USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Knights declined rapidly after the 1886 Haymarket Square riot in Chicago, in which 11 people were killed by a bomb. The American Federation of Labor, a union of skilled workers, gradually replaced the Knights as the nation’s largest labor organization.

Detailed explanation-2: -Interestingly, due to the Knights of Labor’s opposition to strikes, the organization experienced declining membership by the late 1880s and the early 1890s. Many of the Knights of Labor’s disgruntled members joined the American Federation of Labor, a new labor group organized in Columbus, Ohio, in 1886.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Knights’ membership collapsed following the 1886 Haymarket Square riot in Chicago. By 1886 the American Federation of Labor (AFL), an alliance of skilled workers’ trade unions, was growing.

Detailed explanation-4: -The riot that ensued after the Haymarket protest led to the conviction of eight anarchists, who were later seen as martyrs for the labor movement, inspiring passion for labor in others.

Detailed explanation-5: -Knights of Labor (KOL), the first important national labour organization in the United States, founded in 1869. Named the Noble Order of the Knights of Labor by its first leader, Uriah Smith Stephens, it originated as a secret organization meant to protect its members from employer retaliations.