Biography
Harry Boswell was a coal striker arrested during the Westland march in western Pennsylvania in 1931. State police used tear gas, and Boswell was shot and wounded during the confrontation. He received an eighteen-month sentence at the Allegheny County Workhouse in Blawnox and was denied parole in 1932. His father Charles Boswell and brother Charles Jr. were also active in the strike. The International Labor Defense supported the imprisoned miners and their families.
Labor Defender, October 1932 (PDF page 21): The roster reports Boswell recently denied parole during his nominal eighteen-month term. It recounts his shooting and wounding after a tear-gas attack during the Westland march and identifies his father Charles and brother Charles Jr. as strike leaders; the father was reportedly blind and unable to support the family. These are attributed details of the existing strike imprisonment, not a new arrest. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/labordefender/1932/v08n10-oct-1932-LD.pdf#page=21
The November 24, 1931 report individually lists this National Miners Union strike prisoner at Allegheny County Workhouse, Blawnox. The roster establishes actual confinement during the mine-strike repression. It does not supply an individual statutory count, exact initial arrest, physical release or completed custody duration. Daily Worker, November 24, 1931, original PDF page 2. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n282-NY-nov-24-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2
