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Gus Alonen

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:New York
Support
Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
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Biography

Gus Alonen, an IWW officer from the Bronx, served a sentence in Clinton and Comstock Prisons for violating New York anti-anarchy law. He had been secretary of the Finnish local of the IWW in the Bronx.

Case

Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918.