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The story of the Haymarket Riot /

by Simon, Charnan. Series: Cornerstones of freedom. Published by : Childrens Press, (Chicago :) Physical details: 31 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. ISBN:051604740X (lib. bdg.).
Subject(s): Working class -- History. | Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886. | Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886 -- Juvenile literature.
Year: 1988
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
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Young Adult Non-Fiction 		Young Adult Reading Level YA 977.3 SIM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39124000101025

Traces the efforts of industrial workers to secure better working conditions, including the eight-hour day and how deteriorating relations between striking workers and police led to the Haymarket Square Riot which resulted in the unfair convictions of eight social revolutionaries in a murder conspiracy trial.

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