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4 INTARVIS WITH over fran U.Me to Palette It seamed o8 though the looul went over &s one bodye Even tho honortry euntinuced monbers of the looul, those who wore old cm not working, but hed chi.rter memberships, swong overe I dcen?t know of anyone who iced tho moves. U.M.jiVe held mootings in the Le- land Hctel und the K.Ce Hull. Ono Sundey they were huving oa nooting in tho K. C. Hill, to try to sign up non to go te worke 4. fight bogan, and Deteotive PORT WILLIAMS of the Springficld Police Department was killed. I don't kmow how it a1] started, MRMMMMBMP wos orrosted for it and put in jail, but os for as I know, Pn hushed upe The police got a truak load of ¢ and onmmition out of tho Loland Hotole & fow days inter I heard ence I = taken out of jail, beouuso they were afraid sunebody nig to get to hinge He was takon awey, ond I don't know whot ovor happened to hine "On April 5, 1935, tho P.Mohk. held ao mnoeting ot headquarters, ot 6th und Washington. During the nooting, UeHelWs non siroled the bicok in autmobilese ‘then tho mogting wos over, imc the men letving, scveral shots were fired, and ED LARD MxYBE wos killed. He had told me sanctime before that EDMUNDSON and others had offered hin moncy to turn fran the P.M.ie to the U.Moi.e I hoard the shots, und looked oyt the window of tho union hall, und suw nen ruminge Tho shots which killed MaYBE wore fired fran EDMUNDSON'S ccre There were three nen in the our, un while looking at MaYBE cn the sidewalk, EDMUNDSON'S ocr ran into u trugk at o stop sign, and locked bumporse Tho men in the our gouldn't get away, und hud to take out on foot, louving the oare Tne ef tho mon wus found in ® rooming house on adone St., with & rovolvor and armunitionse «nother wus arrested an Vashington Ste Binundson zavc hinself up in Taylorville. JD BURKE wos his lawyere No ano wus over prisecuted fur this casc, cithore “Thon the mine opence up in 1939, I went back to wrk & few deys after it opened. I don't have any focts, but I fool that tho U-lidls furnished ZLSHOFF with men und money tc clean up Mine Be I know it nust heve oust quite a bit of momey to cloan up tho nine, und I don't think ELSHOFF hod enough money to dc it hinself. Shortly «efter this, I hoard that the U.l{.We men at Ccopital Mine wore soying thut tho U.H.jW. hod o gold tipple ot Mino Be I don't know just whon I hoard this, but I think it was just oftor the mine oponods Since Ivo beon out of work, simoo January of 1941, I'va talkod to a lot of U.lt.t/e mon, ani they ero pretty goncrally dissotisifeds «at the Ponbody Mine, I know that the company pays the chock off Mrootly to the Nationcl hoad= quarters of U.M.W., and not tc tho losal, The Netional gives tho local eee ae nm ohare mo eee le - + - 48 MUO Vo wl WG wily Ba ¥VS ~ 174 - Pe ate dt Oe atone ae Te