Q. What facts have led you to that conclusions?
A. I know from newspaper reports, and from rumors among the employés, that they were organizing a union of some description, to oppose this reduction. I simply have it from general rumor—from report.
Q. Have you ever succeeded in getting anything from the employés themselves—any statement from them that would lead you to that conclusion?
A. Nothing that I can re-call. I have heard them talking among themselves, saying that they would be organized by and by—some passing remark of that description, but nothing very tangible.
Q. Did this commence prior to the issuing of the order to run double-headers?
A. My impression is that it was started with the reduction in pay—the order for it. The order for double-headers affected only the Pennsylvania railroad, but, that for the reduction in pay was general—affecting all the roads.
Q. Have you succeeded in gathering any facts from the men, or from any reliable source, to show whether or not there was any understanding among the men on Thursday morning, in relation to a general strike?
A. I have not, but from my observation, I should think the thing was not understood at all. It was started by one crew and the others gradually came in.
Q. Can you give us the names of the parties for whom the warrants were issued?
A. I cannot now. It is a matter of record in this court-house. I think they were bench warrants.