A. I never saw the mayor. Q. You do not know whether he issued a proclamation or assisted in any way whatever? A. No. Q. You do not know whether he took an active part in the matter of suppressing the riot? A. No. Q. Was he called on? A. Only Mr. Watt informed me on Thursday morning, and then the sheriff was called Thursday evening. By Senator Yutzy: Q. Who was called first? A. The mayor, according to my information. By Mr. Engelbert: Q. He did not respond? A. Mr. Watt will tell you that. Q. You have no personal knowledge about that? A. No; it was before I arrived on Thursday night. By Mr. Lindsey: Q. Do you know when the first call was made on the sheriff, of your own knowledge? A. Thursday night. By Senator Yutzy: Q. Did he respond? A. Yes--in my office. Q. With a force? A. He had one man. By Mr. Lindsey: Q. Who was the man with him? A. I did not know him. Q. Do you know what effort he made to secure a force? A. Only what he told me. By Senator Reyburn: Q. Were you there when the dispatch was sent for troops--the first dispatch, when the sheriff made up his mind to call upon the military? A. Yes, sir. Q. What time was that? A. It was about twelve o'clock Thursday night. By Mr. Lindsey: Q. The call upon the mayor and on the sheriff was not made until after you returned? A. The call on the mayor was made on Thursday morning and the call on the sheriff was made on Thursday evening. Q. Had you become satisfied then that you could not run your trains on account of the mob which had assembled? A. Yes; I knew we could not run the trains. By Senator Yutzy: Q. With safety? A. No way. Q. Did this ten per cent. reduction apply to all the officers and employés of the railroad company? A. All the officers and employés, except those who got one dollar a day or less, either by the month or day--the track men getting ten cents an hour for ten hours. All above one dollar were reduced. By Senator Torbert: Q. That took effect on the 1st of June? A. I think so. By Mr. Lindsey: Q. It applied to the general superintendent? A. He told me so. It applied to me. Q. To the president of the company? A. I believe so. By Mr. Larrabee: Q. In regard to the dispatch which you received from Mr. Watt--did you receive any other dispatch except the one you received at Altoona, asking you to come back, or which caused you to make up your mind to return? A. No. Q. After you got back you say the crowd had assembled--had there been any attempt by the crowd to prevent trains from running? A. They told me so--no trains went out. Q. At what time was any train stopped? A. The first double headers went out from Pittsburgh all right--they were not troubled. Q. At what hour? A. From three o'clock in the morning up to nine o'clock or eight o'clock in the morning. Q. What trains were first prevented from leaving regularly on time?