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+ RE: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL ee Date of Location of Article a ag Newspaper in Newspaper information arene va 1932 , ¥ 8-10 Heedlines Wage Scale Signed 8-10-32. Mine tally sheets © Sy _ disappear. Tellers say they were robbed while - miners cry "hoax"; more than 200 election re- - oe sult slips and tebulations disappeared. Tell- = ers BLACKMAN end GEE claimed that thay were Ke robbed in an alley back of the Ridgely-Farmers State Bank where records were placed for safe~ keeping. DAN McGILL, a watcher, claims tellers handed package to an auto on Sixth Street, At the time of the theft the "NO" votes were lead- ing by a big majority. = 8-11 Hendlines Meny Mines Prepare to Reopen. Wage scale = signed as an “emergency measure", 1,275 ready = to work in Springfield. c B12 Headlines LE-18 ects te squelch disorder; threatens 4 miners who won't work; loss of rights es union . menbers. aS ‘2 B-13 pe 1, c. 1 Miners here idle; defy LEVIS' order. Protest meeting at Reservoir Park; not enough miners appeared; picket in evidence. ; oat 6-14 pel, ce. 5&6 Springfield miners vote sub-district on "strike" a at mass meeting in park. Allegntion that a high union official drove the car that the tel i- ers sheets were given to. Big protest meeting 8-15 pel, ce & Guard roads to halt invasion of mine ares. 1200 special deputies sworn in to prevent "narch on Taylorville". 22 mines working at new wage scale. B-16 pel, te 2&3 Miners to prepare plans for future et mass meeting. Meeting at Reservoir Park. Estimate 27,000 miners back at work. 8-18 pel, o 2& 3 Striking miners convene at Tovey; troops held in readiness for hurry call. 6 airplanes in reediness. About 400 cars of miners unarmed. JOHN L. LEVIS revoked charters of loca}e 790 and 4069 at Zeigler. - 656 «