Q. How long did you remain at the crossing?
A. Until about three o'clock. In the meantime there did not appear to be any effort made on the part of the railroad authorities to move any more trains after this assault at the switch, and my impression was at the time that they had given the matter up just then. There seemed to be a general disposition on the part of the railroad employés—the men not on strike—to rest easy, as it were. They didn't want to work. I heard the men talking with each other. They did not appear to make any effort to work. Those not engaged in the strike actively—they seemed to be in sympathy with those in the strike.
Q. What was the condition of the crowd there from one o'clock up to three o'clock?
A. It kept on increasing.
Q. How was it as to being demonstrative or boisterous?
A. There was no trouble there after this assault on Mr. Watt, because no effort was made on the part of the railroad officials to run out trains.
Q. Where did you go when you left there?
A. I telegraphed to the chief, in town, from the Twelfth ward station, that things were at a stand-still; that there was no attempt on the part of the railroad men to run out trains, and that the men were still stationed at the crossing, and he instructed me to place the men in charge of officer Fowler, and to come in to the central office. I did so after three o'clock.
Q. Did you go out again?
A. Not that afternoon.