This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
The Anarchists Haymarket Tragedy and Trials
A historical summary of the Haymarket affair in Chicago, detailing the 1886 protest, bomb blast, police deaths, mass arrests, and the subsequent trials. It covers the International Working Men's Association, notable figures such as Spies, Parsons, Schwab, Engel, Fielden, and Lingg, and the Illinois Supreme Court rulings plus appeals to higher courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
North Side
Northwest Side
Karl Marx
Freiheit
Jefferson No. 1
Schwab, Neebe and Ling’g
International Workingmen's Association
Lehr Und Wehr- Verein
Desplaines Street
Haymarket
Carter Harrison
Spies
Parsons
Fielden
Banfield
Ward
State of
Illinois
Sovemls
Scripuire
Christ
Schwab
Neebe
Jesus Christ
Gary
Supreme Court of Illinois
Supreme Court
Messrs. Grinnell
Walker
Ingham
Hunt
Messrs. Black
Salomo
Supreme Court Illinois
Roger A. Pryor
Benjamin F. Butler
Randolph Tucker
Supreme Court of the United States
Ilinois
Nina van Zandt
Bhorie Matson
Cook County
Ills
Curcaco
R. J. Oglesby
Sete
Iask
John Brown
George Engel
Sir—I
United States
August Spies
Vai Zandt
Falieri
Council of Ten