August Spies spoke at it before the outbreak of violence, and Governor John Atgeld pardoned three convicts of causing this event, which began in response to the death of a worker at the McCormick International Harvester plant and which saw the death of Mathias Degan.
Several participants in this event had allegedly been at Grief's Hall plotting the "Monday Night Conspiracy" before this event occurred, and those arrested for instigating it included Oscar Neebe and a man whose sentence was commuted by Richard Oglesby to life imprisonment, Samuel Fielden. August Spies spoke at it before the outbreak of violence, and Governor John Atgeld pardoned three convicts of causing this event, which began in response to the death of a worker at the McCormick International Harvester plant and which saw the death of Mathias Degan. Beginning as a labor rally, for 10 points, name this 1886 Chicago riot which saw a crowd member throw a bomb into a group of policemen.
Several participants in this event had allegedly been at Grief's Hall plotting the "Monday Night Conspiracy" before this event occurred, and those arrested for instigating it included Oscar Neebe and a man whose sentence was commuted by Richard Oglesby to life imprisonment, Samuel Fielden.
{Haymarket} Square riot [accept equivalents for “riot”]