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![<p>"Mills Shadows" was a play written and directed by PMA Education Director, Tom Tippett. The cast was drawn from the Women's Auxiliary of the PMA. The play was performed in central and southern Illinois. The final performance was in St. Louis, MO.</p>](http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1284/4596179393_77c40b82e2.jpg "Handbill from "Mill Shadows"")
![<p>Mine shaft location Mine "B", Springfield, IL. <br />
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In the 1930's, Mine "B" was owned by Carl Elshoff, and was organized by the Progressive Miners following their split from the UMWA. The Progressives later struck the mine after the UMWA attempted to assert control over the labor force. FBI records indicate that John L. Lewis provided funds to Elshoff to help him break the PMA strike. <br />
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In a 1943 memo recommending the indictment of Lewis, Assistant U.S. Attorney General, Wendell Berge wrote, "Throughout the history of the trade union movement, agreements between a labor union and an employer to the detriment of a rival union, however bitter the enmity, have been despised and deemed treasonable and traitorous to the cause of labor." However, no federal indictments were ever issued.</p>](http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4040/4451951310_c6900bdf7e.jpg "Mine "B", Springfield, Illinois")
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