A. It could not have been done on Saturday morning, because the mill men had all commenced to gather.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. Do you think he could have quelled the trouble without calling on the militia—that the police force could have suppressed the riot?
A. That is something I do not pretend to answer. The militia were called out a day or two previous to that. But I think this, that it was unfortunate for this shooting to have occurred in Pittsburgh. My sympathies were with the strikers, but not up to the point of rioting.
Q. You say you thought on Saturday morning the crowd could not have been dispersed without the militia?
A. No.
Q. By the police force?
A. No.
Q. Could the mayor or the sheriff have raised a posse, either in the city or in the county, including both, sufficient to have dispersed the crowd?
A. I think that the mayor of any city of the size of the city of Pittsburgh ought to be able, with his police force, to break up any assemblage of men.