Biography
Roger Francezon was a Colorado coal-strike prisoner reported by the Daily Worker on November 9, 1927. Its report described the named strike leaders as held incommunicado with bail denied, while miners demanded their release. An individually identified photograph places him behind bars in Las Animas County Jail. The photograph caption identifies Francezon as chairman of the General Executive Board of the I.W.W.
Roger Francezon was a Colorado coal-strike prisoner reported by the Daily Worker on November 9, 1927. Its report described the named strike leaders as held incommunicado with bail denied, while miners demanded their release. An individually identified photograph places him behind bars in Las Animas County Jail. The photograph caption identifies Francezon as chairman of the General Executive Board of the I.W.W. The contemporary report establishes ongoing confinement during the coal strike. The individual arrest, admission, and release dates, total time confined, formal charge, and conviction outcome are not established by this source.
Daily Worker, November 9, 1927, PDF page 1: Colorado strike report and identified jail photograph.
