A. No; I suppose they thought I knew. By Senator Reyburn: Q. Did the men know of any reason why the double-headers were to be run? A. I was not running freight. Q. You know nothing about freight? A. It was about that order I heard them talking. Adjourned until to-morrow, at three o'clock, P.M. ORPHANS' COURT ROOM, PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, _February 9, 1878_ Pursuant to adjournment, the committee assembled at three o'clock, P.M., this day, and continued the taking of testimony. The first witness examined was * * * * * Archibald Jeffrey, _sworn with the uplifted hand_: By Mr. Lindsey: Q. Where do you reside? A. No. 32 Anderson street. Q. How long have you resided there? A. Going on three years. Q. What is your business? A. I am a machinist. Q. Were you in the vicinity of the disorders that occurred, commencing on the 19th day of July last--that day or at any time following? A. I was out there on the 22d--I believe that is Saturday evening. Q. At what point? A. About Twenty-eighth street. Q. Tell us what you saw there? A. There was a great deal of noise around there for awhile. Q. Made by whom? A. I can't just exactly tell who. Q. There was a crowd there? A. Yes. Q. Composed of what classes? A. Of most every class. Q. How large a crowd was there? A. I have no idea--I suppose a thousand or fifteen hundred men--I suppose so. Q. How long before the burning was it that you speak about? A. I went out there in the evening about five o'clock--along there--and I think the burning commenced about ten and a half o'clock. Q. What was the conduct of the crowd at five or six o'clock, when you went there first? A. That was after the shooting had been done out there. Q. After the firing by the militia, you mean? A. Yes. Q. What was the condition of the crowd at that time? A. There was a lot of talking going on about the soldiers; but not being interested in the thing at all, I didn't pay much attention to it. Q. What kind of talk was it? A. They appeared to be angry about the soldiers firing at the crowd. Q. Where was the crowd assembled then? A. About Twenty-eighth street, near the crossing. Q. Did you see anybody set fire to any car or building, or anything in the vicinity of Twenty-eighth street? A. I did see one man. He was the only man. Q. Who was he? A. Matthew Marshall. Q. What time was that? A. It was in the afterpart of the night. I can't say exactly. Q. What was it he fired? A. A car of coke. Q. Where was the car standing? A. On the track, about two squares above Twenty-eighth street. Q. Just describe how he did it; where he got his fire; how it took place?