Q. They said they wouldn't work unless you did advance?
A. Yes, sir; but, at that same time, I was receiving information all the time from many sources, that the most of them were perfectly willing to work. All they wanted was protection, and that they would go to work, which they did do on the following Tuesday.
Q. They did go to work on the following Tuesday?
A. All of our men went to work on the following Tuesday, except our iron rolling men. We had no work for the steel mill.
Q. When that committee waited upon you, did they say to you, or did they intimate to you, that they would force you into measures?
A. We had quite a long talk. I don't remember anything of that kind. They said they wouldn't work until they got an advance; of course that is equivalent to forcing a way.
Q. They didn't make any threats?
A. I don't remember of that?
By Mr. Larrabee:
Q. In consequence of that strike, did you blow out your furnaces?