![]() ![]() 1892: Bitter strikes in Australia lead to the closing of ports and mines.1888: The Blizzard of 1888 in the United States kills hundreds and causes more than $25 million in property damage.1886: Apache chief Geronimo surrenders to U.S.1886: The Statue of Liberty is dedicated.1884: Chicago's Home Life Insurance Building, designed by William LeBaron Jenney, becomes the world's first sky-scraper.The leader of the nationalist movement is Charles Stewart Parnell, but the use of assassination and terrorism-which Parnell himself has disavowed-makes clear the fact that he does not control all nationalist groups. 1882: Agitation against English rule spreads throughout Ireland, culminating with the assassination of chief secretary for Ireland Lord Frederick Cavendish and permanent undersecretary Thomas Burke in Dublin's Phoenix Park.The value of shares in gas companies plummets as news of his breakthrough reaches Wall Street. 1878: Thomas Edison develops a means of cheaply producing and transmitting electric current, which he succeeds in subdividing so as to make it adaptable to household use.1876: General George Armstrong Custer and 264 soldiers are killed by the Sioux at the Little Big Horn River.1871: Chicago fire causes 250 deaths and $196 million in damage.1866: The Winchester repeating rifle is introduced.Four men were eventually hanged for a crime they did not commit. While the identity of the bomb thrower has never been determined, hysteria over the event, which had been organized by anarchists, was sufficient to secure the conviction of eight people for murder and conspiracy, despite little or no evidence to prove the charges brought against them. Although the assembly began peacefully, an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb when the police began to raid the meeting. JIllinois governor John Peter Altgeld pardons Neebe, Fielden, and Schwab.The Haymarket Riot, which is also often referred to as the Haymarket Massacre or the Haymarket Incident, was a radical labor protest meeting on in Chicago, Illinois, that turned deadly. Novem- In Chicago, the funeral procession of Lingg, Parsons, Spies, Engel, and Fischer in Chicago is witnessed by 150,000 - 500,000 people. Novem- Fielden and Schwab are transported to Joliet Prison where they join Oscar Neebe. Novem- Parsons, Spies, Engel and Fischer are executed. Novem- Louis Lingg commits suicide in his jail cell. Supreme Court denies an appeal, despite an international campaign for clemency. Septem- Illinois Supreme Court upholds rulings and verdict. March 1887 - Legal counsel for the convicted appeal the case to the Illinois Supreme Court. Octo- Judge Gary delivers his speech and the final decision. October 7, 8, 9, 1886 - The convicted deliver speeches to the court before sentencing. JAug- Trial testimony begins 227 testify including 54 members of the Chicago Police Department and the defendants Fielden, Schwab, Spies and Parsons the defendants are prosecuted not as perpetrators but as responsible for instigating the violence a guilty verdict and death sentence are considered inevitable.Īug- The jury convicts the defendants and sentences Neebe to fifteen years in the penitentiary and the others to death by hanging. JJ- Jury selection commences 981 citizens are questioned during the voir dire process the resultant panel of twelve are largely businessmen, clerks or salesmen the jurors, like the public at large, hold preconceived notions about the defendants' connection to the bombing. Degan eight are chosen to stand trial: Albert Parsons, August Spies, Oscar Neebe, Louis Lingg, George Engel, Adolph Fischer, Michael Schwab, Samuel Fielden. May 27 - The grand jury indicts 31, charged with being accessories to the murder of policeman Mathias J. May 5- 6, 1886 - Widespread public outrage and shock in Chicago and nationwide police arrest anarchist and labor activists, including seven of the eight eventual defendants (Albert Parsons fled the city only to surrender himself on June 21.). McCormick Reaper Works factory strike unarmed strikers, police clash several strikers are killed.Įvening of - A meeting of workingmen is held near Haymarket Square police arrive to disperse the peaceful assembly a bomb is thrown into the ranks of the police the police open fire workingmen evidently return fire police and an unknown number of workingmen killed the bomb thrower is unidentified. ![]() Coordinated strikes and demonstrations are held nationwide, to demand an eight-hour workday for industrial workers. The events that are generally agreed to belong to the narrative of Haymarket are: The identity of the bomber has never been established for certain. Some of the events and the circumstances surrounding them are disputed or not fully understood. "Haymarket Affair" is a convenient term of reference for a controversial series of events that occurred in Chicago during the years 18. ![]()
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