Q. Why not?
A. We thought it better to go ahead, and when we were in shape, if they refused we were ready to act.
Q. On the 27th day of June, you sent out forty men to notify all the lodges to get ready for a strike?
A. On Sunday, the 24th of June. Unless our demands were acceded to.
Q. Had you notified the railroad companies of your demand that the ten per cent. should be restored before that?
A. We drew up these resolutions—that is what Mr. Cassatt spoke about—and submitted them by a committee of five to the officials in Pittsburgh—to the local authorities there. They said they did not concern them, and they didn't want anything to do with them.
Q. When was that done?
A. I think on the 25th.
By Senator Reyburn:
Q. You mean the railroad authorities?