"Engine No. 421 will go on No. 17; and engine 97 on No. 37; and
engine 325 on No. 39.
"J. G. PARKIN."
Q. Who is J. G. Parkin?
A. He arranged with Ross and Parkin for provisions--he was a regular
employé there.
"AMMON:
"Engine, No. 330, will go on 17, instead of engine, No. 421.
"G. S. P." That is Parkin.
Here is a despatch from Mr. Layng:
"AMMON:
"I think a new request on the mayor would give you the cartridges,
as he no doubt, has been supplied by this time.
"J. D. L."
By Senator Reyburn:
Q. Here is a dispatch:
"D. R. AMMON:
"Of course, you understand that I cannot do anything in the matter
of sending, but if you will permit me, as a private individual, to
make a suggestion, it would be, that you send to Mayor Phillips and
ask him to send you fifty to one hundred men, to protect the
property now on the Fort Wayne tracks. I think, that on a proper
representation of the facts, he would do this, and it would give
the men now in charge of the property, the rest I have no doubt
they very much need.
"J. D. L."
"AMMON:
"You had better see Cole, and get matters in shape to talk; but, as
I said in former message, what our men want to do, is to let the
mob element quiet down and then they can talk calmly. You all want
to maintain a record free from violence in any shape. I know you
can fully appreciate the force of this.
"J. D. Layng."
The witness: These are all the dispatches which represent the general
spirit, and there are a great many more, all in the same strain, and
that is all I have to say. They speak for themselves as to their being
genuine. If it should come to trial, I think it would be no trouble to
prove that. One other matter I desire to call your attention to. As I
stated already, that on Sunday, I sent Mrs. Ammon to bring Bob to
Birmingham. Mr. Siebeneck informed me on Saturday evening that Bob was
over there, and I told him I didn't think it was so. I understood, from
Bob's wife, he was up in the oil regions. Bob was living right at the
scene where the troubles in Allegheny occurred, and had been an employé
of the road, as you are aware. On Sunday, when Mrs. Ammon came home, I
felt calm about it. I knew when Bob promised a thing, he generally
would, at least, try to carry it out. On Monday morning matters seemed
to move along smoothly in Allegheny--what I got was from the newspaper
reports. I could not leave my office on Wood street, because our
secretary had gone to Bedford, and I was there with one of the clerks
and the janitor, and the situation in Pittsburgh then looked very
threatening. We have a great many valuable assets there about our safe,
and I thought my presence was necessary. Occasionally I would go up on
Fifth street and send somebody for Bob, with a verbal message or a few
lines. On about three o'clock in the afternoon--perhaps a little
before----
Q. On what day?
A. On Monday, I saw Mr. Siebeneck. He says to me, "Ammon," says he, "I
have just got word that Bob is in charge of the Fort Wayne road." I,
for a moment, didn't know what to say, but Siebeneck assured me that
the thing was so. Looking up the street, I saw Mr. Watt, the ticket
agent of the Pennsylvania road, at the corner of Fifth and Smithfield
street. He came up to me, and says, "My God, squire, has not there been
enough property destroyed! Is there any end to this thing! Can you do
anything so that property would not be destroyed in Allegheny. Have you
any influence with Bob?" I told Mr. Watt, that I thought I had, and if
he would go out and see General McCauley, the vice president of the
road, for me, and could tell him that I would go to Allegheny, drive
over with my wagon, and I was satisfied that Bob would come away with
me, if they wanted him away, but that I would not do so unless I had
the consent of the railroad officials, and I gave him my reasons. From
what I knew, that Bob kept the thing there at bay, there had been no
row, no disturbance. If I should take him away, and trouble should
accrue in consequence, I would feel that I was indirectly responsible
for it. Mr. Watt went out, and in perhaps half an hour or less time, he
came back, and I give you his words as near as I can remember. He said,
that the general said, "Tell the old squire we are very much obliged
for his kindness, and the interest he shows, but the taking away of
Bob, would be, perhaps, the worst move we could make." When I heard
that, I felt calm--my clerk--one of my clerks, lives in Allegheny. I
again wrote a letter to Bob, and implored him, by all that could be
dear and holy to him, to see to it, that no destruction of property
would take place there. Early next morning, I got an answer from Bob,
wherein he assured me that everything was working smoothly, and said
all the best citizens, James L. Bennett, and gentlemen who had been
before you, and others had been there, and saw him, and they all seemed
to be satisfied for the present that he would do the best he could.
