Q. During the destruction of railroad property, was there any demonstration on the part of the citizens to subdue this riot, or did they begin to realize their situation after it came to the destruction of individual property?
A. I think they sympathized fully with the strikers up to the point of burning and pillaging, and after that began there was a re-action in public sentiment.
Q. Was that so far as the railroad company was concerned, or had they come down to private property?
A. I don't exactly understand your question.
Q. Just what I want to know is this: Did the citizens of Pittsburgh think that the strikers were doing right, as long as they were destroying railroad property?
A. Well, I don't think they thought that exactly, but they didn't make any attempt to stay the conflagration or the fire.
Q. As soon as it came down to individual property, then what?
A. Then, I think, even before there was an effort made to get up a citizen's committee, and I think it was a failure; and I think only four responded to go out and assist in that.
Q. When it came down to individual property, then what?
A. Then, of course, there were more active efforts made by the authorities, and by parties living in the neighborhood.