Biography
Van Hoesen was a railroad strike leader reported jailed in New York State during the 1877 strike.
The July 17, 1934 historical press review quotes a New York Times headline from the 1877 railroad strike describing strike leader Van Hoesen as lodged in jail in New York State. It supplies only his surname, no exact arrest day, formal charge, disposition or completed custody total. The account is a retrospective report of an actual imprisonment, not a new 1934 arrest. Daily Worker, July 17, 1934, page 5. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n170-jul-17-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=5
