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Ee 1 MEAN OAS EO Se aS notni "Pram 1936 to 1937 I never saw the U.M.i.. men set up RE: JOHN L. LEIS, ET AL. ie bib ere all steady workers. I knew any of the bombings or other violence. "pT", I never_any U.M.i. literature or leaflets but there were such pamphlets distributed ell I kmew that there were Some any picket line at Mine Aistrihuted at Mine Apr pO pe a Oe a over the business district one Sunday morning. i.e Men at the mine trying to get the men to leave P.M.A. some U.k that I recognize are “Sammy (Joe albanese), Andy Schrelevious, Domonic Pescuéle, Frenk dustin, Tony Plotch, "Cotton" Ananias, and Charles Bchanon (Bowling Green), None of these men came to my home before the mine closed. -I had heard that they went to other mens homes however. I heard they were getting $35.00 per w2ck as organizers this is all I know about it however. "I heard that Elshoff was giving somq parties. eny however, I had an invitation to attend one party this was eupposed to be given by the Republican Party but we heard before the party that U.M.u. I never went to ar a a atietets os) be and am} , who went would have to join organizers were Boing to bo there and BnYeoay Wig wens U.M.ie. This was held at the home of LOUIE CASPER, now dead, tho address was on the 1700 Bl. of Peoria Rd. Andy Schrelevious invited me to this party. “iihen the contract ran out in the spring of 1937, we heard that there wes going to be a 10¢ raise which would be retroactive, This was told us by the P.M.A. officials. The U.M.wW. organizers who were in P.M.A. had been suspended at different moetings over a period of time. There wes no feeling that the P.M.Aé. would not get as good a contract as U.M.i. During April and early May there was no dissatisfaction among the miners over the wage mattcr. “On the night of May 11, 1937, a Special Mceting was hald. saw a notice on the bulletin board at the mine. I belicve there was pretty gcod attendence at the mecting. These men had becn considered by the trial board and found guilty, they then called for a rising vote end the men voted 90 to 4 to confirm the decision of the trial board, “= were told the board had already found they were guilty and that we should vote whether to support that or not. Joe 4lbanese sat next to me and neither he or anyone else had anything to say in defense of the alleged spies. woted to #uppert the decision of the trial board suspend= I en a We le Aldbanc oc himse if ing himself. I believe the next Gay the company was asked to discharge an those men and they said they didn't care who worked there and let them go down. This meeting was held only to consider the suspension of these mon. The next morning when we went to work I did not know we were going to . So far as I kmow the mon in general did not know of the suspension atrike. Cars were loaded short that day, the word being of the alleged epics. = 208 « Sap ae OTS RIN Bugs BN oe Do ee |