Well, sure, if you're going to throw in the qualifier "in some cases" you can make the case for anything. The normal state of affairs was for the workers to re

Well, sure, if you're going to throw in the qualifier "in some cases" you can make the case for anything. The normal state of affairs was for the workers to refuse to leave the factory, illegally, and for the local authorities to give them a lot of slack, because there were far more workers than owners. Look at the Homestead Mill strike, for example. The reason the battle itself and the eventual intervention of state militia was the local cops refused to do anything.