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On May Day 1886, the workers at the Harvesting Machine Co. in Chicago began a strike in the hope of gaining a shorter work day. On May 3, police were used to protect strikebreakers and a scuffle broke out, one person was killed and 50 injured. It was a horrible day May 4, 1886 when anarchists murdered eight Chicago police officers. The offenders shot at the officers and threw a bomb during a labor riot. Blood ran in the streets and before it was over 70 people were killed or wounded. The suspects were rounded up, tried and were sentenced to be hanged. One suspect blew himself up cheating the hangman but the others danced at the bottom of the gallows located at Hubbard and Dearborn Streets.

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Seven this is a list of the names in no order:

Patrolman Michael Sheehan

Patrolman Mathias J. Degan

Patrolman John J. Barrett

Patrolman George Miller

Patrolman Timothy Flavin

Patrolman Thomas Redden

Patrolman Nels Hansen

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Strikers killed by police during a mayday event

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