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| € © R2) JOHN L. LENS, ET al. INTERVIE'T “ITH picketed Mine B & I never saw any literature being given out by them. Before Mine B closed there ware (eontinued } sano P.Mane men, about 15 or so, who were for U.N. Some wos CHAS. BOHsANNON, BOLING GREEN, TONY PLOTCH, OTTIN aNaNl.S, JOHN & BILL & JOHN Jk., SIRTOUT, GEO. & RAGRY JACAIKY, Saif the Italian, »NDY SCHRELEVIOUS, DUMONIC PaSQUALE, PETE CakTER; FRX uUSTIN & Ji H.LE. That was the bumche I never heard of any perties by ELSHOFF or U.M.7. In Spring of 1937 we were told in the Mine that we were working on a temporury agreement like old ommtreote I just dont recall if anything wos said about back puye Ve felt that our P.M.ie officers could do as good for us us UMW. dust before Mine B olosed there was no trouble t&bout the wagese PLOTCH &"cOTToN” oame to my home before Mine B closed und they told me that we could not work without an agreement but thot U.if.1]. sould get an agroement. I told them I would not sign my nume to unythinge Mine 2 never said tome anything about the wage aogreencnts. Before Mine B closed I did not go to any meeting but there might have been one. I worked in oor Sy <= duy ifine B closed and I lovded 2 ctrs & hid no more conl & care up to purting and saw some old mun who 4lso did not know of any trouble. Wo onc came to our section & stid mine wis to be closed. «after I got on top I heard o11 the men wero eulled oute I hecrd the trouble wus because an Ggreevont wes not signed. That is ell I know ubout ite I heard that in sone purts they wore louding short but in my surt we ull louded full cars. Next dey ufter Mine 8 closed I don't renenber if they picketed or not at lfine Be I never signed tny Uatsse Petition in sumer of 1937 & I don't know if I signad one for Pilea. or not us I still wes Progressive. No one asked me to join Dedete local & I heurd they hid opened it fran the psperse During suamner of 1937 I don't kmow of anything hcppenings I ulao heard thit some men from Wine B went to work ut Jofferson ifine & I also heard tht FaLCETTI wus there too & I tlse heord thet ELSHOFF wes running it for a whilee In fall of 1937 I went out first day & they wouldn't let any P.M... men go down but did let thut sume bunoh of 15 or so go down & next duy we started the strike that listed for sone time. FalCETTI let them go downs I went out to the strike ebout hulf the time & I would go hame when I wanted toe No one forced mo to go outs The men were ul] from loo.l 54. I went to protect my joh as I hid $25.00 worth of tools in tho mine. I don't seo any U.li#/, nen ct Mine during the strikes. It ws & quiet und petceful strike. ‘le protested mine property & took 3 hre wotch ecch nighte lio hnd no gunse I wes not ot Mine B when U. S. Mershoil cune out as I had left 5 days befaree 1 444 not go out to Mine B later us I read in paper they were going to oven it as UeMas. & I didn't go out. I voted ct first NeLkeie election at armory in Springfield, I]l. & I voted for P.Moie I wee in meeting hall & we went over in groups of about tone No one told me how to vote. “ea were told to get our bullote ct the armorye Betwoon armory & our holl I saw severnl men giving out pepers but I did not take anye -It wes by secret ballot & it wus u good election = no ~ 182 - MUP OREN ee ate ET TST tees rst eae ot