The Chicago Haymarket Affair: A Guide to a Labor Rights Milestone

The Chicago Haymarket Affair: A Guide to a Labor Rights Milestone

by Joseph Anthony Rulli
The Chicago Haymarket Affair: A Guide to a Labor Rights Milestone

The Chicago Haymarket Affair: A Guide to a Labor Rights Milestone

by Joseph Anthony Rulli

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Overview


On May 4, 1886, a bomb exploded during a labor demonstration near Haymarket Square. The ensuing gunfire and chaos brought a grisly end to what began as peaceful support for an eight-hour workday and led to the trial and execution of rally organizers. The incident also drew irrevocable attention to a conversation about workers" rights and the role of law enforcement that continues today. In this guide to the key moments and sites of one of Chicago's most confusing and chaotic events, author Joseph Anthony Rulli aims to establish a clearer understanding of its historical significance.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467135740
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 10/31/2016
Edition description:

Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author


Joseph Anthony Rulli, a transplanted Hoosier from South Bend, Indiana, began writing fiction shortly after his arrival in his second city. He has one published short story and a play that was performed on stage in the spring of 2016. This is his first published work of nonfiction.

Table of Contents

List of Photographs 9

List of Tables, Diagram and Map 11

Acknowledgements 13

Introduction: The Hay market Scoop in a Nutshell 17

1 Let's Get One Thing Straight 21

2 Ayn Rand Could Kick Karl Marx's Ass: Objectivity and History 29

3 The Working Class Smells…So Do Roses 33

The Discoverers…And Those Who Knew What Was Already Here 33

Breeding Like…: Chicago's Population Explosions 34

Reversing the What?!: Audacity and Leadership in Chicago 34

Business Is Business: Business Growth and Growing Labor Pains 35

What Does It All Mean?: Historical Perspective and the Haymarket Affair 46

4 In Their Footsteps: The Sites Related to the Haymarket Affair 53

Haymarket Square 53

The Haymarket Memorial 56

The Alley 57

The Desplaines Street Police Station and the March 60

Zeph's Hall 62

Grief's Hall: Whispers of Conspiracy 64

Wehrer and Klein Printers: Get That in Writing 65

Market Square and the Mouse Trap 66

"Newspaper Row" 67

The Times, the Tribune, the Daily News, the InterOcean The Staats-Zeitung, the Arbeiter-Zeitung, Die Fackel, the Alarm

Central Police Headquarters 68

The LaSalle Street Tunnel 69

The Cook County Courthouse, Jailhouse and Execution Courtyard 70

The Revere House Hotel 73

The Seliger House (Bomb-Making Central) 75

The Larrabee Street Police Station 76

Neff's Hall 77

The Policemen's Memorial and the Badges of the Fallen Officers 81

The Haymarket Cemetery (or Martyrs') Memorial and Grave Site 84

Epilogue: Two Ears, One Mouth 89

Additional Sites 95

Cemetery Residents 97

Chronology 99

Notes 107

Annotated Bibliography of Sources Cited 113

Annotated Bibliography of Resources for Further Study 119

Index 123

About the Author 127

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