haymarket square riot, chicago, ill., 1886

Addie, a twelve-year-old Jewish girl in 1886 Chicago, struggles to keep her family together at the time of the Haymarket affair, as laborers protest for better working conditions.

An account of the unfair trial of the eight men accused of conspiring to murder a policeman in the Haymarket Square riot in Chicago on May 4, 1886.

Three children in Chicago in 1886 experience the Haymarket Riot in response to exploitative working conditions.

Three children in Chicago in 1886 experience the Haymarket Riot in response to exploitative working conditions.

Re-creates the events surrounding the 1886 bombing of a Chicago labor rally and the controversial trial and eventual execution of four men accused of the crime.

Provides information about labor unions, discussing their formation in the 1800s to ensure better working conditions for workers, and looks at the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, the first national union to help the working class, as well as the riot that erupted in 1886 after a clash between unions and the Chicago police.

Presents a short history of the May 4, 1886 Haymarket Square tragedy in Chicago where a number of railroad and stockyard workers and police officers were wounded or killed during the nation's most famous strikes.