A. Yes; we pay them the same price as white men, because I told them when they came that we would pay them just the same price as white puddlers got in other mills, and we have had to do so.
By Mr. Dewees:
Q. Have you an idea how many employés are employed in the different mills in the cities of Allegheny and Pittsburgh?
A. I guess twenty or twenty-five thousand, probably; that is merely a guess. I would have to think over the number of mills. I suppose something like twenty thousand, and probably more.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. You are speaking about a strike about twenty or twenty-five years ago. Have you any recollection of the military being called out at that time?
A. I don't recollect of them being called out—they might have been.
Q. At any other time within the last twenty-five years, were the military called out to preserve the peace?
A. I think one time I recollect of them being called out—I think it was at the time of starting the negro puddlers at the bolt company's works. I think then the military was called on; that is about two or three years ago.
Q. Was there any serious opposition to those new men working there?