The Winslow mail., 1923-01-05

was had for any one to understand
what was being said by any one GER
tain person.
Q-This letter that you refer to.
is Exhibit 104 of the Government?
A.-No This is the last letter that
was written. There was tnother let
| ter.
Q.-One proceeding that?
| A-Yes. This letter was written
after I arrived in Needles and the
other letter was written before | ar
rived in Needles.
Q-Is this it I show you Govern
ment's Exhibit 107.
A.-That is it.
| Q-After that letter was read was
there any discussion of it by those
persons?
| A.-Yes, sir there was.
! Q.-State what/was said, giving the
name of the party speaking, if you are
able to do SO?
| A.-General Chairman Crayne for
the B. of L. E. and General Chairman
Walton spoke and various other men
spoke in the meeting, in the tone that
| the letter was not acceptable to them;
and after they had discussed the ques-
| ton for quite a while some one asked,
"Who are the stangers you have up
there on the PLATFORM" meaning, /
learned afterwards, myself and Vice
President Karn, Of the B. of L. F. &
E. Some man turned to Mr.. Karn and
asked him his name and he told
him, and he asked me my name and
told him. He then informed the strik
ers who we were. They then said,
1--WE don't need them, we didn't send
for them, and we don't want to hear
from them"
Q.-Those expressions came from
the strikers in the audience?
A-Yes, sir, from the audience.
Q-Then what happened after that?
A.-They said they wanted their ip-
formation from the general chairman
meaning Mr. Walton, Mr. Crayne and
Mcneil, of the Order of Railway
Conductors, general chairman for the
Order of Railway Conductors.
Q.-What happened after that?
A.-Mr. Karn got UP and advised
them that he had been sent there by
his president. He said, "I am not
here he SAYS, "to instruct you to go
back to work" He said "Tn 1920 we
didn't furnish anv body to take the
n7aces of the men who went out on
the Illegal strike Of 1920 and am not
going to furnish men to take your
places on tbs occasion" felt that
/ it was nv duty to get W and explain
to them what nv mission was which
7 did
O.-Te11 us what YOU said.
/ Al told them I came there to
help them. or tried to tell them what
my mission was, and was hissed.
4tarted to tell them T came there to
help them if thew would permit me to
do so. and 7 was Kissed and told to
sit down, and, from various parts of
the house, was called O. scab
herder from st. Louis.
! Q.-What else was said?
| Al sat down and the house was
in what I consider a rebellious state,
there was no decorum, and after they
! cooled off again some man asked If
| they would permit me to analyze Mr..
Hitchcock's letter of the previous day,
and asked me if I would consent to do
So | said, Il shall be very glad to
/ but" I said, "In order that we might
would it not be better for you to au-
thorize some representatives to accom-
pany Mr.. Karn and myself to some
place where we can go into the Ian
guage contained in the letter and an
dlyIe II anu o0e "hdC tHcAc 10 W II!
1t was finally agred that that should
| be done, and it was agreed that that
should be done with the understanding
that we should report back to the
meeting as to what progress we were
able to make after going into the
language of the letter and after Meet
ing with NJ Hitchcock, which they au-
thorized us to do. The meeting then
adjourned