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Louis W. Rogers

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Illinois
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Labor Organizing Socialism
Louis W. Rogers

Biography

American Railway Union director and Eugene V. Debs co-defendant in the federal contempt prosecution following the 1894 Pullman Strike, when President Cleveland invoked the Insurrection Act and deployed federal troops to break the boycott of Pullman cars. All ARU directors were enjoined under Olney's sweeping federal injunction from any further communication that might continue the strike; when they continued to coordinate the union's defense, they were convicted of criminal contempt and jailed for three months at Woodstock (McHenry County) jail alongside Debs. ARU director and editor of the Railway Times.

Case

Woodstock Jail (McHenry County)
Charges: Criminal contempt of federal injunction (in re Debs); conspiracy to obstruct mail and interstate commerce.
Arrested: Jul 17, 1894
Sentenced: Dec 14, 1894
Released: Nov 22, 1895
Sentence: 3 months in Woodstock Jail (some served additional injunction time).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Illinois