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RE: JOHN L, LEIS, ET aL Tg bad INTERVIES ‘ZT: SEEM come out of Mine B office and PALCETTI aS | (continued ) — £2eading them tothe mine and had one of his + hands in his pockets and we ali thought he - had a gun and he hollered at us to gct out of the we; and he iet those men into the wine himself, I actuall) saw this happen mysclf. I did not co to | an: mietin, that day but was told to be back at Mine B the next mornin,, and I was thre and vic started a sit dowm strike. ‘When I got there I sen this bunen of 12 or so in the minc office and Sheriff Lou Gold was there and he told us Flu miners to let thoses men go hom and they lcft the mine and got into sous automobiles, There was no trouble there and we miners did not hurt those 12 men at all, Everything was orderly. 4s Ireumenbser it one of tne Flu. officers told us that i%..2 left the mine we covlid not return so we stesrcd there hopin., to zo back to work. Vic really were not striking as we were willing to zo to work es Flv. but would not sign up with U7 in order to ,o back to work. fl. did not brin. in any stranzers at ell on the strike and it wes just our local wen whe wers out therc. We werc there for several months and we werc vrotectin the minc proverty as we did not rant anyone to dunase it. FIG efficials cid not thrcaten us at all an.. we just docided to star thre to protect our jobs. The strike was very quite and th.. was no fights or bloodshed. — ‘ "I was not at the Hine B when the Marshell came ovt, and I don't know much at all about this matter. I don't know Tor sur: if I was out at Hin. © when ther tried to roopen it ascin in Dee. 1937, "T yotcd Fl. in the first NL23 election and it was b, secret ballo Government men wore thure. No one told us how to vote at all and wo all vot.d the "a; ve want too and wt were not beaten up and it wes a good Gl ction. FA officials told us that when we went down to the armory to vote th:i w: should not t ke any p.pers fron ‘nvone as the; s id th.t Ti nen mi ht be alon; the strect iving out pepers. I voted Fu "becnuse I liked them tnd I was well satisfied. I f.el tht the vote r-flected the tru. wishes of us Pra Diners. "T don't know for sure if I vent out to wine B in Jan. 1938 when ther tricd to open it again. "J neard thet Blshoff would not sim a contract with Fit. altho we @ll were Fit but I don't knot? the reasons. "Tl rencubor that Io went ot 40 Tine B and “F.LCZPTI told us that . all could not 3:0 bock until ell rooms Were fixed and some ri turned but I vias told I woul: be called in c con le of weeks. I don't recall just what they asked me out teere. I don't r:call what was said about vagcs but we belicved they would be the seme as b for, tho same union seals. Everybody vas elad to tet bck to vor: and J did not go to mectins so don't know any- thin, shout the wages, - 96-