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j m permit from Falsetti to look for them, Falsetti would not grant his this permit. (Minere are not allowed te go through the aine except ty special permits.) ° wiiited sev, Route 7, Soringfieldé, a menber of the grievance committee, stated that on January 13 he was thres’ sned ty the OA a ployees Georgy Willaford and Hecklebeck, He was told by these nen te atay out of : mine that day, Shew complained to Falsetti. Falsett’ eaid that there was nothing he o could & about it. . On January 14 they /tareatened Shev. Again Shew couplained to Yalsetti and Falsetti said that he couldh'$ do anything. Qn. January 45 Shew came to work and found all of his clothes < torn and slashed, He said that three other Progressire ainers found their clothes treated in a similar fashion that day. Several of the men stated that Lansky, a United Mine worker who was discharged by the company sone time ago, was visiting aine prop erty each morning and wae soliciting fax Progressive miners, The Pre- gtesalves! grievance comsittee had comlained to the company on maserous oocasions about Lansky's presence, but Palsetti took the poeltion that there vas nothing he could do sbout it, that he had the protection of the sheriff and a munber of deputies present, and that they were rupposed to keep off of company property aay men who were not omployse on of She company. Cn Janusry <J seven Progrsasives were beaten in am around the . wash room, while the sheriff's deputies were in other parts of the com | pany'e property. ety Ilieff, 3229 Fast Ence, Springfield, testified that he ‘wae hit by Wi pe a URWA employee. Tincent Yantonassi atates that he was hit ty some UMLA employee sSsen he wosn't 10 ing. doas net know who hit him, Shew, who states that he .ae present in Pafsetti'a offices at the time of these beatings, etated that he complained to Falestt4., Falaetti went out to investigate and told Shew that there was nothing ha could do about theza Deatings, that he had the protestion of the aheciff'a Asvuties and they vere Taspons- idle for protesting all of ths man on company property. ; . Kane atatos that atart{ag in around Potruary 4, opd 61 Pro- gressive sacloyees did not go to work vecause of the fear of being beaten up. Kane has sent the company alseographed letters g2.108 {note copy in file) atating either that the eoployees were afraid to go to work or that thay were 11], (such for the purpose of not allowing the company's Sim teo-day unexcused a lesve of absence rule to Eypizad apply.)