six o'clock
Every one was told to pack up his goods and valuables and be ready for instant flight when the word was given ; and to each one were assigned the articles he or she was to carry . About ten o'clock Max returned and told us all to come up to the roof . The house stood , as I have already said , upon a corner ; it was in the older part of the city , and not far from where the first great battle would be fought . Max whispered to me that the blow would be struck at six o'clock in Europe and at twelve o'clock at night in America . The fighting therefore had already begun in the Old World . He further explained to me something of the plan of battle . The Brotherhood at twelve would barricade a group of streets in which were the Sub-Treasury of the United States , and all the principal banks , to wit : Cedar , Pine , Wall , Nassau , William , Pearl and Water Streets .