/MASSACRE

    Chicago

  • Mass Meeting

    To protest police brutality, anarchist labour leaders called a mass meeting the next day in Haymarket Square.

  • Cause

    There were several injuries and one death due to police breaking up protestors.

  • 4 men hanged

  • May Day

  • Statue

    Statue of policeman who died was put up too honor him.