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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

A blast during last October's Weatherman rampage in Chicago toppled a statue commemorating policemen killed in the 1886 Haymarket Square riot and ensuing disturbances�all of which was triggered by an anarchist's bomb.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the following day a mass meeting held in Haymarket Square, Chicago, was harangued by a number of anarchists.

From The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners by Orth, Samuel Peter

On the evening of May 4 a meeting was held in what was known as Haymarket Square, at this meeting three of the condemned made speeches.

From Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" by Eddy, Arthur Jerome