▁women ▁workers ▁march ed ▁to ▁nearby ▁fact ories ▁bringing ▁out ▁over ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁workers ▁on ▁strike . ▁By ▁, ▁virt ually ▁every ▁industrial ▁enter prise ▁in ▁Pet ro grad ▁had ▁been ▁shut ▁down , ▁together ▁with ▁many ▁commercial ▁and ▁service ▁enter pr ises . ▁Stud ents , ▁white - col lar ▁workers , ▁and ▁teachers ▁joined ▁the ▁workers ▁in ▁the ▁streets ▁and ▁at ▁public ▁meet ings . ▁ ▁To ▁qu ell ▁the ▁ri ots , ▁the ▁Ts ar ▁looked ▁to ▁the ▁army . ▁At ▁least ▁ 1 8 0 , 0 0 0 ▁troops ▁were ▁available ▁in ▁the ▁capital , ▁but ▁most ▁were ▁either ▁un tra ined ▁or ▁injured . ▁Histor ian ▁Ian ▁Beck ett ▁suggests ▁around ▁ 1 2 , 0 0 0 ▁could ▁be ▁regarded ▁as ▁reliable , ▁but ▁even ▁these ▁proved ▁rel uct ant ▁to ▁move ▁in ▁on ▁the ▁crowd , ▁since ▁it ▁included ▁so ▁many ▁women . ▁It ▁was ▁for ▁this ▁reason ▁that ▁on ▁, ▁when ▁the ▁Ts ar ▁ordered ▁the ▁army ▁to ▁suppress ▁the ▁ri oting ▁by ▁force , ▁troops ▁began ▁to ▁revol t . ▁Although ▁few ▁act ively ▁joined ▁the ▁ri oting , ▁many ▁officers ▁were ▁either ▁shot ▁or ▁went ▁into ▁hiding ; ▁the ▁ability ▁of ▁the ▁g arrison ▁to ▁hold ▁back ▁the ▁protest s ▁was ▁all ▁but ▁null ified , ▁symbols ▁of ▁the ▁Ts ar ist ▁regime ▁were ▁rapidly ▁torn ▁down ▁around ▁the ▁city , ▁and ▁government al ▁authority ▁in ▁the ▁capital ▁col lapsed ▁– ▁not ▁helped ▁by ▁the ▁fact ▁that