Biography
James Hogan was a railroad worker and American Railway Union director imprisoned at Woodstock, Illinois, in the contempt prosecution connected with the 1894 railroad strike. The Railway Times of September 2, 1895, identifies him among the imprisoned directors and reports that their contempt sentences expired on August 22, after which they returned to union work.
James Hogan was a railroad worker and American Railway Union director imprisoned at Woodstock, Illinois, in the contempt prosecution connected with the 1894 railroad strike. The Railway Times of September 2, 1895, identifies him among the imprisoned directors and reports that their contempt sentences expired on August 22, after which they returned to union work. Contempt imprisonment at Woodstock (McHenry County) jail, Illinois. The September 2, 1895 Railway Times reports that his sentence expired August 22 and that he had returned to union work. The exact admission date and actual total duration remain unverified; no three-month nominal term is converted to time served.
The Railway Times, September 2, 1895, original PDF pages 2, 9 and 16.
