Biography
Sam Benato was an anthracite miner of the Pittston, Pennsylvania region jailed in the Eastern State Penitentiary at Philadelphia for organizing against the contractor system in the coal fields.
A prison-relief letter from Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia thanks the ILD for its March27 letter and five-dollar check. Mariana Benato’s accompanying Pittston letter identifies two children and describes his struggle against the anthracite contractor system. No new arrest or exact release day is supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/labordefender/1930/v05n05-may-1930-LD.pdf#page=32
Case
Eastern State Penitentiary
