Q. And to the officers, from the president down?
A. Yes.
Q. There was some complaint at the time?
A. Some dissatisfaction.
Q. Between the 1st of June and the 19th of July, was there any organization among the men, so far as you could learn, or any pre-arranged plan to strike?
A. There was nothing positive. I understood that quite a number of the men were joining what was called the Trainmen's Union.
Q. Did you know the object of the Trainmen's Union.
A. Of my own knowledge I did not. I understood it was being organized for the purpose of organizing a strike.
Q. Did you, as superintendent, have any communication with the men that you understood were joining the organization in relation to it?
A. A short time before the strike, three or four of our men, I understood, were very active in it, and I think I suspended one or two temporarily, and talked to some others about it. My information just previous to the strike led me to suppose that our men were not going to stand by it, or were withdrawing—that they would not go into the strike.