I ask in return why did every worker not refuse these conditions? It is because every single man and woman who had seen the life before and the life that could be, in the city, they chose the latter. Nobody was willing to go back to traditional work. People were fed up with landowners, the effort and dependance on weather for farming. The harvest had to be sold locally because it was very tiring and difficult to travel. Entire lives were spent in a cottage, weaving. A guaranteed $8-$10 a day doing work sounded much better. This led to the mad rush and competition for employment. Every quest forward reveals unknown drawbacks. Coal worker’s pneumoconiosis wasn’t a known disease until people got affected by it. Factory owners began hiring women and children but they couldn't continue for long. This tragic phase lasted merely one generation. By 1870 there were 100000 trade unions set up, laws were drafted, medical science improved and things only got better after that.