Q. Was that your morning for going out as conductor of the train?
A. It was my train that should have started out. It was my morning.
Q. What was your time for going out?
A. If I recollect right, it was eight-forty.
Q. Did you start that morning or make any attempt to start?
A. We made every preparation to start, with the exception of coupling up the train. I examined the train as I was going into the yard. I thought the men were rather long in getting the engine out. I started up, and on going to the train men's room met two of my brakemen, and asked the cause of the delay. They told me they didn't intend to go out. I asked the reason. They said they had either quit or struck—I don't recollect. I asked what their object was in striking. They said they didn't intend to run on double-headers—that they were not making any more than a living at that time, and that by running double-headers, it would cause some of them to be dismissed or suspended. That they didn't know who it would be, and as they had the advantage at that time, they would make the best use of it they could.
Q. Those were your brakemen?
A. Yes.
Q. What were their names?
A. One was named John Vensel and the other I cannot give his first name. In giving in his time, I always gave it as M. Martin.