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Sam Ross (Boston leather-coat striker)

Full name:Sam Ross
Era:1930s
State:Massachusetts
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Biography

Sam Ross was arrested Saturday morning, September 17, 1932 and accused of assault during the Boston sheepskin and leather-coat strike led by the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union. The report gives no verdict or release. The source does not identify him with the separately recorded 1936 relief-demonstration Sam Ross. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1932/v09-n225-NY-sep-20-1932-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3

Case

Charges: Assault accusation during the Boston sheepskin and leather-coat strike.
Arrested: Sep 17, 1932
Sentence: Arrested September 17, 1932; subsequent verdict and physical release unknown.