How did capitalists respond to Ohio Senator Mark Hanna's request that industrialists should turn labor into "the ally of the capitalist, rather than a foe"?
A) Most industrialists refused to compromise their authority and implemented more antiunion policies.
B) Most industrialists willingly met with labor leaders and mutually agreed to better workers' benefits.
C) Labor leaders turned down industrialists' compromises because they wanted to keep the strike as a measure of negotiation.
D) Industrialists gave labor leaders the authority to establish "closed shops" where all workers had to join the union.

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Most industrialists were resistant to the idea of compromising with labor and saw maintaining strict control over their workforce as essential to their authority and business model. They continued or even intensified their antiunion policies rather than seeking to make labor an ally.

How Did Capitalists Respond to Ohio Senator Mark Hanna's Request