Labor demonstration for 8-hour work day turns into a deadly riot 130 years ago this hour (May 4 1886)


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(Tuesday, May 4, 1886, 10:30 p.m. local time) — A labor demonstration for an 8-hour work day tonight at Haymarket Square in Chicago turned into a deadly riot when a bomb exploded; in all, seven policemen and at least four workers were killed.