Samuel (*) Fielden was the last speaker on the day of this event at a rally supporting the institution of the 8-hour workday at the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company plant.
Attempts to grant clemency to those convicted in connection with this event were opposed by Marshall Field. Two death sentences handed out after this event were commuted by Richard Oglesby. One man committed suicide using a cigar bomb after being put on trial for this event, while three other defendants were pardoned by Governor John Altgeld. Samuel (*) Fielden was the last speaker on the day of this event at a rally supporting the institution of the 8-hour workday at the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company plant. For 10 points, name this 1886 Chicago riot which broke out when an unknown assailant threw a dynamite bomb at the police.
Attempts to grant clemency to those convicted in connection with this event were opposed by Marshall Field.
Haymarket Riot [accept Haymarket Massacre; Haymarket Square Riot; or Haymarket affair; or similar obvious knowledge equivalents]