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THTRRVTR TITH kno any other reason vhy men tith good working conditions vould try to cause trouble, None of these mon ever telked to me, but I saw thom telking to some of the other men. TI think that these fellors set up a U.H.W. local of thuir ovm, vith Bohannon president, shortly after the strike. The Poids expelicd these men at a union netting just before the strike. I wasn at the mceting, but heardabout it the naxt day. The P.Md. officers had a discussion with the superintendent of the mine the morning of the strike, The P,ii¢. had a closed shop contract, and the super refused to keep these man fron coing to vark. 48 far as I know, that is the only reason for the strike. te i" "J don't remenber signing any petitions for the P.ii.A, or any other union in the summer of 1937, In the fall of 1937, I heard that the mince Vas going to open up, and went out the first day. I don't re- menber hor I heard about it. When I got there, I heard that the manage- nent wanted to operate the mine tith U.su.. nen, The WL". didntt have enough nen to operate the mine, and the P.1.A. men wouldn't work vith the Urs The PNA. began to picket the mine to keer the u. wel. men out. a ee oe | ate fe ede Ee Se ee Wages S The federal injunction was gotten by Elehoff, perhaps to protect tne property, end perhaps to keep the PLA. avay. "In Decenber of 1937, in the cloction at the state arsenal, I voted for P.w.A. because I felt that was tue better union for me, and was best for my benefit. were appointed by the P.M.A. to T ata Too aBoa roncniber. a - B. neon told us to do, the mine was shut dwm, somc man, vhose naie I can't ronember, but who ‘had an artificial leg, came to uy house and tried to get nc to join the Uu.. No threats or anything yor: nade, but I told hin I didn't vant to, "In the fall of 1939; I wont back to Tork at the mine vhen it / opened, J dm't raneibcr how I got rord, tht the mine would reopen. No me over contacted ne at the nine about jeinang the Ui, after I rent back, although yo nt the tipple. In Decenber of and have never bean back to "To go back, than the fcllov with the artificial leg cane to see ne, he told me that if he got enough nen to join U.M.U. et Ttinc B he could go back to work there. He had been hurt in an accident st the nine, and there vas sue dispute over luis accident clain. He was firog, and vas told he could nevér vork there agin, dfter a while, he joined the U.1%., and - 142 -