Other seamen, soldiers and workers, in solidarity with the arrested, began electing workers' and soldiers' councils modeled after the Soviets of the Russian Revolution of 1917, and took over military and civil powers in many cities.
Drugi mornari, a onda i radnici, solidarizirali su se s uhićenima te su započeli birati radničke i vojne zapovjednike, po modelu sovjeta iz Ruske revolucije 1917. i preuzeli su vojnu i civilnu vlast u mnogim gradovima.