Q. Were you an engineer of that road in July last?
A. I was.
Q. State, Mr. Jackson, whether you had any knowledge of any pre-arranged plan among the railroad employés to strike?
A. I had not.
Q. Before the day of the 19th of July?
A. I had not. The first time I heard of it I came in in the evening at nine-twenty, Friday evening. I heard that they were stopping the trains from coming out.
Q. You came in from the west on Friday evening?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. That was the first you knew anything about it?
A. Yes, sir.