Biography
Lewis A. Gilbert was secretary of the Furniture Workers Industrial Union of Greater Boston. After picketing the Columbia and Myers Upholstering Company in Boston, he refused to promise a judge that he would stop picketing under an injunction. On May 4, 1934, he was adjudged in contempt and fined $50 or 100 days in jail. He refused the fine and immediately began serving the sentence; the union organized a campaign demanding his release.
Lewis A. Gilbert was secretary of the Furniture Workers Industrial Union of Greater Boston. After picketing the Columbia and Myers Upholstering Company in Boston, he refused to promise a judge that he would stop picketing under an injunction. On May 4, 1934, he was adjudged in contempt and fined $50 or 100 days in jail. He refused the fine and immediately began serving the sentence; the union organized a campaign demanding his release.
The May 9 report describes a campaign demanding his immediate release after he had begun serving on May 4. The 100 days was a sentence, not a verified completed duration. His arrest date, actual release date, jail institution, and total time served remain unverified.
Daily Worker, May 9, 1934, page 2, Paul Appel, Furniture Workers Fight Against Anti-Strike Writ.
