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Re: JOEK L. LEVIS, ET AL L, i “ 2 co. 49) "No outsidors were at the mine at tho strike, just tho local men anc thcir families would come sut and wisit them, At tho PM’ mesting wo all agrced to picket and no one forced us to picket but wo did so in order to protect our jobs. JI was not at tho mine when tho injunction was read to the miners but they all left pcacoably, and the picketing was over with. “after tho injunction was issued I heard the mine was ts reopen but I did not show up therc at all, as I thought there might be trouble. "In regaré to the oleetion in Dee. 1937 all the mombcrs met at PT hoacguartcrs and went in groups of 25 or so over to tho armory and voted just as when onc votes for thc Fresident. Ms fore: was used and it was a regular sooc election, anc all of us votcc of our own free will. <Aftcr- words we @1l1 tole sur FR officisle just how wo votoe so they could chock to soc if the figures werc correct. The results of thet elcction wera the fcelings of the mincrs. "After the clection in 1937 I cid not go back to the mine in 1938 when it was rc-openec, Tho membcrs of PMi¥ 211 wondercd how Elshoff could keep the mins closed. “hon Mine B reopencd in 1939 I reecived a registered letter from the Minc telling mc to come back to work anc and I did rcturn and et that time I still belonged to Pei. I was told that the wage scale woulc be the samc as it was in the Stete of Illinois. “e wont back eas an oper shop. Aftor we got the rigistcrod lettcrs Phir hac a mesting and it wos cdecidec best that all roturn to work othsrwisc they woulc lose their jobs After we returned ts work UM mon came around and talked to usp and it was notee that Uy men were treated better than the PM. mon as they wore given bettcr rooms to work in anc were troated better. The management of the Kins B cic not come out openly and favor the UM but it was noted that UN organizers wore given a free hence and could do anything they desired. I vas contacted m ny times at Mince B ts sign over to UMY and ubout 3 times ciffercnt UAT men came to my home anc finally I had to sign ovcr to UMN as I did not want to sec any trouble stert and I had to work in order to make a living snd I did not want to lose my job. I cant! recall the names of those who came to my hame. I con't romombcr signing a card for PMT but I may have. I signed over ta UM because the osthers verc doing so and it was mor. safe thot way. I hac hearc diffcrent stories of PMi mon getting boast up because they would not sign over and I cidn't want to get boast up. Thess men who contseted me never threitened me at all, . "In regard to NLRE clection in 1941 it was run off like the other onc but there was 2 lot of new faces cs now men wire being employod at MWinc B from othir pliccs. The PMV men cid not like this sceond olection as they had helc their first one and won anc did not like the idea of having another one and by thet time many Pri hac quit and taken other jobs - 164 - ee ee ee ee ee ee a ey