Q. Did you feel perfectly safe, after the Governor arrived with the troops, in going to work?
A. Yes. We had a large body of men.
Q. It was under their protection that you felt safe?
A. It was only under their protection.
Q. Did you feel safe from another demonstration of the railroad employés, or from any other source?
A. I have no hesitation in saying that we were never afraid of our own men. So far as our own men striking we were not afraid. We were perfectly able to manage our own men, so far as our own employés were concerned, if you took away from us the men suspended. But I do not pretend to say that we were not afraid of the party or parties they brought. But I know nothing about that, of my own personal knowledge. I say this: We always had enough men to move our trains, if other parties had not come in. Who they were brought by, I do not know.
Q. Your own men would never have given you any trouble, had not outsiders interfered?
A. I say that, but do not pretend to say who brought them.
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. It was General Brinton's command which was present when the military dispersed the crowd by their fire. Was not any portion of General Pearson's command present?