Shortly after I received that letter, Mr. William L. Jones came in. He
lives in Sewickley, is an insurance man, on Fourth avenue, and he told
me that Bob was in charge of the road. I told him I was well aware of
that, and stated to him that I had communicated with Mr. Watt and
General McCauley, and says he, "I know Mr. Layng; will you permit me to
go out and make him the same offer." I told him he should go, and I
should be obliged to him. He went out and came back with about the same
answer. Mr. Layng said he was perfectly satisfied to leave Bob at
present where he was. I heard some more afterward, that Mr. McCauley
said he hadn't said that to Watt, and I went out. I knew the general
well. He says, "'Squire, I only said I didn't remember it, but if it is
said that I did say it, I would not take it back, and under like
circumstances I would perhaps say the same thing again." I advised Bob,
during the day, then, to get out of it just as soon as he safely could
for himself and the property. In the evening the Governor came, and you
know, you have heard his Excellency; and the next morning the papers
reported that Bob had stepped out and things had assumed the usual
aspect again. From that time until Bob was arrested the committee of
safety, or sub-committee of safety, they took Bob in charge. He stepped
out, say on Wednesday morning, and about noon a gentleman attached to
the _Chronicle_ office came down and said there was a committee up
there with Bob, and they wanted to see me. When I came up there Mr.
Jacob Rees, Major Swearinger, Mr. Slagle, of the iron-works on the
south side, and some others were present, and they told me they wanted
to see Bob and get the blockade raised of the freight which was still
on the tracks there, and it seems he was not much acquainted with him
and didn't know what to do, and he said he would not say anything to
him until his father came, and I told Bob there to follow the advice of
these gentlemen, and if, in consequence of their advice, he would get
into trouble, I would see him through. These men subsequently got into
the secret meetings of the strikers down to Dietrick's hall, in
Allegheny, and things came all right again, and on Monday following--it
was just one week after--a railroad official came to my office in the
morning, I guess about as early as nine o'clock, and said, "Squire, if
you don't want to have Bob arrested, get him out of the road," and I
told that gentleman that I was obliged to him for his kindness, but if
Bob and the railroad company had anything to settle, they had better
settle it now. About two o'clock in the afternoon Bob was standing near
the corner of Fourth avenue and Wood street, and six detectives pounced
on him and dragged him to jail, and he stayed there for eleven weeks.
That is all I have to say in regard to Bob. Now permit me to say, in
less than a dozen words, in regard to what I read in the newspapers
this afternoon, of the testimony of my friend, the mayor of Allegheny.
The mayor swears, point blank and positively, that he had but one
interview with Bob. If that was all, it must have been a mighty long
one--a very long one. The mayor and myself have been personally
acquainted for a number of years, and shortly after Bob was arrested he
met me on Fifth avenue, and he stepped up to me and said, "Squire, I am
sorry, on your account, in regard to the scrape Bob was in." I told his
honor that the thing was certainly unpleasant, but that I did not worry
much, after all, about it. I did not think it was anything that was
disgraceful, like a charge of stealing or murder, or anything of that
kind. It had happened in all countries before, and that I would have to
be satisfied whatever the law said; and I says to him, says I, "So far
as your city was concerned, mayor, there was not a dollar's worth of
property stolen." "There was not anything destroyed." Says I,
"Supposing, if Bob is tight, and we put you on the stand, what is the
worse you could say against him." "Well," says the squire, "I would
have to say that, by continuously persuading Bob and his men, I kept
them down so that everything passed off quietly." Now, if it was the
only one interview with him, it seems to me he must have been most of
the time with Bob.
