A. The first knowledge I had, Mr. Watt came to the mayor's office that morning. I was in the office at the time. He stated that there was a disturbance, that the men were on a strike, and he wanted to get some officers to go out with him. Our force was reduced shortly before that, and no men were on duty in the day time. We only had one hundred and twenty men, and ten were lamp watchers, and ten were at the station-houses. One hundred and one in all were left for police duty. Q. State what occurred? A. I asked Mr. Watt how many men he thought would do, and he said about ten men. I had the men gathered up from those men who were dropped from the rolls, and brought them in there, and told Officer Fowler to take charge of them, and to go with Mr. Watt. I afterwards asked the mayor, and he told me that Mr. McGovern should be placed in charge. I then sent him on up. Q. Did you have any difficulty in getting the men you wanted? A. I gathered them in about five minutes. I just asked for ten, and got them. Q. Plenty of others were willing to go? A. I suppose so. Q. Was anything said between Mr. Watt and the mayor about the pay of the men? A. Mr. Watt told me he would pay the men. Q. Who introduced that subject of pay? A. I do not know. I told him these men are not on the force, but we could gather them up if he agreed to pay them. Q. They went then? A. Yes; in charge of McGovern. Q. State what occurred from the time that they went away--whether any report was made to you or not? A. I understood about the trouble. McGovern told me about arresting this party after he came back. Q. Was any report made to you of what occurred? A. I had a conversation with him after he came back. Q. At what time? A. About four o'clock on Thursday. Q. What did he state to you when he came back? A. He told me he had arrested that party--that Mr. Watt went to turn the switch, and somebody hit him, and he arrested him, and put him in the Twelfth ward station-house. Information was afterwards made against some ten parties. Q. What time was that? A. I think on Thursday afternoon, after this arrest. Q. You say against some ten parties? A. Yes, sir. Q. In whose hands were the warrants placed? A. They were given to me first. A lawyer in Mr. Hampton's office was here. He had them drawn up. I gave the warrants to McGovern. On account of the excitement we proposed to locate the parties in their houses, and to get them there. But the next morning a young man in Hampton's office came in and told me not to make the arrests until further orders. I thought then that the men were going to work, perhaps. I then told McGovern not to make the arrests. Q. Do you state you told McGovern not to arrest the men, but to get them at their houses? A. Yes. Q. How many policemen do you think you could have gathered up that afternoon for duty?