The Constitution gives me no power to act in the matter. The Governor alone has the power. His law officer, Attorney General Lear, can be reached either at Harrisburg or Doylestown. JOHN LATTA, _Lieut. Gov._ * * * * * LANCASTER, PA., _3:17, A.M._ R. H. FIFE, _Sheriff Allegheny county, Pa._: Have ordered General Pearson to place a regiment on duty to aid you in suppressing disorder. JAMES W. LATTA, (Copy.) _Adjutant General_. * * * * * Hugh Y. Boyce, _sworn with the uplifted hand_: By Mr. Lindsey: Q. You were a deputy sheriff in July last? A. Yes. Q. You reside where? A. No. 551 Fifth avenue. Q. State to us what knowledge you have of the disturbance, and when it commenced--give us a statement of the facts? A. Coming in on Friday morning, from attending a sale, I met the sheriff and General Pearson, on Grant street or on Liberty street. I told the sheriff I was going to the office, and I asked where he was going, and he said he was going out the Pennsylvania railroad a short distance. I asked him if he wished me to go along, and he said he did. Then the sheriff and Mr. Pitcairn and General Pearson and myself went to Torrens station. The sheriff there addressed the crowd, as also did General Pearson. They gave some good advice, but they took no notice of it. Q. How did you go out? A. On a locomotive. Q. How large a crowd was there? A. Five or six hundred--I couldn't tell. Q. What class of people were there? A. A pretty hard class. Q. Railroad men? A. Some were railroad men, but they were not all railroad men. Q. What were they doing? A. Standing in groups talking, on the railroad track, and by the side of the railroad track. Q. Were you interfered with in going out? A. No; except the crowd hallooed at us as we went along. Q. How large a crowd was at Twenty-eighth street? A. I cannot say that--perhaps four or five hundred. Q. What response did those men make to the sheriff's admonitions? A. They said they would have bread or blood. Q. Anything else? A. Nothing; but they used very bad language. Q. They refused to disperse, did they? A. Yes; General Pearson made a neat, handsome little speech to them, but they paid no attention to it, nor to the sheriff either. Q. Did you return without any interference? A. Yes. Q. What occurred next? A. The next was on Saturday. In the morning, sometime, the sheriff called me into the office, and told me to get up some men to report at the Pennsylvania railroad depot. Q. Did you go? A. Yes. Q. How many were with you? A. I think about fifteen or sixteen; I am not certain about that. Q. Tell us what took place?