By Mr. Means:
Q. Did the mayor of Allegheny City give your son credit for maintaining
the peace and order, and saving the destruction of property--did he do
that?
A. How is it?
Q. Did Mayor Phillips, to you, give your son the credit for maintaining
peace, and of restraining the crowd and rioters from the destruction of
property?
A. That is all, sir, that was said between the mayor and myself, what I
have recited--what I stated. I asked him what the worst was, if he was
on the witness stand, he could say against Bob, and he stated that he
would have to say, that, by continuously persuading Bob and his men, he
kept them down. That everything went off smoothly.
Q. He went to Bob--when he wanted anything he went to Bob?
A. He said, by continuously persuading Bob and his men. That is the
mayor's words. If he has forgotten it, I have not.
Q. In any communication that you had with Bob, did he assure you, or
say to you, that he would not allow any property to be destroyed?
A. He said that in the most positive terms, verbally and in writing.
Q. To you?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. That he would not allow it?
A. Yes; he sent me verbally. Sometimes I would send over a man just to
talk to him. That man might bring me back a verbal message, or might
bring back a few lines. He said that I should not have the slightest
fear.
Q. That he would take care of the railroad property?
A. He would take care of the property, and nothing should be destroyed
while he was there. In one of his letters, he said he would rather die
than submit to the destruction of property.
Q. Did he intimate to you in these communications that he had control
of these men--that they would obey him?
A. They did obey him most implicitly. He said that.
Q. That they would obey him?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. And do what he told them to do?
A. And others told me something similar. I would say--permit me to
recur to one conversation--Mr. James I. Bennett, a gentleman whom I
believe has testified before you--he is president of the insurance
company which I represent as general agent. I went to him after I had
these assurances from the railroad officials that they did not want Bob
away. I felt dissatisfied; but I thought I would have been more
satisfied if he had been away. I went down to his office, at the
iron-works, on Water street, and I told him. Says I, "Mr. Bennett, this
is the way things stand." Well, says he, "I was down last night." Mr.
Bennett lives near, in close proximity to where the trouble occurred.
Says he, "I was there last night and saw Bob, and things are working
about as smooth as they could under the circumstances," and says he,
"Don't you do anything of the kind." Says he, "The strikers put Bob
there to run the road, and, if you take him away, they will put some
other man there who is, perhaps, not half as well qualified as Bob is."
Those were Bennett's words to me.
Q. Is he the president of that road?
A. No; Bennett is president of the insurance company which I represent.
Q. Did the president of that road, or any of the officials of that
road, say to you that they were satisfied that Bob should have charge
of this road?
A. The vice president, the first vice president, General McCullough,
was the man to whom I first went. I heard that Bob was in charge of the
road, and agreed to go over and take Bob away, and he sent me back
word, through Mr. Watt, the ticket agent, that that would be the worst
move he could make.
Q. Taking Bob away?
A. Yes, sir. And when I afterwards heard that it was said that
McCullough hadn't said that, I went out and saw him--I am on intimate
terms with him, and says he, "Squire, I simply don't remember that I
said it; but, under like circumstances, I would perhaps say the same
thing again to-day. I do not know what else I could say."
* * * * *
W. C. McCarthy, recalled:
The witness: I read in the newspapers this afternoon, that Mr. Stewart
stated to this committee that he had an interview with me on Friday, in
which he stated that the railroad company desired to have one hundred
men, that they would pay for them. I have to say that Mr. Stewart had
no interview with me on Friday, and he did not make that statement to
me on Friday, nor did he make that statement to me upon any other day.
