Q. Can you tell me why they did not hold their position that they then occupied--the militia. What necessity was there for retiring to the round house? A. I knew what they thought--it was that they were coming under cover to prevent them from being struck. I was not a military man. However, I know what I should have done. By Senator Reyburn: Q. What motives actuated them, after dispersing the crowd, in retiring their troops to the flat position of the street? A. After dispersing the crowd, immediately the crowd--not that crowd, perhaps, but other crowds came back in front of my office--a great crowd. They were marching by and gathering from all quarters. By dispersing the crowd, I mean they all ran away, and then they commenced immediately coming back, and I had pretty hard work to come down to the office. The crowds were coming up the railway as I was coming down to the Union depot. All I can say is, they said that the reason for going to the round house was to get under cover. By Mr. Lindsey: Q. Was any effort made by the military to drive back that crowd when they commenced to reassemble? A. I was in the office at that time. Q. Only General Brinton's command went into the round-house? A. General Pearson's command, I think, was dispersed, but I do not know it. I know this, that there were there soldiers that came with General Brinton's command, because some of them came down to the Union depot with messages. Q. Had any property been fired or burned at that time? A. Up to the time that I left no property had been burned. By Mr. Means: Q. Would it not have been natural, under military discipline, for the military to have held their position when they had obtained a position? A. I think they ought to have gone up on the hill. By Mr. Lindsey: Q. When you returned from Blairsville, you said you expected to meet your old employés. Now, during all these negotiations, were the old men and the married men, that you have spoken of as being retained in your employ, engaged in this riot? A. Not to my personal knowledge or observation. The majority of them were running. Q. Did they make any complaint or any demand upon the company of any kind? A. The general remarks of these men then were that they had nothing to do with this riot. Some of them said they ought to have the ten per cent. put back, but all deprecated this trouble, and said they had nothing to do with it. Q. Were they ready to go to work at all times when you wanted them? A. They always professed to be, but we never tried them to Sunday night, and then they wanted protection, and when we gave them protection they went out. The following is the paper of the committee appointed by the employés making certain demands, to which I have already alluded in my testimony: BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, PITTSBURGH DIVISION, NO. 50, PITTSBURGH, PA., _July 20, 1877_. _To the Superintendent Western Division Pennsylvania Railroad_: