A. Because this movement was carried through on the railroads. The railroads were all stopped. Many other classes of men were working along contentedly, satisfied that they were doing the best thing they could do, if they were not satisfied with their wages. We all know they were feeling as though they were working for low wages, and those men who came among them did their utmost to create this spirit of dissatisfaction, and induce the strike.
Q. What combination, if any, was there between railroad men and other laborers?
A. I don't know that there was any direct combination. There was said to be a general labor union organized at the time. We heard a great deal of unions of various occupations, and of a general union of laboring and workingmen.
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. Did you succeed in tracing that thing to a reliable source to find whether there was a union organized here?
A. I was perfectly satisfied in my own mind that there was a union. As to the existence of it, I couldn't definitely say.
Q. Was there any riot organized in the city of Scranton?
A. I think so.
Q. Composed of what class of men?
A. Composed of all classes of workingmen, so far as I could get at it. I was satisfied it was so. I couldn't state that positively, nor I couldn't point to men as directly connected with it.