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Cause: Wanted an 8hr workday
Events: Albert Parsons,August Spies, & Samuel Field on argued in Chicago, bomb explodd & police opened fire, Parsons / Spies were arrested, and hanged. Dozens of people were killed, Governer of Illinois pardoned 3 people, Diverse Crowd ( anarchists or radicals)
Effects: The Knights of labor fizzled out, and
people shed away from radicalism. Employers became suspicious of union activity, associated/ violence. Public opinion turned against unions, Knights blamed for riot & membership declined.
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Terms in this set (4).
First Nationwide Strike (1877) / Railroad Strikes. Cause: cut wages & increased workday. ... .
Haymarket Affair (1886) Cause: Wanted an 8hr workday. ... .
Homestead Strike (1892) Cause: A Carnegie steel plant cut workers wages. ... .
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