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What provoked a small banned of so called anarchist’s to do such an extreme act of violence? Where does one get off and take extreme and brutal actions into there own hands. Well for eight men it was determined there fate for their actions in which they committed. But what about the third party individual who helped make the equipment that was going to be used for this action against the Chicago police department. In the bombing a police officer by the name of Mathis Degan was killed by a bomb thrown by an anarchist, this would later turn into a court case against August pies, Albert R. Parsons, Adolph Fischer, George Engel, louis Lingg, Samuel Fielden, Michael Schwab, and Oscar W. Neebe. What these men did was develop and carry out a plan that would change history for many people. These eight men alone, single handedly destroyed the Knights of Labor, which was a great weapon in fighting for the eight a day work schedule. Prior to the bombing the eight people listed above constructed and manufactured pipe bombs for the up coming strike. They knew from previous scenarios like theirs that was coming up that the police would come in, and try to put an end to the demonstration. On the 4th of May the union leader talked about what was on the agenda for the current meeting and that one of the head administrators for the company that they were striking wanted to make a deal with them. Before that even happened the police arrived in their buggies and on foot and the police chief was quoted as saying, “this meeting immediately and peacefully disperse.” A cry came from a striker in the crowd; “we are peaceable.” That was the end to the demonstration because that next moment a loud thunderous boom engulfed the crowd and after that terrorist attack the police officers opened up fire against the crowd killing many men, women, and children. It was the most disturbing thing to happen in Chicago for a long time. Why would a group or faction do something so horrendous as to get innocent people killed? We have no idea why but we do know the consequences for those who were rooted out. The trial of the eight accused individuals of murder to a police officer was a long trial, and delivered a swift and maybe an unjust punishment. For the people accused of the bombing in the Haymarket square I believe that there was not sufficient evidence to give the eight people the death sentence. I think that it should have been more along the lines of by person the sentence, not the whole group together. For Spies a man that knew basically nothing that was going on but that of a news letter that he published should have gotten time but not death. Lingg should have gotten conspiracy and accessory to a crime. For the others I believe they should have gotten life in prison without parole. But back in those days punishment was fast and fierce. What about the police officers that gunned down several innocent protestors what is to happen of them? It would be nice to think that the deceased families would be compensated for their loss, but that would be highly unlikely. Or that swift punishment be given especially to the officers that gunned down the women and children that were running away from all the action as to not be harmed, but that didn’t happen because they are too dead. In the end no one but the accused were ever seriously dealt with. In the end knowing that there was not enough evidence to truly convict these people of murder because no one actually saw any of these men throw the bomb that killed the officer it made the people feel better to point the finger so that it may be put rest. After serving time the governor of Illinois later pardoned the eight men because of unsubstantiated evidence and it is believed that this action alone cause him not to get re-elected into the office that he once held. Bibliography: Problems in Shy Town What happens when you have an organization that is peacefully protesting and doing nothing wrong at all, and then you have a small banned of anarchist’s who believe it is there right to take actions into their own hands? Easy you have the biggest massacre in Chicago even before Al Capone is even around. The massacre that happened in the Haymarket square on May 4th was anything but pretty. What provoked a small banned of so called anarchist’s to do such an extreme act of violence? Where does one get off and take extreme and brutal actions into there own hands. Well for eight men it was determined there fate for their actions in which they committed. But what about the third party individual who helped make the equipment that was going to be used for this action against the Chicago police department. In the bombing a police officer by the name of Mathis Degan was killed by a bomb thrown by an anarchist, this would later turn into a court case against August pies, Albert R. Parsons, Adolph Fischer, George Engel, louis Lingg, Samuel Fielden, Michael Schwab, and Oscar W. Neebe. What these men did was develop and carry out a plan that would change history for many people. These eight men alone, single handedly destroyed the Knights of Labor, which was a great weapon in fighting for the eight a day work schedule. Prior to the bombing the eight people listed above constructed and manufactured pipe bombs for the up coming strike. They knew from previous scenarios like theirs that was coming up that the police would come in, and try to put an end to the demonstration. On the 4th of May the union leader talked about what was on the agenda for the current meeting and that one of the head administrators for the company that they were striking wanted to make a deal with them. Before that even happened the police arrived in their buggies and on foot and the police chief was quoted as saying, “this meeting immediately and peacefully disperse.” A cry came from a striker in the crowd; “we are peaceable.” That was the end to the demonstration because that next moment a loud thunderous boom engulfed the crowd and after that terrorist attack the police officers opened up fire against the crowd killing many men, women, and children. It was the most disturbing thing to happen in Chicago for a long time. Why would a group or faction do something so horrendous as to get innocent people killed? We have no idea why but we do know the consequences for those who were rooted out. The trial of the eight accused individuals of murder to a police officer was a long trial, and delivered a swift and maybe an unjust punishment. For the people accused of the bombing in the Haymarket square I believe that there was not sufficient evidence to give the eight people the death sentence. I think that it should have been more along the lines of by person the sentence, not the whole group together. For Spies a man that knew basically nothing that was going on but that of a news letter that he published should have gotten time but not death. Lingg should have gotten conspiracy and accessory to a crime. For the others I believe they should have gotten life in prison without parole. But back in those days punishment was fast and fierce. What about the police officers that gunned down several innocent protestors what is to happen of them? It would be nice to think that the deceased families would be compensated for their loss, but that would be highly unlikely. Or that swift punishment be given especially to the officers that gunned down the women and children that were running away from all the action as to not be harmed, but that didn’t happen because they are too dead. In the end no one but the accused were ever seriously dealt with. In the end knowing that there was not enough evidence to truly convict these people of murder because no one actually saw any of these men throw the bomb that killed the officer it made the people feel better to point the finger so that it may be put rest. After serving time the governor of Illinois later pardoned the eight men because of unsubstantiated evidence and it is believed that this action alone cause him not to get re-elected into the office that he once held. Word Count: 762
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