Publication: Labour/Le Travail
Publication Date: 22-SEP-07
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Author: Lause, Mark A.
Article Excerpt
James Green, Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement, and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America (New York: Pantheon Books 2006)
THE HUMAN SCALE of James Green's well-constructed and solid narrative transforms this dramatic confrontation into a vivid tableau of the social tensions and aspirations of the Gilded Age. The title centres on the death in Haymarket Square in Chicago, and also those associated with the events that took place there. On May 4, 1886, a bomb exploded in the ranks of the Chicago Police Department then engaged in trying to dissolve an anarchist-led rally for a nation-wide wave of strikes to establish the eight-hour workday. The damage of the bomb to the police was what mattered officially, as did the execution of anarchist labour leaders for conspiracy to bring about an atmosphere of violence leading to the death of police officers. The extent of death beyond becomes less tangible. The bombing and subsequent gunfire in the square certainly killed or mortally wounded an indeterminate number of demonstrators and bystanders and left many more injured, but the evidence grows weaker as...
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