▁by ▁other ▁indust ries ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁women ▁and ▁children , ▁or ▁as ▁Bruce ▁phr ased ▁it , ▁" bo ys ▁and ▁half g rown ▁men ". ▁An ▁analysis ▁by ▁C ay ne ▁of ▁those ▁arrested , ▁indicated ▁representation ▁from ▁" all ▁ranks ▁of ▁working ▁class ▁men ." ▁Cou var es ▁echo ed ▁this ▁sentiment , ▁calling ▁it ▁an ▁" al most ▁perfect ▁cross - section ▁of ▁Pitts burgh ' s ▁eth nic ▁and ▁occup ational ▁structure ." ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁men ▁who ▁had ▁become ▁un emp loy ed ▁during ▁the ▁de pression ▁were ▁camp ed ▁near ▁the ▁out sk ir ts ▁of ▁the ▁city , ▁making ▁for ▁what ▁Lloyd ▁dub bed ▁" a ▁vol atile ▁mix ▁of ▁pover ty ▁and ▁anger ". ▁ ▁Compar isons ▁to ▁the ▁Paris ▁Comm une ▁D au cus , ▁in ▁writing ▁about ▁Pitts burgh , ▁drew ▁a ▁connection ▁to ▁earlier ▁violence ▁of ▁the ▁Paris ▁Comm une ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 1 ▁and ▁wrote , ▁" The ▁Comm une ▁has ▁ris en ▁in ▁its ▁dangerous ▁might , ▁and ▁threatened ▁a ▁del uge ▁of ▁blood ," ▁and ▁many ▁contempor aries , ▁especially ▁among ▁conserv atives , ▁followed ▁suit , ▁wish ing ▁to , ▁as ▁Arch de acon ▁phr ased ▁it , ▁bl ame ▁" real ▁domestic ▁diss ent , ▁on ▁imag inary ▁foreign ▁mach in ations ." ▁Rh odes ▁also ▁critic ized ▁the ▁comparison , ▁saying ▁simply ▁that ▁" writ ers ▁have ▁pushed ▁their ▁parallel ▁too ▁far ." ▁ ▁As ▁Gil je ▁points ▁out