Complex sentence: The mobs were determined to get others to stop working, if their demands were not met the destruction of property usually resulted, so on some occasions even bosses ordered workers to stop in order to prevent damage to their businesses.
Split into simpler sentences: The mobs were determined to get others to stop working; if their demands were not met, the destruction of property usually followed. So, on some occasions, even the bosses ordered their workers to stop work in order to prevent damage to their businesses.