Patrick Quinlan

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:New Jersey
Time Imprisoned:
2 Years 6 Months 8 Days
Support
Socialism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Socialist Party of America
Patrick Quinlan

Biography

Patrick Quinlan was an Irish-American IWW orator and Socialist Party organizer who spoke alongside Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Carlo Tresca, and Big Bill Haywood at the 1913 Paterson, New Jersey silk strike of 25,000 workers. He was the first of the strike's leaders convicted under New Jersey's archaic 'unlawful assemblage' and incitement statutes, drawing 2 to 7 years at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton. After exhausting appeals he was paroled in 1916 following a sustained national defense campaign.

Case

New Jersey State Prison
Charges: Inciting to riot — inciting personal injury, inciting assault, and advocating burning and destruction (1913 Paterson silk strike)
Arrested: Feb 25, 1913
Incarcerated: Jul 7, 1913
Released: Jan 15, 1916
Sentence: Two to seven years at the New Jersey State Prison (Trenton) plus a $500 fine; paroled in 1916 after a national labor-defense campaign Verdict as recorded: Yes — convicted at a 1913 retrial (the first trial ended in a 7–5 mistrial favoring acquittal)
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: New Jersey

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