By Mr. Engelbert:
Q. Did it appear that the citizens were in sympathy with the strikers?
A. I am a Pittsburgher.
Q. But I ask were the citizens in sympathy with the strikers?
By Senator Yutzy: I think, Mr. Chairman, that that question ought to be modified. All the citizens were not present.
By the witness:
A. If you asked me the question whether or not the citizens, or any number of them, came to me and offered their assistance, then I might answer the question. The crowd certainly manifested no disposition to assist in the running of trains. The crowd, of course, was in sympathy. I speak of those who were present at Twenty-eighth street and Twenty-sixth street, on Liberty street, fronting the office, and I should say there were none at all in sympathy with the railroad company, but the soldiers.
By Mr. Engelbert:
Q. But that does not answer my question. I desire to know whether the citizens were not in sympathy with the strikers?
By Senator Yutzy: I repeat, Mr. Chairman, that I do not think this question should be put to the witness. I move that the committee retire for a few moments' consultation.