By Mr. Means:
Q. Were the railroad employés the prime movers in this strike?
A. It occurred to me they were. They took the initiative at any rate in striking. They spoke first.
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. The railroad employés did.
A. Yes. I mean by the railroad men, the men operating their trains. There was a large mass of miners—much the larger mass of miners are employés of the railroad company in this vicinity.
By Senator Reyburn:
Q. From the information you got, do you think there was an organization, and it was understood that the railroad men were the first to strike?
A. No, sir; I don't know that that is so.
Q. From your own knowledge of the state of the case then, as I understand it, you think the railroad men struck first of their own accord?