Mike Mare

Era:1930s
State:West Virginia
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Biography

Mike Mare was president of the National Miners Union local at McKinleyville, West Virginia. During the 1931 coal strike, he was among miners jailed in Wellsburg while marching as a fraternal delegation to a Steubenville hunger march. A July 26 report describes an alleged confession attributed to him by Brooke County authorities on July 22 and an interview by International Labor Defense attorneys with Mare and the other prisoners in Wellsburg Jail on July 26. The attorneys disputed that any signed confession existed. Exact custody endpoints and final disposition remain unverified.

Mike Mare was president of the National Miners Union local at McKinleyville, West Virginia. During the 1931 coal strike, he was among miners jailed in Wellsburg while marching as a fraternal delegation to a Steubenville hunger march. A July 26 report describes an alleged confession attributed to him by Brooke County authorities on July 22 and an interview by International Labor Defense attorneys with Mare and the other prisoners in Wellsburg Jail on July 26. The attorneys disputed that any signed confession existed. Exact custody endpoints and final disposition remain unverified.

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Case

Charges: Redmans Act prosecution involving allegations of inciting to riot and banding and confederating
Sentence: Individually named among those arrested in July22 allegation; still physically interviewed in jail July26, establishes more than overnight; do not infer exact arrest/admission from allegation date. Exact physical admission, actual release and total served remain unknown. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n182-NY-jul-30-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=5 The attorneys disputed the existence of a signed confession; the authorities’ claim is attributed and not treated as a proven admission of guilt.

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