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He would close all the mills, and the men might consider themselves discharged. Thereafter they would have to apply for work individually and the pay arranged with every worker separately. Frick curtly refused the peace advances of the workers’ organizations, declaring “there was nothing to arbitrate”. Presently the mills were closed. “not a strike, but a lock out” Frick announced. It was an open declaration of war. Feelings ran high in homestead and vicinity. The sympathy of the entire country was with the men. Even the most conservative part of the press condemned Frick for his arbitrary and drastic methods. They charged him with deliberately provoking a crisis that might assume national preportions.