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to do now was declare the strike off and get the men back to work as best they could and that they would in six months have a good many of the scabs off the road. Hoge said that it was all unclear unclear unclear that the scabs at work on the road were not capable of handling their engines. he said he was looking at some of them on the switch engine today and they handled them as well as any one could. One of the men (the only one man left in the room with Hoge) unclear other two leaving left to take the train run on the road they worked on) heard a sigh and said that he wished to God it was settled, and to this Hoge said that it would be in a few days. Hoge said that that the men were placing to much hope in the Outer-State Commissioners which was foolish. Yours Respectfully Pinkerton Nat Det Agcy by Wm A. Pinkerton Gen Supt West DIv