By Senator Reyburn:
Q. Did you see Mr. Stewart on Friday?
A. I did not.
Q. At the city hall steps?
A. I did not. I did see Mr. Stewart at the city hall steps on Saturday
forenoon.
Q. What was the conversation then?
A. It was simply conveying from Mr. Scott or Mr. Cassatt, as he stated,
a desire that I should go up to the Union depot to see Mr. Cassatt. I
declined to do so, and gave my reasons for it, which were,
substantially, that the troops were brought here unnecessarily; that it
was disgracing the city, and that I had an abiding conviction it would
end in bloodshed, which would be unnecessary; and I declined to go to
see him, as I knew who and what Pennsylvania railroad officers were;
that they were imperious and dictatorial, and I could have no influence
upon them whatever, and the result verified my predictions.
By Mr. Means:
Q. At that time did this gentleman ask you to swear in a certain number
of police officers, and the railroad company would pay them?
A. He never said anything of the kind, either that day or any other
day. It is pretty hard to join those two statements together.
Q. It is a little rough, mayor?
A. Well, I swear to that. The fact is, I scared them, and he did not
know whether he was standing on his head or his heels. I blowed at him
about bringing troops here, and it would result in murder, and I used
strong language.
Q. Did you attempt to scare him?
A. No; I just gave the honest convictions of my soul to him in very
strong and emphatic language.
Q. Why was it necessary that you should scare him?
A. It was not necessary to scare him, but he was scared. That is the
only way I can account for his ideas that he delivered that message.
Q. Why was it necessary for you to use this very strong language to
him?
A. Except I felt what I said, that these men had brought the troops
here and shot people down unnecessarily, made me tell you over there
that the police had broken the back of that strike on Thursday
afternoon--utterly broken it, and if they had any gumption about them,
with the expenditure of less than $500, they could have moved a train,
and the strike never would have been heard of again. But instead of
that, they laid down upon their belly like dogs, and cried for troops,
and did nothing for twenty-four hours, and allowed the strike to get
ahead.
By Senator Reyburn:
Q. I think that is in your testimony before?
A. Indeed, I do not know. As I understand, I thought when I was in
Philadelphia listening to your proceedings at the St. Cloud, that I
heard a gentleman swear that he saw the police, at the station-houses
on Penn avenue, fire at them. I was very deaf that day, and I could not
swear positively whether he said so, but on that point I have a few
words to say. The first that I knew, or rather the first that I heard
about the firing by the police upon the troops was contained in this
dispatch to Mayor McCarthy:
"One of my men was murdered by your police force as we marched up
Penn avenue, _en route_ for Sharpsburg. The murderer can be
identified by a dozen men of my command, although several others of
your force discharged their pistols shots into my column while we
marched out Penn avenue. Are you willing to assist me in arresting
this murderer?"
I replied that I am, that I would. That dispatch I did not preserve a
copy of. I afterwards received the following, second one from him:
"MAYOR MCCARTHY:
"You seemed to misunderstand my telegraph. I asked you if you were
willing to assist me in having your man identified. There is no
question about the fact. I can produce the evidence of a dozen
respectable citizens of Philadelphia who witnessed the firing. By
making the proper inquiries on your part, and by arresting all
suspected, I can produce those to identify the guilty party. It was
not true that the police of Pittsburgh were hooting and yelling at
us openly at nearly every point.
"R. M. BRINTON,
_Major General_"
To this dispatch, of which I preserved a copy, I sent the following
answer:
"R. M. BRINTON,
_Major General_:
"I will assist you in identifying or arresting any murderer who is
on the police force, or on either side of the struggle."
I said on either side of the struggle, because I believed both sides
committed murder, and I may say that I and six or eight of my policemen
are now under bonds to answer the charge--a civil charge--for damages
for arresting two men who were suspected as being engaged in shooting
at the Philadelphia troops as they went out Penn avenue, out Butler
street. Then I go on to say:
"By referring to the language of your first dispatch, you will see
that the misapprehension was on your part, and not on mine."
