The correct answer is B) The strikebreakers might have rejoined the strike, and the steel mill would have been forced to give in to the demands of the strikers.
The results of the conflict might have been different if Henry Clay Frick had not followed Carnegie's instructions in that "The strikebreakers might have rejoined the strike, and the steel mill would have been forced to give in to the demands of the strikers."
In one of the bloodiest confrontations in the history of labor unions in the United States, the Homestead Strike of Pennsylvania confronted the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers against the Carnegie Steel Company. In 1892, the owner of the factory, Andrew Carnegie, wanted to break the union and ordered Henry Clay Frick, the manager of the plant, to increase production. Ther workers did not accept and Frick forced workers to leave the plant. The strike started, thousands of workers participated. The company sent guards but were defeated by armed workers, after a bloody confrontation. On July 12, Pennsylvania governor William Stone sent guards to end the strike.
Answer:
The strikebreakers might have rejoined the strike, and the steel mill would have been forced to give into the demands of the strikers.
