The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-15
DENY OFFICIAL
 STRIKE CALLED
 BY UNION MEN
w orkers Declare They We're Given No Chance
 to Vote on Walkout
COMMITTEE OF l9
 BLAMED BY FINLAY
Dzaloff, Divyak, Kobak Accused as Having Rock,
 Club and Bolt Weapons

Denial by government witnesses that any legal strike had been called at the Alaska Juneau mine last summer prior to the street disorder of June "A and identification by the witnesses of certain defendants as participants in the alleged riot which resulted in charges against the. 25 men now on trial in the Federal dis trict court featured the prosecution late yesterday and this morning:
 Jack Finlay, Burt Newman, John Mclaughlin. Ted Danielsen and James Lyman, all members of the Juneau Mine Workers Association and employees of the A. J. have tes- tified thus far that no official strike vote was ever taken.
 Says No Strike Called Finlay, who said he was one of the men who formed the column of marchers to the mine office on June "A from the A. B. Hall and one of those interested in going back to work, declared emphatically under cross examination that no legal strike had been authorized.
 q didn't consider 1t a strike" Fin lay said in reply to query by De- fense Counsel Irwin Goodman. T don't call the action of group of 10 men strike
 Asked why he had not continued working at the mine after the walk out of May 22, Finlay sad those who wanted to go to work could not be- cause the trails to the mine were be- ing picketed. He explained that he had been forced out of employment simply as a result of action of the committee of l9 of the Alaska Mine Workers Union and did not go on strike himself.
 Tells of March Finlay related how the men wish- ing to go back to work had formed near the A. B. Hall marched down Front Street until they were stopped in front of the Alaska Mine Workers Union Hall by group of men in the street that he described as union men. He identified Ernest Giovan- etti, Bill Taroff, Warren Beavert, Mike Divyak, Lee Johnson, N. R. Correl. Evan Dzaloff, Leonard Ball, Stanley Nygren and Simon Graner as men who had resisted his group from going to register at the A. J. office for employment. He said he saw Giovanetti, Taroff, Beavert, Div yak. Johnson and Correll down in front of the union hall and Ball, Stanley Nygren and Beavert at the A. J. office pushing those who at. tempted to register off the steps. He identified Graner as man he had seen in fight with Ralph Butts. Dzaloff. Finlay said, had bolt about 18 inches long in his hand when he saw him.
 Denies Weapons Finlay denied there were weapons of any kind on any of the men that marched from the A. B. Hall, but he said he had seen some special offi- cers with clubs.
 John Mclaughlin told on the stand this morning how he had been as- saulted by Warren Beavert and kick ed in the back by some other man whom he did not know. He was in jured 50 severely, he testified, that it was necessary for him to go to the hospital. The witness related that he had seen Graner, Beavert and George Kozdoff, all defendants. at the A. B. Hall the morning of June 24 before the march to the mine started. Al Nygren, President of the Alaska Mine Workers Union, also was there he said Mclaughlin explained that he had tried to argue with Ny gren about letting men into the hall who were not actual mine workers and that Nygren was attempting to get everybody in as effort was being made to turn the tide toward going 1 back to work
 Talked With Nygren
 T told Nygren we didn't want the so-cailed unemployed in as the march was for those who had been working at the mine at the time of the trouble,y Mclaughlin said. He said we had made some exceptions and didn't see why we shouldn't make any more.s
 He also told of the march down 2 tContinued on rage TwoJ