Labor Historian David Montgomery talks about the origins of Mayday, International Labor Day. Mayday 2006 interviewed by Stanley Heller, The Struggle Video Network
Wikipedia: On June 26, 1893, Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld signed pardons for Fielden, Neebe, and Schwab after having concluded all eight defendants were innocent. The governor said the reason for the bombing was the city of Chicago's failure to hold Pinkerton guards responsible for shooting workers. The pardons ended his political career. The police commander who ordered the dispersal was later convicted of police corruption. The bomb thrower was never identified.
As a labor historian it might have been more complete to mention the dynamite bomb thrown at the police in the 1886 Haymarket Affair which killed 8 police officers. Interesting omission.
Wikipedia: On June 26, 1893, Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld signed pardons for Fielden, Neebe, and Schwab after having concluded all eight defendants were innocent. The governor said the reason for the bombing was the city of Chicago's failure to hold Pinkerton guards responsible for shooting workers. The pardons ended his political career. The police commander who ordered the dispersal was later convicted of police corruption. The bomb thrower was never identified.
HenryFranconia 2 months ago
As a labor historian it might have been more complete to mention the dynamite bomb thrown at the police in the 1886 Haymarket Affair which killed 8 police officers. Interesting omission.
arbiterpaul 2 months ago