Q. You said that two or three men came and asked you if you were going out, and you said yes, if you could get a crew, and that then they intimated it would be well for you if you did not. Who were these men? A. One was D. W. Davis. The other name I do not recollect. Q. What was his position at that time? A. A brakeman, I believe. Q. Had he been discharged or was he still in the employ of the company? A. He was in the employ of the company up to that morning, so far as I know. Q. Do you know where he is now? A. No. Q. Has he been in the employ of the company since? A. Not to my knowledge. Q. The other's name you do not remember? A. I don't remember at all. Q. Where is this Conductor Meredith? A. I think he is in some part of Kentucky. Q. How many men did you have as trainmen for one train? A. Three. Q. Besides yourself, and aside from the engineer and fireman? A. Yes. By Mr. Means: Q. Did you have any fear of violence from the employés of the road if you started out? A. Well, I had a fear, but no serious fear. I did not think that they would kill me. Q. You did not believe on the morning of the riot that they would do so? A. No; besides I was determined to protect myself in the best way I could. * * * * * John Plender, _sworn with uplifted hand_: By Mr. Lindsey: Q. Where do you reside? A. I am living at Walls station. Q. Are you in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company? A. Yes, sir; I am running a passenger engine--the "accommodation"--as engineer. Q. Were you in July last? A. Yes, sir. Q. Between what points? A. Between Walls and Pittsburgh. Q. What is the distance of Walls from Pittsburgh? A. Sixteen miles. Q. How often do you make your trips? A. I make three round trips a day. Q. Were you at the Union depot on Thursday morning, the 19th? A. I came in that morning from Walls, at eight-fifteen. Q. What time did you go out? A. At twelve-five. Q. Where were you between eight-fifteen and twelve-five? A. In the round-house, at work on my engine. Q. When did you first learn that any men had refused to go out on their trains? A. I suppose it was half-past nine when one of the men told me. It was an engineer that told me. Q. Was he one that had refused to go out? A. No; he had just come in. Q. Did you learn anything more about it between that time and twelve o'clock? A. No. The "Yioughiougheny" came in, and he told me that there was a strike. Q. What then took place? A. That was all that took place between him and me. Q. Did you remain in the round-house? A. I remained in there until eleven o'clock, when I backed out, and came down and took out the train. Q. Were you interfered with in any way? A. No. Q. Did you have any conversation with the strikers that day? A. Not until evening. Q. Whom did you see in the evening? A. I had no conversation, no more than a man stopped me at Twenty-eighth street, and asked me what I was hauling.