Q. Sunday morning?
A. Sunday morning; and said to me—he wanted to know where this committee of railroad men was. I told him that I did not know where it was, but, says I, maybe I could find some of them. If we could get past Twenty-sixth street we might get some of them; but you can't pass through, they are shooting us there. Says he, tell them to come down to the Union depot, that I am authorized to give the men what they ask. There was a party went down there, and they could not find General Brown or any one else.
Q. Who was it went down?
A. I went down for one, and I didn't mind who else went down, it was impossible to get one of that committee, because they were scattered all through the city.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. Were you on this committee of safety or any sub-committee, appointed by them, to go and confer with the strikers at any time.
A. No, I do not think—I think we went down. There was a committee of safety come up there, and I think Captain McMunn and myself and some of our ward boys, several of us, went down.
Q. As railroad men?
A. As railroad men, we went down. I got into the crowd down here, right below the elevator there, tried to find the leading man of the citizens' committee, and they got to shooting, and the crowd ran down there. There was a tremendous crowd there, and carried us along with them. I do not think there was any use to try to do anything at all.
Q. You said you would not like to have attempted to get out with that train on Saturday?