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into conversation with the assistant yard master, or such I supposed him to be, for he seems to be in authority when Mr. Heath is away. I said to him: "Well, I see you fellows are still at work"! And he said, "Yes; we're still at work". And he said it in such a way that could lead one to suppose they intended to stay at work. He would not admit to me that they intended to stay at work or quit, but evaded the question. I found him in an excellent humor; in fact, all of the switchmen appeared to be in good spirits and acted as if they had got something off their minds and from general appearances would say that they have given up the idea of striking for the present. I heard Mr. Heath, the yardmaster, instruct one of the switchmen to go down to the round house and order out two other engineers, saying that they had been working with one all the morning and would have to haor more for the afternoon work. I also noticed that they did not make those visits to the saloon across the way as they did yesterday. I also walked down by the round