Q. Was it a complaint they made of the reduction of the wages—that the wages had been reduced?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you learn when that reduction had taken place?
A. I did not.
Q. Whether it was immediately preceding this strike or not?
A. That I do not know, sir.
Q. Did not learn from them how long their complaint had been standing—how long it had been running—whether recent?
A. No, sir; they did not go into the particulars at all in their complaint. It was on general principles about the workingmen being oppressed, and the road oppressing them.
Q. The rich oppressing the poor?
A. Yes, sir.