A. I believe that. I believe it was necessary to call out the military--but to use them. In explanation of that, I would say this: that even after the military were here, that the city of Pittsburgh was panic struck, and that young men were taken up on the streets and were furnished with arms, privately by the different banks, to go in and guard the banks, because, on the Monday night following the burning, it was rumored on the streets--on Fifth avenue, and on Wood, and on Smithfield streets--that the banks were to be attacked that night, and I know of several banks in the city that were guarded by young men picked up throughout the city. I believe it to be a fact, that, had the trouble lasted two days longer, there would have been a vacation of the city by the women and the children in the city of Pittsburgh. I believe they would have gotten out of town. By Mr. Larrabee: Q. You state you spoke to some people about the probability of the troops firing on the crowd. Who were those people? A. I cannot recollect. Q. Were they part of the crowd--the strikers? A. No. At this point the committee adjourned to meet at three o'clock this afternoon. AFTERNOON SESSION. ORPHANS' COURT ROOM. PITTSBURGH, _Tuesday, February 12, 1878_. Pursuant to adjournment the committee re-assembled at three o'clock, P.M., this day, and continued the taking of testimony. * * * * * Joseph S. Haymaker, _recalled_. By Mr. Lindsey: Q. What sympathy did the rioters seem to get from the surrounding crowds of spectators? A. Do you mean on Saturday? Q. Yes. A. I can hardly say; I was one of the party myself. Do you mean after they were fired into? Q. From that time until Monday. A. On Saturday, the 20th of July, the general feeling seemed to be, up to the time of the firing, that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company had not done exactly what was right with their employés. Q. To what extent did that feeling exist in the community?