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at the Hall that unclear Rice read a letter to new men at the Round House last night, he did not know what the letter contained. He said all the strikers want is plenty of snow, then most of them will get back. He said it was a well known fact that one third of the men now employed by the Company are not fit to run an engine and that he heard that the Company have twenty eight extra men on the pay roll but said he did not believe it. Cain said a man can't tell who his friends are nowadays, He referred to John unclear case, the way he was taken in by Bowles, he said he would not place confidence in his unclear brother, He had several drinks and I left Cain at the Hall at 12.30 P.M. he saying he would meet me at John Morris saloon after dinner. I then went to the Cliftons Hotel and got my dinner. At 2.30 P.M. I went to John Moore's saloon where I met Cain, H. Tillman + Phil Murphy. we played a few games of cards, They claimed to be in the dark as to what the agreement is, but Martin told them that if contained, more than what was stated in the morning papers in favor of the strikers. I left Moores saloon at 4.30 P.M. and went to the Clifton Hotel. I met C. Strauburg, M. Wardrope, C. Craig and