A. That they were all going to strike. Some friends of mine met me there, when I came down on the train.
Q. How many of those men met you?
A. I cannot say. There may have been half a dozen or a dozen of them.
Q. What class of men? What position did they hold on the railroad?
A. They were conductors and brakemen.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. Were there any engineers?
A. I think there were two or three engineers with them, from the Connellsville division of the Baltimore and Ohio road. I stayed there, and talked with them a while, and then went over to Allegheny. I got my breakfast and fooled around the house with my wife and baby for about an hour, and then went to bed. I was tired, as I had been up talking with the conductor of the train all the night before. After I went to bed they came over and knocked at the door, and asked my wife if I was in. She said yes, but that I was in bed. They then said that they wanted to see me, and she said they couldn't, for I was asleep. So they went away, but came back again, in the course of an hour. I heard the noise down stairs, and asked what the matter was, and she said that they wanted me to come out, that they were going out on a strike; but I refused to go with them, and gave my reasons for refusing to go.
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. What were those reasons?