Wild Whip Hoxworth visited the judges involved and pointed out that the charges might better be criminal syndicalism, and they thanked him for his interest in the case.
The 16 people still inside the compound face a variety of charges, from "criminal syndicalism" for conspiring to advocate criminal activities, to penalties for check-kiting.
Eight were subsequently convicted of "criminal syndicalism."
His father was shipped for criminal syndicalism.
Following a speech to a group of Oakland leftists on behalf of the CLP, Whitney was arrested on November 28, 1919, and charged with "criminal syndicalism" in violation of the California Criminal Syndicalism Act.
The jury deliberated six hours before finding Whitney guilty of the first count, having organized and joined an organization formed for the purpose of advocating criminal syndicalism, while disagreeing on the other four counts.
Wolfe was a delegate to the ill-fated August 1922 convention of the underground CPA held in Bridgman, Michigan, for which he was indicted under Michigan's "criminal syndicalism" law.
On July 20 the police, acting on information from the Associated Farmers, rounded up seventeen of the union's leaders, including Decker, and charged them with "criminal syndicalism, a felony".
He is serving a 10-year sentence in Montana State Prison for "criminal syndicalism," or the advocacy of violence for political ends.
He became involved in a variety of industrial disputes to little purpose, failed to raise funds for his union, and in 1920 was imprisoned for 'criminal syndicalism'.