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Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL bre bab ; rt Bohannon, Pasquale, Andy and some others. I heard that these mei used to have meetings before the strike, and I continued heard that they were trying to organize the men for United. About three or four days before the strike I was talking ec Falcetti near the prop pile and Falcetti said, "You know how the mine going to go, ct I didn't answer him and he walked away and never said anything mure about it. “IT remember that Bohannon, Frank Austin, Joe Abanese, Pete Carter, aman by the name of Cotton, Pasquale and somebody else were kicked out of the Progressive union, because they were trying to organize for United. I think they were expelled from the union for 99 years. I don't think I was at the meeting when they were expelled, but I think it was about a week or two before the strike. "I was working as a digger in box Q at about the time of the strike and remember that one day in May or June of 1937 the mine went on strike. To the best of my mémory I ioaded two cars the day of the strike and those cars were loaded full. I had a bad place to work that day so didn't load any more. I didn't see or hear of anyone loading cars short. When we came out of the pit I heard that the men were going on strike because the company had refused to pay the 10¢ raise. I know that our men were sore at the Company because the Company was letting the United men work with us. "I can't remember signing any petitions in the summer of 1937, but I might have signed a Progressive petition. I also remember now that a fer days before the strike, I saw Dominick Pasquale with a police special fun sticking out of his pocket. Dominick & Joe Albanese went in the company office together then I saw that Joe also had a gun. The sheriff was around there so “a: alled him & told the sheriff that Dominick & Joe had guns. The sheriff went into the office and Dominick tried to hide the gun in a waste basket. The sheriff then took Dominick & Joe into town and I never heard any more about.it. "I went out to the mine in Sept. of 1937 when we heard that the company was going to open the mine with United men. I stayed out there about seven weeks on the picket line with the rest of our men. I had gone hore ae ae. the night the injunction wassarved by the marshal. "when they held the NLRB election in Dec. of 1937, a _ to stop me from voting, because he said I hadn't been working at the mine. — The labor board man had my name down on his list of employees so I was allowed — to vote. I just voted and walked out. I didn't see any fighting and no- nobody threatened me in any way. "T have no knowledge of what went on at Mine B hetwoon May of 1939 -1)1—- ayest aces ee wee ~- weet ape me oe we ager ee ne og er SS pe ear a eae cand =