CHAPTER II

THE WORKMEN’S HOME

The Schlüsselburg Road--The River--The People and the Cossacks--Casual massacres--The Workmen’s Militia--The Alexandrovsky ironworks--The mills--The hours of labour--Wages--Prices and the standard of living--Standard of work and food--Housing and rent--Washing--Holidays and amusements--Connection of work-people with villages--Passion for the land--The Peasant’s Congress--The Sevastopol mutiny--The post and telegraph strike 37