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as ae og ee a ate ma ay "a eer oa + Reg JOHN L. LEwIS, ET 4b (continucd) "Jo the best of my recollection a strike occurr at Mine B in the spring of 1937. I heard. that’ tid™reason for the strike was that the mincrs were putting short weights in the ears, This strike was settled and a fav days later there was a second strike. I don't know the causcs of this / strike. I heard that the U. HM. W. men went to work in the mine, and that P. BM. 4a. men refused to go to work with the T. & W. "Lt this tine 1 heard thet Elshoff wanted the U. WM. W. men in his mine, I heard that Elshoff told people that he wanted the U. M. ™. in his mine, and that he gave the mine mules to U. 4M. W. men ae that they comild usc the miles at their homes. This practice was permitted while no work ; was being done at Minc B - while the mine was clos-q down, I heard that Frank austin was given 2 mules. I also heard that Elshoff and Falcetti had snid that U Xk # men could use the mine mulce until the mine opened up again. None of toe P. Me. ae men were given “ny mulcse fron the mine. grbout the summer of 1939 Tony Plotch came to me 4 os and told several of us includin bem Oe sic Bcveral others whose names I dontt re : by en U. LW, at that time, and that if T didn't join the U Mii the National Labor Relatio: 1s Yoard would mukc me join the U. I. W. later, if I wanted a nob at Mine 5B. "I know that Charles Bohanpon was aU. Me ¥. orginizer because ! I heard that he told s.veral of the miners that they should join the U. KW. if they wanted to work, and also that he had beat up sever7l of | the miners beause they did not want to oin the J. H. My . Some of the { mn he beat up were known to me as °° "ge . "In addition to Austin, Plotch and @ Bohamon, I heard that the following men also were U. Ma W. org:mizers: Jolin (Cotton) ananias, John Sirtout, Gcorge Jacaway, Euory, Jacavay and James Hales” Noné°of these mon == ever contacted re personally. ~~ wena vee "B-cause I hid been 1211, I knew nothing of the wage dispute . oo. of april 1937, and nothing of the mecting of P. M. 4. men in May 1937. as. : I reenll, shortly after the P # . men at Mine B were out on strike, I signed ; a petagion £ er P. . & The mun who brought the petition to me was known to : Me As Sa (ph). He asked me if I was satisfied with the P.M i., m that I was satisfied, he asked mc to sign the petition. 4 No threats were mide to ne for ay sigature. He cane to my house for ay ' Signature. I don't know if any mon signed the P M4 petition at a P Na mecting. A we .