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Hanging of the four anarchists of the Haymarket Riot...
Hanging of the four anarchists of the Haymarket Riot...
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November 17, 1887
GREENSBORO NORTH STATE, North Carolina, Nov. 17, 1887
* re. Haymarket Affair riot massacre
* Anarchists hanged - executed
The front page has a detailed account of the hanging of the 4 anarchists of the Haymarket Riot, Spies, Fischer, Parsons, and Engel. Included are prints of each, as well as a print: "Preparing the Gallows".
The column heads: "THE DROP FALLS" "Spies, Parsons, Fischer and Engel Swung Into Eternity" "Unmoved To The Last" "As The Drop Fell Engel Cries, 'Hurrah for Anarchy!' " "Last Scenes Fully Described" and more.
The Haymarket Riot, or Haymarket Affair, was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago. It began as a peaceful rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour work day, the day after police killed one and injured several workers. An unknown person threw a dynamite bomb at the police as they acted to disperse the meeting, and the bomb blast and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of seven police officers and at least four civilians; dozens of others were wounded.
Rare to find related illustrations of this event.
Eight pages, in uncommonly nice condition give the era.
Category: Post-Civil War
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