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Cush (Mansfield, 1931)

Full name:Cush
Era:1930s
State:Ohio
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Biography

Cush was an organizer for the Metal Workers Industrial League during the May 1931 strike at Empire Steel in Mansfield, Ohio. The Daily Worker of May 18, 1931, page 1, reports that local authorities, police, American Legion members and AFL agents kidnapped Meldon and Cush and drove them in automobiles to the adjoining county. This was coercive removal during their organizing activity, not a documented judicial conviction or prison term. The source supplies surnames only, with no exact seizure day or duration.

Case

Charges: Coercive abduction and removal during Empire Steel strike; no judicial charge established.
Sentence: Driven to an adjoining county by local authorities and allied strike opponents; no prison sentence established.