By Senator Yutzy:
Q. And some of them had been in the service of the company and discharged?
A. Yes; and some that had never been in the service.
By Senator Reyburn:
Q. Did you hear any talk about men coming from a distance?
A. It was generally supposed—at the time of the fire and riot, I was at Union Depot, and I saw them carrying off goods—hauling them off by wagon loads and wheelbarrow loads—men, women, and children—it was generally supposed that all the thieves that could get here in two days, from all the country around, had got here; and I suppose, everybody thought that the property had better be carried off than be burned.
Q. Can you give the name of the flagman who first refused to go out?
A. No.
By Mr. Larrabee:
Q. Do you know whether the strike was confined to freight men entirely?