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Rze JOHN L. LEWIS, ET Abe TaNVI EW WITH in spite of this, the men worked until May 12, meee 1937. ELSHOFF was intending to hire U.M.¥. men to contin work the mine, while the P.M.si« men wanted to continue working the mines "In the fall of 1937, ELSHIF tried to start up the mine again. Ho dicn't went the P-MeAs in the mine, but wanted tho U.M.We The P.idea. stayed at the mine for 55 duys, roudy to worke lie guarded the minc ugsinst dumage from others, und also to protoot our jobse Tho U.de¥. tricd to bring in mon from other places, not only those who hed been P.sM.sAe men at Minc 3, to work the mince aftor a timo, FLSHOFF got an injunction, und the Pelee mon had to leave the mine propertye "Irn Novembor of 1939, ELSHOFF opened up the mine agcin. I heard that ELSHOFF, the superintendent, und somo of the bosses had gonc to miner's homes, and triod to get them te go. Scok to work as BEAK il bv A poe Ueile Ve. menberse I don't know how true this wos» I heard that sane of the non were intimiduted about the tho mine reoponod, but no one approc.ohed mée About that timo, Gis cune by ny hone ons day, saw me outside, und asked me to return to works I had been siak, and went back tround the 15th of Novenbor. "In 1940, & drive was started ut Hine B to organizo the men in the Us! We At first, just the original 26 non, whe had been menbors of the P.M wero agitcting the men, but efter o while, when they didn't scem to be getting cnywhore, Ul. orgonizcrs from the cutside were brought ine Tho trouble in the nine began cbout this timce They esked the nen to join tho U.M.W, suying thot compuny would shut the minc dvwm if the U.lH.We diim't sign up the mjority of the mene I heard tht the mino bosses wore saying this too, but I novor hoard ony cf them suy ite The men wore soured, nueded thoir jobs, and joined the U.H.7. to save und koep their jobse The non who joincd UU... wore told to bring out their sons, and the sons would get jobs too. after u whilc, if the non ditn't eign up, their tocls would be stolen, scne mon huving os many os threo sets stolen. Finslly, tho slugging begane Onc >, a 2 his ami broken in tho nino, I diin't see it mppon, and den aw of amyone who dide The non were talking about boing threatened, but no ono threatened ne at this tince "Vorious nen oune to ny roan several tines, asked no how things wore goinge On dun. 16, 1941, oane to my rcan, and asked no if I wore still o momber of the P.M.» He askod ne if I didn’t think I should join tho U.Moae, und I said no, that I wasmtis- fied with tho P.Meie Nothing happoned, and nothing more wis st.id about it ot thot time. Tho 16th day of Januury, the coy WE o=2 to sce mc, wise the deadline sot by UH. fur the nen working & o B to join the UM.ji. On Jdanucry 17, 1941, | a to ny roan - 169 -