Eric Eggen

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The police said they came under fire from the anarchists. The workers and bystanders said that all the firing was by the police, who panicked, shooting not only into the fleeing crowd but also into their own ranks. Seven police died as well as at least five, possibly more, workers. Dozens of police and workers were wounded.
The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 (Oxford History of the United States)
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