midst and kept turning and turning until the crowd
was forced from the street onto the sidewalk. In the meantime, another
company of Cossacks formed a line across the street, from wall to
wall, and swept everybody before it into stores, courtyards, and other
openings. Even this did not do much good, for as soon as the horsemen
passed, the mob fell in behind and cheered the Cossacks. There was no
roughness, but at the same time it was easy to see that the crowd did
not yet know to what extent the army could be trusted.

By Saturday the inhabitants of the city began to feel the effect of
the disorder; cars were not running, telephones were barely working,
factories and shops were closed, banks and stores were locked, there was
little to eat, for the only provision on hand was water; every one who
could filled the tubs for fear the water mains would be blown up.
The crowd on the streets was larger than ever, more red flags were in
evidence, but all this failed to give the impression of a revolution.
Such demonstrations had been seen before; revolutionary talk was cheap
and was not taken seriously. As on the day before, the soldiers and
Cossacks tried by gentle means to disperse the crowd, but failed, for
the men and women in the crowd complained that they were hungry and
pleaded with the military for the sake of their own families to stand by
the people. It was easy to see that these guardians of the peace were in
trouble, they knew that every word said was true, and what was more to
the purpose, members of their own families were in the crowd. An officer
who was sent with his company to shoot on the people told how that same
morning his own sister took part in the demonstration and called for
bread for her children. This was no exceptional case. But as soldiers
they must do their duty and keep order. Realizing that the stratagems of
the day before failed in their purpose, the Cossacks tried other tactics
on this day. They fell behind the procession, and discharged their
pistols in the air and dashed at full speed into the mob. Woe unto him
who did not get out of the way. But they all did; in a second there was
not a person on the street. It is still a wonder how it was all done so
quickly. As soon as the horsemen passed, the crowd dropped behind them
and raising their hats cheered them. "Comrades," they said, "come over
to us, you know that the government is bad, you know how the soldiers
have been killed through its incom