may 4, 1886 - Haymarket Square Riot

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Immigrant workers in a factory go on strike against wages and work conditions
Bomb thrown and eight people were killed
Many Americans believed that the bombing was the job of an anarchist linked to the Knights of Labor, causing the union to fall apart when speculations that they were going to violently take over the country emerged
Contributes towards the negative attitudes towards unions after people were hanged for punishment

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