Q. Who were those persons who were throwing the stones? A. I cannot say who they were. Q. How many composed the crowd at that time? A. I fancy some fifteen or eighteen men that I saw there, but might have been more. Q. Were they all railroad employés? A. I cannot say that. Q. Were those brakemen who had refused to go out with you among them? A. That I cannot say. I was not close enough to see whether my men were among them or not. Q. On Friday afternoon, when the attempt was made to start the train, will you tell us what occurred then? A. As near as I can recollect, the train was made up, and it was pulled up out of the freight yard. I don't know whether the caboose car was coupled or not. I cannot recollect, but I saw the train start as though it was going to go out. I saw men run in front of the engines to stop them, and I saw the parties get off of them, and the train then was backed into the yard after that. By Senator Reyburn: Q. Was that on Friday? A. I cannot say whether it was Thursday afternoon or Friday, but it was one of those two days. It seems to me it was Thursday afternoon--the same day. Q. When the resistance was made there, was it a combined resistance of all the men, or did only two or three seem to be leading the others? A. It was a general rush, a swinging of hands, and a yelling and hooting. Q. Were any missiles thrown of any kind? A. Not that I saw. Q. Was any violence used towards those who were trying to take the train out? A. Not that I saw. Q. Were any threats made to the loyal men who were willing to work? A. I was not close enough to hear the conversation. Q. Were you threatened at any time if you did not leave the yard? A. Not directly. Two or three men came to me, and asked me if I was going out. I told them yes, if I could get a crew, and one of them intimated to me that I had better not go, or words to that effect--that they did not want to hurt me, or something like that. That was about all. Q. Whom did you report to when your men refused to go out? A. The dispatcher. Q. What is his name? A. William Hunter. Q. How many trains were to go out at that hour--eight-forty? A. I think mine was the only one at that time, with the exception of the single train going on the branch. Q. When were the next trains to start? A. The next, I believe, would have been eleven o'clock--no; the next would have been nine-forty. Q. Do you know whether the conductors of those trains were all prepared to start them or not? A. I believe one of them was there. Q. Did you have any talk with him? A. I did. Q. Was he willing to go? A. No; he was not. Q. He was among the strikers? A. Yes. Q. Were the engineers willing to go? A. That I do not know. One of them came to me and ask if I was going out, and I told him yes, if I could get a crew. He turned around and walked away, and did not say anything more to me about it. By Mr. Larrabee: Q. What was this conductor's name? A. Meredith.