Colonel D. L. Smith, _sworn with the uplifted hand_: By Mr. Lindsey: Q. Where do you reside? A. In the city of Allegheny. Q. Do you hold any official position? A. I am one of the aldermen of that city. Q. Where were you at the time of the riots in July last? A. I was at my home in Allegheny city. Q. What occurred there in regard to the riots, that you have any knowledge of? A. About half past five o'clock in the evening, on the day that the soldiers fired in the crowd, my office boy came to my office and reported to me in great excitement, that the soldiers had fired on and killed a number of the citizens. I then went to the scene of the trouble, and remained there until about eight o'clock in the evening. Q. What time did you get there? A. At six o'clock. The troops had just gone into the round-house as I got there. I returned to my office after eight o'clock, and when the cars were fired at eleven o'clock, I saw the light and heard the alarm, and immediately went to the scene, and remained there until four o'clock in the morning. I then returned home, and remained at home until one o'clock, and then came to Pittsburgh again and remained until nine o'clock. Q. What did you observe? A. One or two wounded men being carried from the ground. I observed a disorganized mass of people standing in groups, numbering perhaps six or eight hundred, discussing the fire and passing their comments on it. Q. This crowd of people you saw there--of what class was it composed? A. There were some few railroad employés, but the most of them I recognized as mill hands from the different rolling-mills. I knew many of them personally. Q. A portion of them from your city? A. Yes; attracted by excitement to the fire. Some remained there. Q. What were those mill hands doing when you went there? A. Discussing the question involved in the railroad strikes, and some of them were using threats. One man remarked, if the firing went on, that there wouldn't be a dollar's worth of railroad property left in the county of Allegheny at nine o'clock the next morning. Quite a number of persons I recognized as persons I knew to be workingmen from other sections. I know a great many of the Pittsburgh workingmen. Q. You say from other sections? A. I judged them to be miners and mill hands, attracted here from outlying counties--attracted by news of the riot; in fact, in conversation with some, they informed me they had come from different places. Q. From communities within a short distance of the city? A. Yes. Q. Were that class of men taking part in the disturbance? A. At that time there was no disturbance. It was very peaceful, except the grumbling. But at eleven o'clock, I was on the railroad track, and I noticed three men breaking into and taking the contents of a car. Q. Did you know who those men were?