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Eugene Victor, an American socialist; born in Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 5, 1855. He received a common school education and became a locomotive fireman. He was elected to the Indiana Legislature in 1885 and was later an official of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, and, from 1893 to 1897, president of the American Railway Union. He conducted the strike of 1893 in Chicago, and in 1894, while maneging the larger strike on the Western roads, was charged with conspiracy, camera, but imprisoned for six months for contempt of court. He became a leader in the Socialist movement in 1897; was the candidate of the Social Democratic party in 1900 and of the Socialist party m 1904, 1908, and 1912 for President of the United States.