The strike continues and strikebreakers are called in when the workers meet them at the train, violence erupts and Pautasso is killed. The only concession management will make, however, is the lifting of Pautasso's suspension and cancellation of the fines. He outlines a strike, and the workers agree to the conditions. Professor Sinigaglia, a political refugee, arrives in Turin to stay with schoolteacher Maestro Di Meo. Pautasso is suspended for 2 weeks without pay, and others are fined. It is later decided that all workers will leave an hour early in protest, but when Pautasso gives the signal, Baudet forces the workers to remain. When a worker is injured due to carelessness fostered by overlong hours, Pautasso, Martinetti, and Cesarina petition the management for improved conditions, but they are brushed off by Baudet, a foreman. At the end of the 19th century, employees of a textile mill in Turin are working a 14-hour day.
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