Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of the "Haymarket Affair" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
anarchist, bomb, Chicago, Louis Lingg, McCormick Reaper Works, pardon, strike.
For articles relating to the Haymarket Affair, search from May 1886 to November 1887.
For articles relating to the governor’s pardon of three of the labor activists, search from June 26 to 27, 1893.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"For Eight Hours"
The St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN), May 1, 1886, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"The Great Day for Labor"
The Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE), May 1, 1886, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Mob Violence Feared"
The Washington Critic (Washington, DC), May 4, 1886, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.
"Strike in Chicago"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), May 5, 1886, Page 2, Image 2, col. 2.
"Blood and the Bomb"
The Fort Worth Daily Gazette (Fort Worth, TX), May 5, 1886, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"Chicago's Wild Mobs"
The Sun (New York, NY), May 6, 1886, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"The Bomb Butchery"
The St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN), May 27, 1886, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"The Anarchists"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), July 17, 1886, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"Seven Chicago Anarchists"
The Lancaster Daily Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA), August 20, 1886, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"Seven Anarchists to Hang"
The Sun (New York, NY), September 15, 1887, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"They Must Hang"
The St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN), November 3, 1887, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"A Human Tiger"
The St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN), November 11, 1887, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Four Will Hang"
The National Republican (Washington, DC), November 11, 1887, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"The Anarchists' Lives"
The Fort Worth Daily Gazette (Fort Worth, TX), November 12, 1887, Page 3, Image 3, col. 4.
"Anarchists Consigned to the Grave"
The Sacramento Daily Record-Union (Sacramento, CA), November 14, 1887, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"The Anarchists Hanged"
Watertown Republican (Watertown, WI), November 16, 1887, Page 3, Image 3, col 1.
"Sets them Free"
The Morning Call (San Francisco, CA), June 27, 1893, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.

Haymarket Affair: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America