Well, gentlemen, when the Philadelphia troops came back here, I sent
out orders and got all the police who had been up there at that time
together, to meet at nine o'clock in the evening. I saw by a newspaper
article--I had forgotten who it was--but I saw by a newspaper article
here that it was Lieutenant Cochran that I sent out to the Philadelphia
troops, to tell Brinton that at nine o'clock that night the men would
be all at the mayor's office, and for him to come with his evidence.
Nine o'clock came and no person came--until ten o'clock we waited, and
they were dismissed. I dismissed the men with orders to appear at nine
o'clock the next morning, and sent word out to camp to General Brinton.
If General Brinton requires me to state I will just quote from a little
remark I made. I say here Cochran had reported to me that the
Philadelphia men, for some reason or other, didn't think they could get
here last evening. That was the reply of Cochran. Then I took it back
until ten o'clock or nine o'clock next morning, when the police were
there, together with a large number of citizens in the neighborhood of
the station-houses, who were there at the time that the troops passed.
The police unanimously, and the citizens unanimously all joined in the
statement that on Penn street, between Twenty-sixth street and
Twenty-seventh street, where the station-house is, and where the police
were on the pavement, that at the time the troops passed the
station-house there was no shooting, no disturbance of any kind
whatever. That is the testimony of the police and of the citizens,
given and sworn to upon that day, when I found the Philadelphia men
didn't come to make good their word.
By Mr. Means:
Q. You say the Philadelphia men did not come to make good their word.
What did you expect of the Philadelphia men?
A. I believed the Philadelphia men to be as good as their word, as laid
down here by General Brinton. Here is General Brinton's dispatch to me:
"One of my men was murdered by your police force as we marched up Penn
avenue, _en route_ for Sharpsburg. The murderer can be identified by
a dozen men of my command, although several others of your force
discharged their pistol shots into my column while we marched up Penn
avenue. Are you willing to assist me in arresting this murderer?" I
expected General Brinton to come with his men and attempt to identify
the murderers, as he alleged we shot at those troops as they were
passing the station-house. He did not come with his men. An hour or so
after all these parties left, two men came to the office; I did not see
them myself, but my man at the office reported to me that two men came
there, dressed like officers, who stated that they were officers in the
Philadelphia regiment, and they repudiated the statement that the
troops were fired on as they passed the station-house.
Q. They said there was no firing on the troops?
A. Yes; these men's names--I heard at the time the names they gave.
Q. Do you know the names now?
A. No, sir; I do not. I might be able to find out--I don't know whether
I could or not. I have forgotten the names; but if that circumstance is
sworn to at Philadelphia, I can produce one hundred men to disprove it.
Q. Is that all?
A. That is all. I think I have said enough.
At this point the committee adjourned to meet at the call of the
chairman.
HARRISBURG, _April 11, 1878_.
The committee met, pursuant to adjournment, in Senate committee room
No. 6. All members present except Mr. Reyburn.
* * * * *
William S. Quay, _sworn_:
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. Were you present Saturday afternoon, July 24, when the communication
was received by General Latta from General Brinton?
A. I was. I was present with General Latta in his room during the
entire night.
Q. In the Union depot?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. How many dispatches were received?
A. I think three, but I am not certain.
Q. What time was the first received?
A. The first one was in the early part of the night. I couldn't fix the
time of receiving any telegrams, or, in fact, any of the occurrences of
the night.
Q. Can you give the substance of the first dispatch?
A. I cannot give the nature. The first dispatch, however, was very
discouraging, I remember that much. It related to the condition of his
troops in the round-house, related to the supplies, subsistence,
ammunition, and he went on, further, to say, my recollection is, that
he considered part of his command as unreliable, and that one of his
regiments was disposed to sympathize with the strikers--wouldn't fight
with them, anyhow.
