Q. Could not the force you had there—these two regiments—could not that crossing there, and the immediate neighborhood, been kept clear entirely by the force you had there?
A. I think they could. That is very hard to tell. We didn't know what might have happened.
Q. Were the efforts of the officers directed in that way—to keep it clear?
A. Yes; of course some of our men were in sympathy with the strikers, but if we were to take away two or three regiments, away to different cities or somewhere out away from Pittsburgh, 1 think they could pretty nearly clean out a city of this size.
Q. You don't think they were as firm in their duty as they would have been in some other city?
A. Yes.
Q. They were a little more tender of the people they were dealing with?
A. Yes; they were friends and relatives.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. Fraternize with the people—with the crowd?