Age of Anarchy

[RJNorton]

(12-15-2017 10:16 AM)Rsmyth Wrote:  Roger, being from Chicago was the Haymarket Riot any better known there than in the rest of the country?

The Haymarket started as a supposedly peaceful speech on worker conditions in the U.S. When police were sent in to break up the demonstration, a bomb was thrown with policemen killed. The bomber was never captured or even named but eight radical activists were sentenced to death – most of those were not even present that evening.

History, here, has pretty much ignored this event but the rest of the world took notice and it was responsible for today’s 8-hour workday.

Rich, my recollection is that the first time I heard of this event was in high school. I do not think it was better known in Chicago than in other parts of the country. Abraham Lincoln was certainly stressed more in Illinois schools, but I do not recall that the Haymarket Riot received special treatment.