nine o'clock
That night they had decided to admit the Jews from the Magnus paint works -- the Jews whom the Russians scorned , and the Lettish people distrusted . Behind all of the delegates in a solid row around the wall stood the police , watching Grant Adams . He did not sit with the strike committee but worked his way through the crowd , talking to a group here and encouraging a man or woman there -- but always restless , always fearing trouble . It was nine o'clock when the meeting opened by singing `` The International . '' It was sung in twenty tongues , but the chorus swelled up and men and women wept as they sang . `` Oh , the Brotherhood of men Shall be the human race . '' Then the delegates reported .