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John Tash

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Era:1930s
State:Pennsylvania
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Biography

John Tash was a labor organizer arrested during July 1930 raids associated with the Pennsylvania anthracite strike and charged with sedition. The Daily Worker of July 8 describes police raids on labor and Communist offices in Scranton following a miners’ meeting in Dunmore. Tash was a National Miners Union member arrested at the office on July2 and released on July3 on $1,000 bail.

Case

Charges: Sedition; related labor-organizing prosecution
Arrested: Jul 2, 1930
Released: Jul 3, 1930