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Haymarket Affair

The Haymarket Affair was the aftermath of a riot between labor workers and law enforcement in Chicago of 1886. It started of as a peaceful protest but soon turned deadly when a bomb was thrown at police killing eight. Eight of the labor workers took part in the riots were convicted despite the that their was a lack of evidence to pinned them to the murders. The trail itself was considered biased, believing that the labor workers being singled out and being labeled as anarchists. Three of the labor workers were put to death while, one committed suicide. The questions that should be discussed on the incident is how did it get started and what impact it had on labor union in Chicago. Was the trail against the eight labor unions handled well and what evidence was presented to convict them? Also how does radicalism and anarchist play into this incident.

Progress Report:  So far I'm looking for more primary sources. I found a lot of secondary source but right now is primary sources. I will looking into how it got started, the people involved, why were they labeled anarchist and how the trail and evidence was presented. Also, I want to see how the labor union was effected by this incident in Chicago, public reaction and radicalism. 
October 16:   I found some websites for the Haymarket research. One of the websites has a transcript of the court case involving the incident. 
October 22: I got everything I need for my research. Right now, I need to workout a rough draft and organize my sources.