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eee ee em ete ee a aoe el go lenin Nm camel tit nal an, b7UC 27) INTERVIEW WITH conditions would be to the advantage of Mine 8 > operators. This occurred some time before the x Continue strike in 1937. i‘ one else cver spoke to me about joining the U.M.i. before the strike in 1937. "I remember seeing a notice of a special meeting to be held by the Pla. on the night before the stike. This bulletin was placed on the bulletin board at the mne, JI did not atterd the mecting, and don't remember why the meeting was held, although it might have been ta discuss the terms of the contract to be signed by the P.M.s. with eishoff, "On the day of the strike, we were calicd out, as I remember, about ten o'clock. I don't know if the men were called out by the P.M.a. or by the management. I don't remember hearing anything about the cause of the strike, and J don't recall any of the men loading thcir cars short on that day. I don't remember hearing any talk about U.M.i/ spies being discharged. "I dontt remember getting any notice that the mine would be re- opcned before the fall of 1939, when it actually did open. In September of 1937, when the mince attempted to open, with UM... mon also to work, the P.M. agreed | by votc, to picket the mine and not aliow any U.H... mon to Work it. The purpose of the picket linc was to kcep the management of Mine 2 from using U.M.«. men, and allowing them to take over the jobs of the P.M.A. mcn. I renember that some of the men who wore in the UU... at that time, and wanted to go down in the mine, were Bohannon, Hale, Pas- quale, Carter, austin, and some others whose names I can't remember. at the time of the federal injunction, in 1937, I felt, as did most of the men, that its purpose was to zet us off the mune property. I was on the picket line, ard saw only ltine B mon thore, after the wmion vote, we o-ided on th. picket line, but no one was forced to go out to the ea le awa picket ALIS « "In December of 1937, I saw a notice in the paper that there was to be .an election held by the labor board. J also heard about the election from the P.M.ea. On the day of the election, we met in Progressive Hall, and went over to the election twelve at a time. “he P.!M.u. gave us no : instructions how to votc, and 1t wis a very orderly election, A ballot was received from & representative of the labor board, when the miners name and check number, had been checked off the list in his possvussion, h < had #0572 ant + halt, : nach union had the right to challenge any vote they chose. There was ‘ supposed to be a U.M.". man as well as a P.M.«. man assisting the labor : board man, but the U.M..s. failed to appoint a man, so the labor board man Selected a nan to help him, I voted for the P.M... in that election bccausc + felt that it was a better union than the U.M.V, ~2h H Se ge EUS MEE me mp cnn ane at mene oe were te