eight o'clock
By six o'clock volunteer crews were running a number of cars , and had been subjected to nothing worse than abuse . Strikers lined the streets and watched them , but the grim faces of the guards kept them back . They jeered from the curbs , but except for the flinging of an occasional stone they made no inimical move . By eight o'clock it was clear that the tie-up would be only partial . Volunteers from all walks of life were in line at the temporary headquarters of the Vigilance Committee and were being detailed , for police duty , to bring in the trains with the morning milk , to move street cars and trucks . The water plant and the reservoirs were protected . Willy Cameron , abandoning his car after the homeward rush of the evening , found a line before the Committee Building which extended for blocks down the street .