In mobs composed wholly of themselves, they fired and looted buildings and factories.

They worked the people up until they joined them in the pillage.

Liquor in large quantities was distributed among the slum classes further to inflame their minds.

And then, when all was ready, appeared upon the scene the soldiers of the United States, who were, in reality, the soldiers of the Iron Heel.
Eleven thousand men, women, and children were shot down on the streets of Sacramento or murdered in their houses.

The national government took possession of the state government, and all was over for California.
And as with California, so elsewhere.