sentences:  They were peacefully protesting a Danish freight company's use of non-union workers on the Charleston docks when a fight broke out between picketing workers and a police force.The Charleston Five were arrested along with four others and were held on felony charges which could have carried a prison sentence of up to 10 years.On 19 January a ship from Danish Nordana's shipping Lines docked in the Charleston port and employed 19 non-unionized workers to unload the cargo.