Tombstone epitaph., 1920-04-25

that's against me-" The defense
brought out that he never was
threatened b. the citizens OF Bis
bee. and that while he didn't vote
for the strike he went out in sym
pathy as the majority struck. lie
said he believed the demands weIe
! just but had never asked the com
panies for redress. He came here
from England in 1911. he said and
is not citizen. His wife worked
in a munition factory in England dur
4 liz the war. He found out after he
quit work that the |. w. w. called
the strike. he said.
Oscar Koskalo of Berkley. Calf.
said he quit work the morning me
strike was called; saw no acts %
violence: and it looked peaceful .
him. About or s in the morning
OF the 18th. he was taken from his
room along with four or five Others
and taken 10 Warren and deportei.
ON cross examination he said ne was
American citizen. he didn't vote for
the strike. and didn't know who call
ed i, and didn't try to find out. bu;
he wouldn't work during a strike. he
testified, but did not want TO be
called a scab.
Charles Dimmiit was the last wiz.
ness for the state, examined before
noon recess was taken. He said he
started to work on the morning o.
the 2Tth but met the pickets ard
turned back going out on strike. /:
looked very peaceful TO him, he said
and there was absolutely no trouble
that he saw and he was near the
picket lines several times. He heard
disturbance in the street early lr
the morning of the 18th and went
down to see what was the matter.
He was arrested and put into line by
men with guns and taken 10 Warren.
AT Lowell he said he saw women
attempting 10 give water to the men
but they were prevented. He never
belonged TO any organization nor the
/ |. W w he said until he joined the
Boilerinaker's Union at Portland.
Oregon At the Warren ballpark he
heard a man say to Capt. Wheeler:
"Wha; does all this mean AMI
Wheeler replied: Boys, there's lots
behind this you don't understand" :"
He described the trip to Columbus
and incidents after arrival there. Or
cross examination he said he didn't
know Who called the strike until af--
erward, but he would never work
when his fellow men were out OF
strike, no matter who called it as
long as it was to better conditions
He say no physical violence ON the
day OF the deportation, but thought
the whole thing was violence to his
notion. His eross-examination was
completed just before noon .recess
was taken.
This afternoon. Thos Haney O.
Fresno, Calf, who said he never be-
longed to the !. W. W. was the first
on the stand. He said the strike
was peaceful and he would never
have known there was a strike IL
be hadn't seen the crowds and pick
ct line. He said threats were made
TO him by guards on the day OF the
deportation when one guard threa.-
ened ito wrap a gun around his
head" On cross-exaination he said
he worked at the Wolverine mine and
went out on strike when it was call
ed which he learned when he saw
the morning paper The only con-
ditions he didn't like was bad air
at the Wolverine but was in sym
pathy with the strikers who wanted
better conditions. Te explained the
operation of machines on which the
strikers had asked for two men IN
their demands. He was adverse 20
the physical examination and said
he would rather work with a sick
man than have him deprived Of
work. and that the physical exam
nation was wrong.
Geo. Andrich of Bisbee, said he
never was an l. w. W. or belong I'd
to any other organization, but ha
went out on strike when it was cali
ed. He did NOT hear of any distur-
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