Factory Acts +
Submitted by ezhero on May 19, 2010
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Factory Acts +
• 1886 was a difficult year for labor.
• One of the worst clashes was at Haymarket Square in Chicago. A bomb was thrown in a crowd gathered to protest violent police action. Gunshots rang out, and eleven people were killed and hundreds injured before it was over.
• Foreign-born unionists were blamed for the violence, and the press fanned xenophobia.
• Eight men were charged with conspiracy, but no evidence connected them to the crime.
• All eight were convicted and sentenced to death. After four hangings and one suicide, the last three were pardoned.
The American Federation of Labor
• Employers struck back at...
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