Again Peter breathed more freely.
"I think the worst is done," he told his officers. "Fortunately the
crowd did not expect us, and was not prepared to resist. If you can once
split a mob, so that it has no centre, and can't get together again,
except by going round the block, you've taken the heart out of it"
As he said this a soldier came up, and saluting, said: "Captain Moriarty
orders me to inform you that a committee of the strikers ask to see you,
Colonel."
Peter followed the messenger. He found a couple of sentries marking a
line. On one side of this line sat or reclined Company D. and eight
policemen. On the other stood a group of a dozen men, and back of them,
the crowd.
Peter passed the sentry line, and went up to the group. Three were the
committee. The rest were the ubiquitous reporters. From the newspaper
report of one of the latter We quote the rest:
"You wish to see me?" asked Colonel Stirling.
"Yes, Colonel," said Chief Potter. "We are here to remonstrate
with you.
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