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Oscar Mileaf

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1920s
State:New York
Support
Communism Labor Organizing
Oscar Mileaf

Biography

Oscar Mileaf was one of the New York fur workers convicted with Ben Gold in the 1927 Mineola trial — the Long Island prosecution of furriers' union militants on assault charges growing out of the victorious 1926 strike. Sentenced to two and a half to five years and jailed through the trial, the defendants were bailed pending appeal in an ILD-supported defense.

Case

Charges: Assault (1927 Mineola trial of furriers' union militants, 1926 strike)
Arrested: 1927
Sentence: Two and a half to five years; jailed during trial and bailed pending appeal. Verdict as recorded: Convicted, 1927; bailed pending appeal
Convicted: Yes