A. Of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company.
Q. To consult with the officers of the company?
A. Yes—beg pardon, sir—they were there; believe that that was the object of the meeting.
Q. Why were the blacksmiths and carpenters and other mechanics generally notified to meet there?
A. They were not notified; but merely heard it talked on the streets, and I went there for one. I was very anxious to learn whether the miners were going to work, for, if they went to work, we stood a chance of getting work in the shops.
Q. Did your work in the blacksmith shops depend upon the work going on in the collieries?
A. Not altogether in the collieries; no, sir.
Q. Carpenters' work would not depend on that at all?
A. Curiosity, as much as anything. A great many of them went there out of curiosity.
Q. Were the men asked there from the shops—the crowd to stop the work—that is, you said the crowd went up to the steel-works, and the factory and machine shops here. Were any of that class of men at the meeting?