The story of the Haymarket Riot
By: by Charnan Simon.
Series: Cornerstones of freedom
Publisher: Childrens Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886 -- Juvenile literature; Working class -- History -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: Traces the efforts of industrial workers to secure better working conditions, including the eight-hour day and how deteriorating relations between striking workers and police led to the Haymarket Square Riot which resulted in the unfair convictions of eight social revolutionaries in a murder conspiracy trial.
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