Q. Had they all agreed to strike on that day?
A. Yes. Three or four days before the 27th of June—the 27th day of June was a Wednesday—the Sunday night before, that is, the 24th, forty men were sent out from Pittsburgh, so if they shut off the wires from us, we could notify the different divisions if we could not get telegrams to them in time, that if anything turned up, that it was ordered, and that that was the day set.
Q. At what hour?
A. At twelve o'clock, noon, June the 27th.
Q. To what points were those men sent?
A. All over the different trunk lines.
Q. To notify all the different lodges or divisions?
A. Yes.
Q. Did they so notify them?
A. They did, I believe, so far as they could get. But a hitch occurred before the 27th.