Q. What time had you this conversation with them?
A. I judge about nine o'clock.
Q. They said that some of them would be dismissed?
A. Yes.
Q. Did you have any further conversation with them?
A. I did.
Q. What about?
A. I tried to advise them not to strike, and showed them the folly of it. I told them that the times were hard at present and that freight was very slack, and that the company was trying to economize and that their chances were just as good as mine. I advised them to stay. They claimed "no," that they had determined to quit, and were going to do it or had done it. I notified the dispatcher then that the men had quit, and asked what I was to do. He told me to remain, and that he would provide men for me. He went around and made an effort to get men but could not get them. I then asked permission to go to dinner, and I went, and came back about twelve or one. There was no change in the affair at all, everything remained just as it had been.
Q. Where did these men go when they refused to go out on the train?
A. In the yard.