Q. Had the strikers—had the men sent a committee to the railroad officials?
A. Yes—and how was the committee received.
Q. How?
A. I do not know. If you want me to tell you how I was told they were received, I will tell you; I do not know of my own knowledge.
Q. You must have some grounds for forming an opinion.
A. I will give you that now. They were received with the utmost haughtiness. They were dismissed with a wave of the hand. They said, "We will make no terms, no concessions with you. Go back to your wages—go to work—then we will talk to you. We will have nothing at all to do with you." Now that was the way they were received.
Q. Were they not told that if they would retire from the company's property, and allow the company to enjoy its property and its rights, that they would receive them?
A. No, sir, never heard of it; no, sir. Not the most sanguine man that knows anything about the Pennsylvania railroad officials in western Pennsylvania would ever say such a thing either. I make that a part of my testimony.
By Mr. Means:
Q. Do you pretend to say that the——