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7884-7886 - A COTTON CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION CHICAGO RIOT

1 6 .D E C .8 4 - 2 .J U N .85 WORLD’ S INDUSTRIAL AND COTTON CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION.
S it e : 24J acAeA_. ViAitqhA_: 1 .2 mLL-lLort. C o a t; 3 2 .0 m tl-lton.
H eid ad New OAdean^, La. to c e le b r a te th e C th e C otto n in th e USA.
PAeA. AAthuA waA unabte to be pAeAent & AtaAted th e by a button in th e
W hite HouAe. ItA gAeat A ucceAALead to moAe Southern ExpoA itionA in th e 1890a ( 6 .3 ) .

PUi. Arlhur

2c PSE with E xpoiition Station duplex NEW ORLEANS,LA./ EX.STA, APR 17.

4.MAV.7886 HAVNARNET RIOT. . ILL.

OuAing 1886 Chicago waA a centAe o£ taboA & but th e lA t May paAAed o ^
peace^utty & th e taboA teadeA Samuel GompeAA a m eeting in Union Square.
F ig h tin g between p o tice & AtAikeAA on 3Ad May Lead to 180 to a
m eeting in th e HaymaAket on th e 4 th . An anaAch a bomb k it t in g them &
th ey opened £iAe k it t in g AeveAat c iv itia n A . E ig h t weAe aAAeAted & weAe
c o n v ic te d o i muAdeA & hanged on 11. NOW. 81.They weAe buAied in Cem eteAy,
Chicago & yeaAA ta te A on 25.JUN.93, an im pAeAAive bAonze monument to them u/aA u n v e ite d .

Samel G mperr American Federation Labor
(Hot in Chicago on 4th Mg) Founded December 1886 b Gomperr

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