A. I can only judge of the number actively engaged in the strike, from the number of persons that interfered with the first arrest that we made. That occurred when Mr. Watt attempted to open the switch to let the train out. That is where the first trouble commenced. As soon as he did that, a man named McCall, and another man named Davis, both of whom have been tried in the courts since--they jumped on to the switch, and one of them struck Mr. Watt. When I saw that, I was at the other switch. I ran down, and after considerable trouble, we succeeded in arresting McCall and in taking him down to the watch-house. Then probably there were fifteen or twenty persons that appeared to take an active part in preventing McCall from being arrested. They seemed to be very anxious to have us let him go. There were a number of stones thrown, and some of my officers were hit. I saw a number of stones thrown, and it was principally the work of boys. The railroad men wanted to persuade us to let him go, but we finally got him down to the watch-house. He resisted very stoutly. None of the railroad men attempted to use violence at that time. Q. You placed him in the lock-up? A. Yes; at the Twelfth ward station. Q. How many of your men remained there on the ground? A. After we locked him up we came right back there again. Q. What occurred then? A. Mr. Watt left then and went to get more men. Along about one o'clock, I judge, there were some five or six men came, in charge of officer White, of the mayor's force, and went on out to East Liberty, and my impression is that Mr. Watt went with them. Q. How many men were with officer White? A. Five or six men--also men dropped from the rolls. Then three or four--probably more--there may have been ten--came to my assistance and remained with me at the crossing. Q. How long did you remain at the crossing? A. Until about three o'clock. In the meantime there did not appear to be any effort made on the part of the railroad authorities to move any more trains after this assault at the switch, and my impression was at the time that they had given the matter up just then. There seemed to be a general disposition on the part of the railroad employés--the men not on strike--to rest easy, as it were. They didn't want to work. I heard the men talking with each other. They did not appear to make any effort to work. Those not engaged in the strike actively--they seemed to be in sympathy with those in the strike. Q. What was the condition of the crowd there from one o'clock up to three o'clock? A. It kept on increasing. Q. How was it as to being demonstrative or boisterous? A. There was no trouble there after this assault on Mr. Watt, because no effort was made on the part of the railroad officials to run out trains. Q. Where did you go when you left there?