LOUIS ROMAN (1864-1918)
He came
from southern Russia. In the 1880s he
moved to the United States. He was one
of the principal founders on “Pioneers of freedom.” He co-edited the anarchist weekly newspaper Di varhayt (The truth). From July 4, 1890, he was for four months the
editor of Fraye arbeter shtime (Free
voice of labor) in New York. He authored
the pamphlet: Der gezetslikher mord in
shikago fun november 1887 (Legal murder in Chicago of November 1887)[1]
(New York, 1889). He died in New York.
Source: B. Raynus (Berl Cohen), in Fraye arbeter shtime (New York) (February 1, 1971).
Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon
fun yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New
York, 1986), col. 500.
[1] Translator’s note—referring to the hanging of those
legally held responsible for the Haymarket Riots. (JAF)
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