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Chicago June 11th 88 H.B. Stone Esq Gen Manager C.B. & L.R.R. City Dear Sir Following you will please find reports of my operations Saturday June 9 - 88 Today Hoge received his weekly draft from Cleveland ? and said that the men had all been paid for the third time excepting ? our point Hoge remained in the room the greater portion of the day, there were a few men who called from other roads and three or four of the regular frequenters of the room. They talked the strike over. Hoge called the attention of some of the men to the letters he received from some of the strikers and others and said that in answering these letters if he did not say something encouraging in town, there would be no notice taken of them as the men do not want to hear the real facts of the case. Hoge remained to ? of