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Win Stracke, Bill Adelman, and Bill Neebe discuss May Day and the Haymarket Square Riot

BROADCAST: Apr. 29, 1976 | DURATION: 00:51:49

Synopsis

Win Stracke, Bill Adelman, and Bill Neebe discusses the Haymarket Riot and the following trials and hangings which changed the labor movement around the world. The group discusses the American labor movement and police brutality that led to the protest and the eventual accusal of eight men. They also explore the roles George Pullman, Marshall Field, and the police force played and how they used the protest to weed out union leaders they did not like. The group briefly discusses the future of the labor movement.

Details

Broadcast Date
Apr. 29, 1976

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 55.48 min.) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
51 minutes, 49 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

Topics

Working, Labor, Economy American History & Politics Chicago Urban Life

People

Historians Authors, Writers Workers Business People

Tags

WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) May Day (Labor holiday) Labor Day--United States. Working class--Political activity--History.--United States Holidays Socialism. Audiotapes. Radio programs. Altgeld, John Peter, 1847-1902 Harrison, Carter H. (Carter Henry), 1825-1893 Parsons, Albert Richard, 1848-1887 Parsons, Lucy S., 1853-1942 Lingg, Louis, 1864-1887 Spies, August Vincent Theodore, 1855-1887 Arbeiter-Zeitung Fischer, Adolph, 1858-1887 Engel, George, 1836-1887 Schwab, Michael, 1853-1898 Neebe, Oscar W., 1850-1916 Fielden, Samuel, 1847-1922 Gary, Joseph E. (Joseph Easton), 1821-1906 Waller, Gottfried American labor movement Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924 Labor protests Police brutality German immigrants Bonfield, John Labor unions Unions Reitman, Ben Lewis, 1879-1942 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Degan, Mathias J. Haymarket Square Riot, Chciago, Ill., 1886 Haymarket Affair, Chicago Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886--Trials, litigation, etc. Law Day Stracke, Win, 1908-1991 Neebe, William Adelman, William J. (William John), 1932- Anarchism--Illinois--Chicago Pullman, George Mortimer, 1831-1897 Field, Marshall, 1834-1906 Bombing

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