eleven o'clock
When the hour arrived the switchmen threw up their caps and quit . Now the different companies made an effort to replace the strikers and trouble commenced . The deputies , who had been aching to get a whack at the strikers for countless cursings which they had received , now used their guns unmercifully upon the unprotected heads of the men , and the police , who disliked and refused to associate with the deputies , used their clubs upon all who resisted them . By eleven o'clock the whole city was in a state of riot and men bruised and bleeding were loaded into wagons and hurried away until the jails were filled with criminals , bums , deputies and strikers . The police courts were constantly grinding out justice , or decisions intended to take the place of justice . Mothers were often seen begging the magistrates to release their boys and wives praying for the pardon of their husbands . These prayers were often unanswered and the poor women were forced to return to a lonely home , to an empty cupboard and a cold hearth .