Q. Where do you reside?
A. In the Twentieth ward of Pittsburgh.
Q. What is your occupation?
A. I am an assistant train master.
Q. Of the Pennsylvania railroad?
A. Yes.
Q. Did you occupy that position in July last?
A. Yes.
Q. State what knowledge you have as to any dissatisfaction among the employés of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in regard to wages prior to the 19th of July last?
A. I have no knowledge more than any person would have who has his wages reduced. The men spoke about the reduction of their wages, that it was a little hard. They talked to me about the order. I told them that we were all in the same fix, and tried to point out to them that the reduction was general—that the business of the company had become reduced, and I supposed that they thought it was necessary to make a reduction. Most of the men that I talked to on the subject seemed to be satisfied. They didn't feel good about it, but they didn't say that they would offer any resistance to a reduction, or that they would strike, or anything of that sort.