Biography
Eric Ostrom was a conscientious objector from Illinois imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to death. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for draft on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; named on Judge Advocate General's card file entitled CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR -- DESERTION: "Accused claimed that he did not believe in war, and that he is a member of the I.W.W. Conviction approved. Op. …
The December 1919 One Big Union Monthly, spelling his name Eric Ostrum, identifies him among IWW military prisoners at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. The correspondent says two members were transferred there shortly after the other objectors were moved to Fort Douglas. The passage supplies no exact Alcatraz transfer or release date.
The March1920 One Big Union Monthly roster again prints Eric Ostrum and places him in the military prison on Alcatraz Island, San Francisco. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/one-big-union-monthly/v02n03-mar-1920_One%20Big%20Union.pdf#page=17
The December 1919 One Big Union Monthly, spelling his name Eric Ostrum, identifies him among IWW military prisoners at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. The correspondent says two members were transferred there shortly after the other objectors were moved to Fort Douglas. The passage supplies no exact Alcatraz transfer or release date.
