A. No.
Q. You were the leader of the party on the Fort Wayne and Chicago road?
A. I was supposed to be.
Q. Did you interfere with the men who wanted to go out in any way?
A. No.
Q. Did you try to persuade the men not to go out or to run their trains?
A. At what time?
Q. At any time during the progress of the strike or previous to the strike?
A. Undoubtedly, I did. I was a member of the Trainmen's Union—I was the head of it—I mean the union. We said that if they did not give us our wages we would not work.
Q. On Friday, did you try to persuade any men not to go out?