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Haymarket Square

American  

noun

  1. a square in Chicago: scene of a riot Haymarket Riot in 1886 between police and labor unionists.


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Following the backlash to the Haymarket Square bombing and a series of failed strikes, the Knights faded.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 30, 2025

The anarchist group decided to hold a protest the following night in Haymarket Square, and, although the protest was quiet, the police arrived armed for conflict.

From Textbooks Dec. 30, 2014

Bewildered,—with eyes and ears alert, we toiled up Haymarket Square shoulder to shoulder, seeking the Common.

From A Son of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland

A protest mass meeting met the next day on Haymarket Square and was addressed by Internationalists.

From A History of Trade Unionism in the United States by Selig Perlman

The bomb explosion on Haymarket Square connected two movements which had heretofore marched separately, despite a certain mutual affinity.

From A History of Trade Unionism in the United States by Selig Perlman

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