Skip to content

Tom Myerscough

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:Pennsylvania
Support
Labor Organizing National Miners Union
No image available

Biography

Tom Myerscough was a National Miners' Union strike leader serving two years at the Blawnox Workhouse, one of the National Miners' Union strikers jailed after the 1931 Pittsburgh-district coal strike. The Blawnox (Allegheny County) Workhouse in Pennsylvania held National Miners' Union strikers convicted after the 40,000-strong 1931 Pittsburgh-district coal strike, serving up to six years; the ILD's roster of these class-war prisoners ran through the Labor Defender.

Case

Allegheny County Workhouse
Arrested: 1931
Sentence: Held at the Blawnox Workhouse, Allegheny County.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Pennsylvania