jan 1, 1886 - Haymarket riot

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1886, McCormick Harvester plant was the site of often violent strikes- police violence as well
Anarchists wanted to protest this
Rally evening of May 4
Police came in- Someone set off a bomb, police fired, ppl died
People blamed deaths on the violence of the labor movement, led to the decline of the knights of labor and a bad reputation for labor movement

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