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they had a duty to improve society.
The government was willing to use force to end strikes
During the Homestead Act of 1892 the state militia was sent to end the strike.
Private security was hired to protect strikebreakers during the 1892 Homestead strike.
The political goal of farmers was lower prices for grain storage.
The strike ended with Frick (plant GM) hiring replacement workers for the mill under the protection of the Pennsylvania State Militia. Once he successfully got the plant running again, he simply waited out the strikers, until they began ignoring the strike and returning to work under Frick's conditions (the conditions that he had originally proposed, which had led to the strike). Within two months, nearly all of the striking workers that management wanted back had returned to work, the rest being permanently replaced.
Because all three major candidates were Progressive, Progressive votes were split.
