Biography
F. J. Gallagher was an organizer and leader of the oil field strikes in the summer of 1917 from Chicago, Illinois. F. J. Gallagher was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Wichita and sentenced to eight years in prison. He served in Leavenworth Penitentiary from December 1917 to December 22, 1923.
The March 1920 One Big Union Monthly prisoner roster, under the printed name GALLAGHER , F. J., reports: Federal . Indicted Wichita , March 14 , 1918 . Conspiracy. Convicted Dec. 1919. 8 year sentence Leavenworth Federal prison . This is the contemporary labor organization’s account. Indictment, bail and imposed sentence are distinguished from physical admission, actual release and complete time served; no missing custody endpoint is inferred. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/one-big-union-monthly/v02n03-mar-1920_One%20Big%20Union.pdf#page=10
White places Gallagher among the Wichita defendants held for approximately two years before the December 1919 trial and transported to Leavenworth the following day. These local pretrial and penitentiary stages are distinct; the account does not establish that the entire earlier detention occurred inside Leavenworth.
Ahmed White, Under the Iron Heel (University of California Press, 2022), physical PDF pages [169, 170] (printed page = physical minus 11); source193 SHA256 7c24fb0ba336fcbf379fb9720f70dcdbf754d796a50dee77b39e38e0f9bd2868.
The March1922 official report lists F. J. Gallagher in List1 of convicted prisoners or parolees. The government entry reports Conspiracy and violating the espionage act, ete. a sentence of December 18, 1919, 8 years eavenworth; to pay costs and to stand committed until costs are paid.. Imposed terms, projected term-expiration dates, parole eligibility and intervals on bond are different measures; none is entered as a complete actual custody total. This attributed government entry is retained alongside the independently established individual chronology. [PDF8]
Government Prosecutions under the Espionage Act, Senate Document159 (March1922), PDF page 8.
