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RE: JOHN -L. LIS, ET al boa 7D DTaRVIE | 17! Sy en the strike started, there had been a ( imu lot of trouble, and the strike started be- cause Elshoff and Falcetti would not fire me end the other men who were cxpelied fron the Unitn. I do not recall that here vas any discussion or disatisfaction with the wages or anything like that at the mine when the strike was called, 'On the doy that the strike was callec, J went to work, and was threstened many times. Faicetti tri--d to tal b me into not working but TI toid him I head worked ther. for years and urless he wouid fire uc I was goin to work. hen the strike was called, the men ran me off of the mine propertr. They also ren mm off tho next day after che strike was called, T used to go out frequently, and they Wousd rin me away. I tock the mules out of the mine a few di,s efica that and ot tham in the masture. I had always had eharge of the mules, bovzht the new aacs, ani ovoke them in. "Tn asxiry nom bo tho mvotings at Reduan'ts hall Iwas just acting on agrouown. ovo one over tod uc tc ce that, or p.vé me many money for expenses, or amtncig ike vuit, [osas never at any mecting where Charley Bohonnon, and duck Clascom telked chowt switching the line over to UL. Iwas never piven any gone; te telp. I do not recall that the UMW had any petitions out either pefor.s or aitur the strike, any picket lines, or ecuse any trouble out there. a Ui "Onee a month or so befcre the strike started I t Lked to Carl Elshoff, and wsked him which union he wanted us to have, and he told me that he did not care just as long as they wovld quit bickering, and would get to work. "Towce on vhe comadttes or somethins when the charter was obtcined for the UMN? lnenl. I do not recsl2 much about that. I asked men to join it, but was never given any money frou the ULT or elsewhere to pay my expenses. "In Sente:ber when they tried to open the mine I vent out and got four vzules the dus oefore and took them down into the mine. On the day that we were svpposod to go te work, Twas therc, and want down into the mine. Iwas threntoned, tt nubody ristreatcu re. The men who were out there aroind the nine promerty vere ali men who had worked at the mine before the strike sc for as 1 know. we tricd to work two days, but conldn't vet to the company property after the sit down started, "I do not recall the exact date it was, but I went to work at the cfferson ming. Ls halt brother ; re it Would, Charles Bakannon, we worked. we Work