Q. Did you have any communication with the men at Martinsburg before they struck?
A. I had some friends down there, and I used to hear from them once in a while.
Q. About the strike—this particular strike that took place at Martinsburg—did your union communicate with them? Was it understood or arranged between you for that strike on the 16th?
A. No; although they said that just as soon as they got the reduction they were going to strike.
Q. I understand you to say it was the double-headers, or the order to run them, that caused the strike on the 16th, at Pittsburgh?
A. Yes; because it was the wrong time to put on the double-headers, just following the strike at Martinsburg. That just started the whole thing.
Q. This Trainmen's Union was organized, you say, for the purpose of protecting yourself?
A. For protecting our own interests.
Q. What had you to complain of at the time of organizing the union?
A. The ten per cent. reduction. We thought we were getting little enough money.