After this event, Louis Lingg was sentenced to death but killed himself in jail before his execution. Rudolph Schnaubelt most likely caused this event, but left the country after he was released the first time. William Ward interrupted a speech by Samuel Fielden immediately before this event to order the crowd to disperse. After this event, the Knights of Labor declined in influence, and those convicted for this event were later pardoned by John Peter Altgeld. This event occurred during a rally in front of the McCormick Harvesting Company led by August Spies. For 10 po
After this event, Louis Lingg was sentenced to death but killed himself in jail before his execution. Rudolph Schnaubelt most likely caused this event, but left the country after he was released the first time. William Ward interrupted a speech by Samuel Fielden immediately before this event to order the crowd to disperse. After this event, the Knights of Labor declined in influence, and those convicted for this event were later pardoned by John Peter Altgeld. This event occurred during a rally in front of the McCormick Harvesting Company led by August Spies. For 10 points, name this 1886 event in Chicago that began when anarchists through a bomb at the police.
After this event, Louis Lingg was sentenced to death but killed himself in jail before his execution.
Haymarket Square Riot [or Haymarket affair; or Haymarket massacre; accept obvious equivalents that mention Haymarket Square; prompt on answers mentioning a rally in front of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company or a strike on that company before mentioned]