Q. Did he state what regiment it was?
A. He didn't use that language, but that was the idea conveyed.
Q. Do you recollect whether he named the regiment?
A. I think he named the Sixth regiment. We understood that to be the
regiment referred to. Sometime afterwards, a second dispatch was
received, in better character, and we were re-assured. The first one
was very bad.
Q. The next dispatch was more encouraging?
A. Yes; decidedly more encouraging.
Q. Do you recollect how the next dispatch reached the Union depot?
A. I think that the dispatches were brought through the lines by
Sergeant Wilson of the Jefferson Cavalry. He came out in disguise.
Q. All the dispatches you referred to were brought by him?
A. I think so. I will not be positive about that.
Q. Do you recollect of General Matthews making any remarks when he
received the first dispatch?
A. I couldn't say positively, but there was conversation. I was in the
room, but didn't pay any attention to it myself.
Q. Did you know whether General Latta contemplated ordering General
Brinton's command out of the round-house, prior to receiving that first
dispatch?
A. I have no recollection of anything that indicated any such
intention.
Q. Was it a subject of conversation at all at his head-quarters, during
the night?
A. As to the removal of those troops?
Q. Yes?
A. Yes. There was considerable conversation as to that, when General
Latta was dictating his last dispatch to General Brinton. There was a
conflict of opinion about it.
Q. Was the question of the expediency of ordering the troops out, for
the purpose of stopping the destruction of property and driving the
rioters from the ground--from the railroad ground? Was that the subject
of conversation?
A. I think not. I don't remember that. There was no conversation
amongst us. We had no idea of ordering the troops alone--that
detachment of troops. The general plan was to bring on the Philadelphia
troops, at Torrens station, unite them with Guthrie, and march them
down on the rear of the mob, and attack and disperse them.
Q. How early in the evening did the General adopt that as a plan of
action?
A. I couldn't say, as I said before. I couldn't, at this time, say.
Q. Can you tell us anything in relation to the dispatch that was sent
by General Latta and General Brinton, Sunday morning, by Captain Aull,
what knowledge you have of that dispatch, and what was done?
A. I don't think that I have any personal knowledge of that
dispatch--don't think I saw it--and what I would give you would be
hearsay about that. I have a recollection of a telegram to direct
Brinton, I think, to join Colonel Guthrie.
Q. Were you present when Major Norris started to find General Brinton?
A. I don't think I was present when he left the hotel. I was in the
hotel.
Q. Did you hear General Latta give him any instructions?
A. Well, I couldn't say. I know he had his instructions, but whether I
heard Latta give them to him, I don't know. I don't know what his
instructions were.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. Do you know anything about any proclamations issued by the Governor,
in relation to this riot?
A. I know very little more than the proclamation was issued. At least,
I saw the proclamation signed by the Governor and myself, which, I have
no doubt, was issued here, under the seal of the State, but I was not
present at the time. I know nothing more, really, than you, gentlemen
of the committee, yourself.
Q. That proclamation was issued under general instructions from the
department?
A. When the heads of departments leave, they generally leave blanks
signed, to be used in case of an emergency, if they are required.
Q. They are issued according to general instructions and custom?
A. Yes, sir. I suppose the facts relating to that proclamation are
already before the committee.
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. Did you receive any communications from General Latta, or from any
person connected with the department, prior to the issuing of the
proclamation?
A. I think not.
Q. All proclamations of the Governor are signed by the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, are they not?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. The military orders of the commander in chief signed by the Adjutant
General?
A. Adjutant General.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. Has the Secretary of the Commonwealth, or his deputy, authority,
under general instructions, to issue proclamations, in the absence of
the Governor?
A. Well, I don't know. I think I would assume that authority without
any hesitancy, in case of necessity. Whether it would be ratified or
not, I don't know.
