Since most of the American industrial workers together with their supporters were from foreign countries, they understood liberty as having the ability to live and work in a foreign country under favorable working and living conditions. This attitude was endeared on them when they first decided to go to the land of opportunity to seek greener pastures. This paper aims to show that the determination to win a struggle for recognition of their rights by exploited individuals can only be pushed to certain extents and that they will go to great lengths to ensure that they get heard. The workers thought that the fact that they were foreigners did not entitle the owners of the factories that they worked in to exploit them. The general consensus among them was that they were ready to work for minimum wage as long as the conditions were favorable. By taking advantage of the foreign workers, the factories were raking in huge profits at the expense of their employees. Liberty, according to them, would be classified as receiving ample pay for the services they offered. In this case, the service refers to work. Compensation that was offered by their employees ought to have been commensurate with the hours they worked as well as the economic conditions at the time. The industrial workers in America also perceived the concept of liberty as being able to communicate or address their woes to the entrepreneurs of the company they worked for and actually get them solved. To the American industrial workers, liberty also meant being able to make their presence felt without the use of force. The ability to bring forth issues that concerned violations of their rights first as human beings and then as workers, without causing mayhem was fundamental to the success of their cause. Another fact that elucidated the workers comprehension of liberty was the matter of child labor. When Bill Haywood made his speech at the common in Lawrence, he noted the huge number of youngsters who were part of the strike and did not relent in voicing his opinion. He bellowed that the youngsters ought to be in school instead of “slaving away” in the factories. This was a genuine concern that exposed the dealings of the mills. The use of juveniles in the factories was outrageous and was a direct violation of their rights. The cause calls for sympathy since, in a very modest way, the workers were attempting to pass on their grievances using the relevant channels and yet all they met with was resistance. They encountered countless hurdles in their quest for justice. The government as well as the mill owners set up road blocks that were aimed at crushing the strike. This makes it easy to empathize with the workers and their demands which were met with hostility. The mill owners and the government left no room for negotiations. They had a no nonsense attitude that only managed to bring the whole administration into disgrace. Their objections were based on facts that they pointed out which showed that the company was not willing to shoulder its responsibilities. With the proposals for the reduction of the working hours that were fronted by the government officials, came the implementation of the scheme. The companies endorsed the plans to reduce the hours and accordingly reduced the wages that the workers were earning. This was no