Q. In your official duties, did you inquire into the causes and origin of the riots, to ascertain what were the causes and grievances complained of?
A. The principal one was they did not receive enough to pay for the labor.
Q. These railroad men?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. What did the others complain of?
A. The others talked about being in want, and sympathizing with them on general appearance. I heard "bread or blood" in quite a number of places.
Q. Were the mill men and furnace men and the employés of the manufactories in and about the cities engaged in this riot as a general thing?
A. No, sir; I would say no. Not the men that worked. The fact of the matter was, my idea was, that the parties who were most active and violent were those who did not work at any time.
By Mr. Reyburn:
Q. Never worked?