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Haymarket Square riot...
Haymarket Square riot...
Item # 587581
May 7, 1886
SALEM EVENING NEWS, Massachusetts, May 7, 1886
* Haymarket Square riot
* Chicago IL Illinois
* Anarchy - Anarchists
The top of the front page has nice reports on the Haymarket Square riot in Chicago, with column heads: "Convulsed Chicago" "A Loud-Talking Fellow Suddenly Squelched" "The Socialists' Idea of Freedom" "What a Reporter Learned by Mingling in a Crowd" (see).
What started as a peaceful rally in support of striking workers turned quickly to tragedy as an unknown person threw a bomb into the police, striking fear across the country that anarchist groups were exercising attempts to overthrown all governments.
Four pages, light browning, otherwise nice. Should be handled with care.
