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Res JOHN L. LB IS, ET AL. TNTRAVIN 1 ITH tT know the following men: Andrev Schrelevious, Dominic Pasquale, Pete Carter, Frank Austin, Tony Plotch, (Continued ) John Cotton, John Sirtout, George dacaway, Bmory Jacaway, James Hale and Bowlinggreen, Prior to May , 1937 I did not knor if the above mentioned men vere UM. organizers at Mine 5B. "I returned to jfine B on November, 1939 as a PUA member, Sometime after T had return vork Andrew Schrelevious came to my house which at that time vas Springfield, Ill, and asked me to join Wk. J told hin [I wo not. He said if I did not, I vould lose my job at the mince. <A veek later, Tony Plotch and John Cotton came to my house on EEEEe:d plotcn said if I did not join the If it would be very = = me. ' imer that he meant I vould be beaten up or something like that vould happen to ne if I did not join. That same night Tony Plotch gave me a menbership card and I signed up rTith the UMW because I vas afraid vhat might happen to me if I did not sign up vith the UM, “J did not aitend the PHA meeting on May 11, 1937, but I kner there vas poing to be a mecting from talking rith the other miners. I heard the next day by ‘ord of mouth from the other miners that some miners uneluded in the list of names set out in this statement were expelled from the PMA at that meeting. "The only thing I know about the wave scale trouble in the Spring of 1937 was that Elshoff did not recopnize the retroactive clause in the contract thich meant I vas supposed to get back pay, dating back to April 1, 1937. I never got this back pay. "The day of the strike, in Vay, 1937, I vas digging coal in Box the South section of the ming. Om this day I loaded ny coal cars short because the PMA Pit Committee tald ne to, I understand that trouble had started on that morning vith Elshoff because he vould not discharge the miners tho had been throtn out of the Pita. "Tl vent out to the minc to help picket about about three months in the PUA picket line after the strike started. “Y alvays Vented to keep on vorking under the PMA. I never ranted to po back again under the ii.. J ras forced oo rot um to the Uf bir Ploteh and John Cotton or lose my job. *JT do not renember signing any petitions in the sumer of 1937. "In September, 1937 1 vent out to the mine then the mine tried to open. The Pid leaders told us ve vould not be able to go dorm into the mine to vork that day because re vere Progressives and because the ‘fine B - 57 = nC Re EE ot SL ae OE oe ae