A. No; I had an assurance from quite a number that they would not go into the strike.
Q. Did you receive any order from Colonel Grey upon Captain Patterson to furnish you with men?
A. I think that is the order I referred to. I went and saw General Brown, and he gave me an order to Captain Patterson, to get the men together and report for duty at Verona shops.
Q. On Tuesday?
A. Yes; I am not sure whether it was Monday night or Tuesday. My recollection is, it was Monday night, but probably it was Tuesday.
Q. Did he give you the order when you first saw him—the first time he was called upon?
A. I was to see him two or three times during that period, and I am not positive about it. I think it was the second time; it may have been the first. I am not positive.
Q. Did he make any refusal the first time you saw him?
A. I explained to him, that we had a guard of seventy-five men, that we had organized ourselves at Verona, among whom were some of the Verona company, but they had no ammunition. I think that the General said to me, if I could get that company together, he would let it remain, but he could not send any troops from the city hall.
Q. Did he state his reasons?