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| Haymarket Square Labor Riot - May 4, 1886 |
Photograph of a painting depicting a confrontation between police and protesters at the Haymarket in Chicago. Smoke from an explosion drifts in the background as bodies lie on the ground dead or wounded. Thousands of protesters had gathered in response to the killing of two McCormick reaper factory workers on the previous day. The workers had been killed by police in a confrontation between union workers and their replacements.Wisconsin Historical Society
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