midnight
The grand torchlight procession on the night of the ninth culminated in a disturbance , in which many men got injured , several badly , and the windows of Brackett 's bakery were stove in . A point of light had pierced the darkness , -- the trades were quarreling among themselves ! The selectmen had sworn in special constables among the citizens , and some of the more retired streets were now patrolled after dark , for there had been threats of incendiarism . Bishop 's stables burst into flames one midnight , -- whether fired intentionally or accidentally was not known ; but the giant bellows at Dana 's Mills was slit and two belts were cut at the Miantowona Iron Works that same night . At this juncture a report that out-of-town hands were coming to replace the strikers acted on the public mind like petroleum on fire . A large body of workmen assembled near the railway station , -- to welcome them . There was another rumor which caused the marble workers to stare at each other aghast .