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may 4, 1886 - Haymarket bombing

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|WHERE:| chicago |WHO:| 80,000 knights, first May Day labor movt | 200 anarchists | WHAT:| general strike for 8 hr work day --> bomb thrown and 7 polic dead |EFFECT:| bomb thrower never found, but 8 anarchists tried, 7/8 executed | Knights of Labor seen as radical + violent --> loss of popularity + membership

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