Emma Brletic

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:Pennsylvania
Support
Labor Organizing
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Biography

Emma Brletic was a striker in the 1933 Ambridge, Pennsylvania steel strike, sentenced to two years and a $500 fine for "inciting to riot," and released from the Beaver County prison in February 1935 after a defense campaign.

Case

Beaver County Prison
Charges: Inciting to riot (Ambridge steel strike)
Released: February 1935
Sentence: Two years and a $500 fine; released after four and a half months. Verdict as recorded: Convicted, 1933; released February 1935
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Pennsylvania

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