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A first-person eyewitness narrative follows the narrator from rural solitude into a city transformed by a sweeping workers' strike, witnessing electrified crowds, sudden panic around government buildings, and a chaotic night on the central square. Called by the strike committee to take charge of public order, the narrator describes accepting command, the guiding principles of centralized leadership, strict neutrality, and preventing bloodshed, and reflects on the moral and practical difficulties of organizing and restraining mass movements amid fear, confusion, and political tension.