A. I telegraphed to the chief, in town, from the Twelfth ward station, that things were at a stand-still; that there was no attempt on the part of the railroad men to run out trains, and that the men were still stationed at the crossing, and he instructed me to place the men in charge of officer Fowler, and to come in to the central office. I did so after three o'clock. Q. Did you go out again? A. Not that afternoon. Q. Did you receive any further instructions? A. Not that day. The men remained there that day and night--all night. Q. Were you present when Mr. Watt came to consult with the mayor? A. I was in the office. Q. Did you hear the conversation? A. No. Q. What did Mr. Watt tell you that time in the presence of the mayor? A. I do not think the mayor was present at that time. It was in regard to what I was going out there for. He told me a few of the men were on a strike, and that they would probably undertake to interfere with the running of the trains, but he did not anticipate any serious trouble. He thought that a few men would be sufficient. He did not think it would amount to anything, and said that the presence of a few men would stop the whole thing. He looked on it very lightly at that time. Q. After Mr. Watt went away it was that Mayor McCarthy gave you instructions? A. Yes. Q. What did he tell you to do? A. He told me to collect as many men as I could get. Q. Of the force on duty? A. There was no force on duty. Q. From what source were you to collect them? A. He told me to get as many men as I could get. He meant the office men. But they were only on duty at night, and at this time none of them were about except the chief of detectives, Mr. O'Mara, who was busy, I believe. I so reported to the mayor. I told him I could get a number of the men who were dropped from the rolls. He told me to go ahead and get them. Q. How many of those men were there then? A. I suppose there may have been twenty or twenty-five. Q. You selected ten of them? A. I thought that would be a sufficient number on account of what Mr. Watt had told me. Q. You could have got more if you had wanted them? A. Yes; I did get more afterwards. I think ten more came out. Of course we could not get those men and bring them into service as our men in actual service, because those men had been dropped from the rolls, and it was only those willing to go on duty or not. Q. But plenty of them were willing to go? A. Yes; they showed a willingness to go. Q. When you got to Twenty-eighth street, how many men were engaged there then in preventing the trains from moving? A. The first intimation I had of any men, who were going to prevent trains from running, was when Mr. Watt was assaulted, and then I should judge that those men actively engaged, numbered, probably, ten or fifteen--that seemed to be the leaders. Q. When you undertook to arrest McCall, how many men took his part?