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INTORVIE WITH = "Anily Kocyan, Auburn, Ill. was apocroeche’ by Wo. Lansky JOHN GROH an! another or onizer at his h-ne ~n July 31st, 1940, (continued } he was toll he must sin up with U,ILW. ar he wulin t Work at mine B or any other :rinc, ave oe of #4 law te 4 1G GBS SILA NeVLtS SOL RT rein T ree] that the all om Ro: tas Wes Hf ee ee es st nees of vi-lence ant intinilation which a_fidavits were mace in oy prcosenec. There must have been at least 25 or 30 such affadavits ma‘e one by Pote Kl. a, onc by a little Itlian whose name I con't rccalT but whs we c.ljie? Charlie Ghuplin. Another was Jaucs Schnieder, ancther sn. Holinsky, Vincent Matjika ami Anthony Cuiffetelli. showin: in- "There wer. numervus uen wh» cauc t+ ne with conpluints cb wut acts of viclence and inticidation a-ainst P.M.a. uen at Minc B anon; those I remenber mc Pete Brahau, Jr. S. Sr., Geor.¢ Horn Itkvernon, Martin Jurkis Divernon, inton Buize, Tony Pikeridus, Geir c Smith Virdon, Lester Wilkerson and many, many mor. that I can n:t recall, fLdditional nen wh; uacde affidavits as to the intisideticns at mine be ar., Saladore Catulone and Canile Randazz.. Frink Sieders, Mathew Console, Jd Geionn an? Clyle Heads all .f these men were als beaten, "Others who nace affaiivits in my presence but wers nat beaten the I knai were, Mike Willen, an? Steve Tlicff, als: Fotc Manual, Wn. Bryant. "Sooc onen who brou cht conpelints tc ne but cic not nake affaravits that I kno: of were, John Prehola, Thouas Hale, anc Paris Gauscclli. "T have uozie severel roprts & affadavits on various cccasisns por- tuinin t> various aatters connceted with the cantreversy at Ifine ®B" s>.nc f£ the. I heve kept copics of thst ciples which I nave i an turnin,: over the Felerel Bureau sf Investi-ati:n. Ian identifying each of these and reaffirning the information contcined therein. . uel "The first of these is undated and is a regvort I made on a discharge case of a shot-firer named Wm. Bryant and others, I made this report to >. Keck then President of F,M.A. This report is in the nature of a sumary o: what had happened in regard to these cases. It is to be noted that at this time the P.M,A. was the elected bargaining agent for all men at Mine *B" regardless of the Union to which they belonged. Weverthclicss the Company officials recoznized and dealt with Chas. Bohanon as the representative of _the U.M.W., In the discharjze casc of John Remac, It is my observation that in dispute cases involvin; U.M.W. the Company officials would give them prior attention and preference ovcr cases involving men who were members of tro P.M.aA. . Wm. Bryant the shot-firer was cntitled to 8 hours pay for 4 7 wet mem a TE