Police arrested hundreds of union leaders socialists and anarchists.
The Haymarket Affair refers to the effect of a bombing that took place at Haymarket Square during a protest on May 4, 1886. One of the effects of the events was that most Americans turned away from radicalism.
As a result of the Haymarket Square Riot, membership in the Knights of Labor declined quickly because the public associated unions with violence and radicalism.
The Haymarket Riot took place in Chicago in 1886. It was a protest by workers demanding an eight-hour workday, and it turned violent.
The Haymarket Riot was associated with violent tactics by unions, and individuals came to view them as potentially dangerous organizations.
Public suspicions of unions .
Public support for unions fells.
The Haymarket Riot
Haymarket Riot
Employers grew more suspicious of labor unions.
br />It caused them decline because there was so many killed
Employers grew more suspicious of labor unions.
The Haymarket Riot for anyone that doesn't know is a riot on May 1st 1886 that started out as a ordinary riot to demand better work standards including an eight hour workday. The riot escalated when the police broke up the riot and someone who is still unknown today threw and detonated a bomb. In the confusion eight police officers were killed from friendly fire and some number of protestors were killed. The riot was a setback to the striker's cause because this pulled away from the Labor parties main goals. In the time succeeding the riot our people were tried and executed and one committed suicide. Samuel Gompers did take this time to create a larger protest with the socialist party in Paris. The Socialist and Labor parties then created a massive demonstration on May 1st 1890 commemorating the men who were killed during the riot, while at the same time protesting.