June 26 - Governor Altgeld Pardons Surviving Haymarket Prisoners
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June 26 - Governor Altgeld Pardons Surviving Haymarket Prisoners

2020-06-26

On this day in Labor History the year was 1893.  That was the day that Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld pardoned Samuel Fielden, Oscar Neebe and Michael Schwab, who were imprisoned for their alleged role in the Haymarket bombing of 1886.  

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