Also known as the Bay View Tragedy, the Bay View Massacre started on May 1, 1886, when 7,000 building-trades workers joined with 5,000 Polish laborers to go on strike against their employers in demand of an eight-hour work day. Within two days, 14,000 workers had joined forces in solidarity, gathering at the Milwaukee Iron Company rolling mill in Bay View (located at Russell and Superior on Jones Island).
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