A. Yes, sir; very emphatically; both on the part of the business community and the other portion.
Q. Do you know of any business men in the city of Pittsburgh that made any proposition to the strikers in the way of support, furnishing them provisions, or taking care of them while they were not employed on the road?
A. There was some talk of that kind at the time, that Mr. Jenkins and Mr. King had proposed to furnish something or other.
Q. I don't wish to be personal in this matter; I just wish to know of any parties that proposed to these strikers to give them support?
A. I know as in the case of this other knowledge, that it could not be judicially proved at that time as a fact, but it was common rumor and talk that certain gentlemen had proposed to give provisions to aid the strikers.
Q. Do you know, of your own knowledge?
A. No, sir.
Q. But it was common rumor that the citizens of Pittsburgh were in sympathy with the strikers?
A. With the strikers, yes, sir; I don't know that there was any doubt of that.
Q. You don't know, then, any particular man or Pittsburgh parties who offered aid and comfort?