Q. Under general custom?
A. Custom; yes, sir. I really don't remember a case where I have done
so. I am not certain, but what I have, in a case when the Governor was
not here, about the reduction of the sinking fund.
Q. Do you know anything about a request made by the civil authorities
of Allegheny county on the Governor, for troops?
A. I received on the morning of Friday, I think the 20th of July--the
riots were on the 21st--on the day before, about three o'clock in the
morning before, I received a telegram from the sheriff of Allegheny
county, including a telegraph to Harrisburg, making the request. He
stated that he inclosed it to me for my information.
Q. Was there any request made by private citizens or corporations for
troops?
A. I forwarded the telegram to the Adjutant General, stating that I had
received it, and I suggested that the major general commanding the
Pittsburgh division furnish the necessary troops.
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. What time did you receive that?
A. I think it must have been three o'clock on the morning of Friday.
Q. What time did you forward it to the Adjutant General?
A. I think by the same messenger. It was from the sheriff of Allegheny
county, and I replied to him that I received his telegram.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. Were you at the Union depot at the time the firing took place?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you see General Pearson as he returned from the round-house or
that vicinity?
A. Yes; I was in General Latta's room that evening with General Pearson
and one or two other gentlemen, and he came in.
Q. Was he relieved from command by General Latta at that time?
A. I didn't understand that he was formally relieved of his command,
but I know he was obliged to leave.
Q. For what reason?
A. The mob was said to be in search of him, and surrounding his house,
and destroying his property. There was some conversation passed between
us. I said I thought he was of no use there.
Q. How long did you remain at the Union depot, Saturday?
A. I was there all night.
Q. All that Saturday night?
A. I was there until in the morning at ten or eleven o'clock.
Q. Did you see General Brown there?
A. Yes, I saw General Brown in the early part of the night, I think.
General Brown came in when the Pittsburgh troops were relieved.
Q. Did you know anything about his disbanding his command and sending
them home?
A. Nothing, except from hearsay.
Q. Would you consider it justifiable or legal to issue a proclamation
in the absence of the Governor in emergencies of this kind?
A. I think so.
Q. Did you regard it proper for the Adjutant General to call out troops
or furnish troops for the suppression of the riot in the absence of the
Governor?
A. That is a question I was not considering. There was nothing improper
here when he had direct telegraphic communication with the Governor,
and had authority to do so.
Q. In your estimation, would it require special instructions from the
Governor to call out the troops?
A. I think he should act under general instructions. The Governor is
the commander-in-chief of the troops.
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. Did you receive any general instructions prior to the departure of
the Governor for the West, as to what would be done in case of an
emergency?
A. No, sir, I think not. I understood such authority was given in
relation to troops to the Adjutant General. I didn't feel that I was
vested with any special authority.
Q. In forwarding the demand that was made by the sheriff for troops to
the Adjutant General, did you say anything to the Adjutant General
about issuing any proclamation?
A. Nothing.
Q. Knew nothing of that until it was issued?
A. In my telegram to the Adjutant General was simply a suggestion that
the major general commanding the Pittsburgh division--I didn't know who
he was at the time--should furnish the troops.
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W. W. Jennings, re-called.
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. You may identify those papers, if you will state what they are?
A. This is my proclamation--the first one. Both are proclamations of
mine, and this is an order. [Indicating.]
Q. Can you state the date when the first proclamation was issued?
A. The first proclamation was placarded over town--both these
proclamations was placarded over town by eight o'clock Tuesday morning,
the 24th. I arrived here on the 23d, about seven o'clock in the
evening. These were all printed in posters.
Q. And the citizens were all summoned in accordance, or came out in
accordance with this proclamation, I suppose--on the demand made by you
in this proclamation?
A. Yes, they did, a number of them, in answer to my call. Before this
was published I had gathered them up--parties who were excited, and
ready to take hold.
Q. This force you collected, did you swear them in as deputy sheriffs?
A. No, sir.
Q. Or special police?