Q. The posse had pluck enough to arrest them at once?
A. We arrested them after we went to work—after we got the posse organized—wherever they could be found. The mayor's police made the largest number of arrests.
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. Did you have any conversation with the railroad men to ascertain what their grievances were?
A. No, sir; not to any extent.
Q. Did you, with any of the parties that you arrested?
A. Oh, I talked with them after they were in jail; yes, sir.
Q. Did you find out from the railroad strikers, or from any reliable source, whether there was any pre-arranged plan for a strike or not among the railroad men?
A. From what they told me, they would give me that impression—that there was a pre-arranged plan for a strike. They complained. My understanding of what they told me was that they had been got into this thing by the engineers, and then the engineers had stood back and let them stand the trouble. Their words were, "Stand the racket."
Q. What day did they first strike here in Harrisburg?