A. I think I heard some talk that would amount to about that. Passenger trains were allowed to come and go as they had done before. A good many of the passenger trains stopped at the dispatcher's office to get a permit that would enable them to pass other localities where the strikers were congregated.
Q. That would be called, in railroad parlance, orders?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Who was the dispatcher during the riots there?
A. Ammon was known as dispatcher.
Q. He took possession of the dispatcher's office?
A. Yes, sir.
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. Was he the man that issued these orders?
A. I think the orders were signed with his name. I never saw any of the orders. I heard the passenger train conductor speaking of them.