Q. The fault of strikers, was not it?
A. Yes; and then they hit me, and I had to lay two weeks in the bed, and the society to where I belong had to pay me benefits.
Q. What society do you belong to?
A. To a Dutch society—to two of them. I belong now twenty years—to one of them twenty-five years.
Q. What is the name of that society?
A. St. Joseph's Verein and Lackawanna Mutual Association.
Q. What is that society for?
A. For to pay benefits, same as Odd Fellows. Pay benefit if a man is sick. If you die, the woman gets $50. If you are sick, you have $4 a week. The society paid that at the time they hit me, and they had to pay me for it because it was not my fault. They didn't want to do it, but they had to do it. I said it was not my fault. I went to work for my family, and I got hurt. It was not my fault, and they had to pay me, so they did.
Charles F. Mattes, sworn: