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pt ea oy ! © : oh J : e Teh; re at A anaes eT Tee ee ee ee DO a 06465 Re: JOHN L, LEVIS, ET AL Li? “a AI), ] as that matter wis left to the officials of PA. I don't recall the nature of the trouble over the wages between Larch 1937 and the strike but it seems to me that we got back pay for it but I am not sure. None of us were complaining about our pay as that matter is left up to the Scale Committee and we abide by their wishes. I don't recall of anyone telling us the PLA could not get a conn ee and that we should go over to Un. Any woge question is left to the}Scale Committee and the Pit Committee and the rank and file dontt know much» about those matters, — "I did not attend any meeting the night before the strike and I don't know if it wis a reoular or special meeting but I did hear something about a meeting to be held that night. "On the morning of the strike I did not hear a thing and did not know anything ibouta strike to be called over the w-ze question. TI did not kmon that sore men were expelled the nicht ha fans I Just want Mme a reid about my work and did not know about all things going on, About four of us were taking out iron in the old part of the mine and that afternoon word was sent into us to come on out but nothing was seid then about a strike. After I got up on top I le:rmed thru the gossip thit there was a strike. This wis the first I kner of it. I went right home and never le-rned why the strike wis called that day, and I don't know who called the men out at alland don't know if it wis enlled by Pil4 or by the management of Hine B. On that day while cominse out of the mine I noticed several with co trum ears partly loaded with conl on the botton of the mings "T don't recall if I signed a petition shortly after the mine closed or not but if I did IT would have signed for PMA. I don't believe I signed any petitions durinr the sumer of 1937. In surmer of 1937 IT heard that UMW had formed a new local and pot about 18 or 20 members but Io never wis approached in regird to it. Fothing unusual harpened that I recall of curing summer of 1937 when mine wrs closed. It w.s rumored around that during the fall of 1937 the UM was coing to open the mine rtad ak the so nbout gO or 50 of us ; showed up that norning and started to picket the mine. “e were supposed to hive the contract with the Mine B and we went out to protect our jobs. Fifi did not bring in any outside men to picket but they vere all from local 54. I rec2ll of seeing about 12 or 15 UMW nen in the office of the coal company that morning and they did not eo down at all, and I don't reesll who they were. "No one at Mine B ever asked me to join over to UM and TIT know Andr . MW Schrelevious, Dominic .¢ Pasquale, Fete Sarter, Frank Austin, Tony Plotch, Cotton Ananins, “John Sirtout, Gea and Enory Jacaway, » Charles Bohannon and James Hale but none of them ever contacted mé and I never knew they were spies of UM. ~ 206 =