Biography
Mike Taras was a Pennsylvania coal striker whose signed prison letter was published in Labor Defender in April 1932. Writing from Washington, Pennsylvania on February 9, 1932, he reported that he remained jailed and thanked the International Labor Defense for financial aid. He expected to leave jail on February 18, at which point he said his confinement would amount to four months and a week. This establishes a substantial ongoing imprisonment, while the projected release and total are not treated as completed events. He gave a home address in Bentleyville and pledged to continue the workers’ struggle.
Mike Taras was a Pennsylvania coal striker whose signed prison letter was published in Labor Defender in April 1932. Writing from Washington, Pennsylvania on February 9, 1932, he reported that he remained jailed and thanked the International Labor Defense for financial aid. He expected to leave jail on February 18, at which point he said his confinement would amount to four months and a week. This establishes a substantial ongoing imprisonment, while the projected release and total are not treated as completed events. He gave a home address in Bentleyville and pledged to continue the workers’ struggle. Actual ongoing coal-strike-related imprisonment confirmed by his February 9, 1932 letter. February 18 discharge and four months and a week were his forecast, not verified completed service. Exact admission, release, charge and facility remain unknown.
Labor Defender, April 1932, printed 73 / PDF 12, signed letter From a Coal Striker.
