Q. Did you hear any command to cease firing? A. I did not. I went to the rear of the cars I was standing on, and the soldiers were breaking back in my direction, and I did not notice what was going on in front after that. There was just one volley. The soldiers just emptied their muskets. By Mr. Lindsey: Q. What was the result of the volley? A. A panic on the hill side--every person ran from the hill side and the crossing. Q. It dispersed the crowd, did it? A. Yes. Q. In what direction did they retire? A. In all directions. Q. What became of the soldier's then? A. I left the crossing, and went from there to the telegraph office, and wrote some messages to the freight depot and shops, directing them to put on a heavy guard during the night. While I was there Mr. Watt came in, and told me that the mob had started for the arsenal. I telegraphed to the commandant to take care of our shops, and advised him to be on his guard. The message was delivered within five or ten minutes after it was sent. By Mr. Larrabee: Q. Was any actual violence used by the strikers to prevent the trains running on your road? A. Our men were threatened. Q. But there was no actual violence? A. No. By Mr. Dewees: Q. When you were running that engine yourself, what was the mob composed of--men that had been in your employ, or in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, or tramps? Describe the crowd? A. They were strangers to me. I do not know them. By Mr. Engelbert: Q. I understood you to say that application was made to the civil authorities. What do you mean by that? A. I did not say that application had been made to the civil authorities. By Mr. Lindsey: Q. If you were present when the first firing occurred, I wish you would give us a description of it--what it was started by, and what the condition of the crowd was at that time? A. I was at the corner of Penn and Twelfth streets when the alarm was struck, 10.40 o'clock by city time, or a few minutes later. I saw a flash in the sky and heard the alarm, and hurried on up Penn street. I knew what it meant. There were some oil cars stored in the Pennsylvania yard at the time, and I saw it was the flash of an oil fire. I think about Twentieth street the fire commenced. I then went about a square, and I heard a torpedo explode, and I got to the next corner and saw the fire on Penn street, and on the side street. By Senator Yutzy: Q. A railroad torpedo, you mean? A. Yes; it made a noise similar to that. The engines were driving fast at the time. I went to the vicinity of the coke yards, and remained there until half past two or three o'clock in the morning. Q. Did you go with the engines during this time?