Q. Did you get that information from conversation with your men?
A. Yes.
Q. With what class of employés?
A. Conductors and engineers.
Q. What class seemed to be most dissatisfied with the reduction?
A. Generally those of the lower grade of pay—such as brakemen; that class of men.
Q. When did the first strike occur on your road?
A. I think on Monday morning, the 23d, I believe.
Q. What class of men struck first?
A. I would qualify the other statement by stating that on Saturday, about ten o'clock, I got a message stating that the shop men had held a meeting and determined not to work any longer without the ten per cent. was restored. We went out and called the men together, and Mr. Shinn, our vice president, made a speech, and explained the situation to them, and they held a meeting and agreed to stand by the reduction and go to work again. That was the first difficulty we had. On Monday, I think was the first refusal, on the part of the train men, to perform service.