Biography
Edward Grand was a striking seaman imprisoned in the 1936 maritime labor struggle in New Jersey. Contemporary reports place him among Hoboken/Jersey City prisoners serving ninety-day vagrancy terms while also facing additional assault allegations. His exact arrest, physical release and complete custody duration remain unestablished.
The May 22, 1936 Daily Worker reports Grand serving a ninety-day vagrancy term at Hoboken and facing $2,500 bail on an additional felonious-assault accusation. Its June 3 follow-up, page 4, places him among the Jersey City strike prisoners serving ninety-day terms. These are imposed terms being served, not ninety days confirmed completed. Reinspection of the May 15 source shows that its assault was allegedly committed upon replacement seaman Richard Fitzharris from the S.S. Sarcoxie; the wording does not say Grand was committed on a ship-broker’s complaint. That mixed-location shipping column did not establish a San Pedro arrest. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1936/v13-n133-NY-jun-03-1936-DW-Q.pdf#page=4 Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1936/v13-n123-NY-May-22-1936-DW-Q.pdf#page=4
