Haymarket
Where straw's sold
Haymarket names several places, most notably a square in London's West End known for its theaters and nightlife.
In American history, the Haymarket affair (1886) was a labor rally in Chicago that turned violent when a bomb killed police officers, becoming a landmark event in the labor movement and the origin of International Workers' Day.
Major Illinois metropolis
- 1886A specific year
- anarchismPhilosophy rejecting state authority
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- bombingAttack with explosives
gallows · martyrs · Fischer · Schwab · McCormick · police · dynamite · May Day
Regulated daily labor period
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- unionJoining into one
- workersPeople doing jobs
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
wages · conditions · rights · picketing · blue-collar · workforce · trade union · industrial
Massachusetts state capital
- LondonEngland's capital city
- EdinburghScotland's seat of government
- SydneyNew South Wales capital
- squareRhombus with right angles
vendors · stalls · produce · farmers · shopping · groceries · butchers · fishmongers
Public display of opinion
- rallyGathering for a cause
- marchRhythmic group walk
- assemblyConstructing from components
- placardsSigns carried at demonstrations
speakers · crowd · confrontation · police · violence · chaos · clash · aftermath
German-Jewish surname
- black flagCombat or racing warning banner
- direct actionConfrontational political tactics
- anti-authoritarianismOpposition to concentrated power
- radicalRoot-indicating symbol
revolutionary · socialist · free association · decentralization
Chicago
Major Illinois metropolis
- 1886A specific year
- anarchismPhilosophy rejecting state authority
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
bombing · gallows · martyrs · Fischer · Schwab · McCormick · police · dynamite · May Day · eight-hour day
eight-hour day
Regulated daily labor period
collective bargaining · wages · conditions · rights · picketing · blue-collar · workforce · trade union · industrial · solidarity
Boston
Massachusetts state capital
square · vendors · stalls · produce · farmers · shopping · groceries · butchers · fishmongers · fruit
demonstration
Public display of opinion
placards · speakers · crowd · confrontation · police · violence · chaos · clash · aftermath · commemoration
Goldman
German-Jewish surname
- black flagCombat or racing warning banner
- direct actionConfrontational political tactics
- anti-authoritarianismOpposition to concentrated power
radical · revolutionary · socialist · free association · decentralization
- SwedenStockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo, Uppsala, Scania
- Gilded AgeGilded Age, robber baron, robber barons, Carnegie, Rockefeller
- Illinois historyAbraham Lincoln, Chicago, Springfield, Chicago Fire, Great Chicago Fire
- Scottish railQueen Street
- Milwaukee AreasConcordia, Tippecanoe, Washington Heights, Washington Park
- Nebraska NeighborhoodsBenson, Dundee, Bethany, Malone, Blackstone
Haymarketfish market
Retail seafood outlet
meat market · Smithfield · corn exchange · Covent Garden · stock exchange
HaymarketPinkerton
Storied American detective firm
strikebreaker · anti-union · union buster · company town · scab
HaymarketMayfair
Upscale central London district
Park Avenue · Beacon Hill · Gold Coast · Belgravia · gated community
- Haymarket affair1886 Chicago labor riot
hay, market, hays, haying, hayed, markets, marketed, marketing, marketer