Biography
Julius Mailman was a New York fur worker and union activist prosecuted after the 1926 furriers’ strike. He and his brother Nathan received sixty-day sentences in General Sessions on February 28, 1927. In his account of imprisonment, Julius described an assault conviction, a night in the Tombs and transfer to the Welfare Island workhouse. He recounted overcrowded sleeping quarters, inadequate food and the treatment of imprisoned workers.
