Steel companies also turned toward strikebreaking and rumor-mongering to demoralize the picketers. The RCMP employed special constables to assist with strikebreaking in the interwar period. The strikebreaking action was the last official undertaking of the Force before the mutiny began. Lewis claimed that the IBSSD was also strikebreaking in Ohio. The practice of the strikebreaking resulted in popular protests. He was getting paid as much as two million dollars per strikebreaking job. He was getting paid as much as $2,000,000 per strikebreaking job by large industrial clients. On 19 August, during the negotiations, a train containing strikebreaking workers was held up. Bergoff's early strikebreaking actions were characterized by extreme violence. The House of Israel also engaged in strikebreaking activities and disruptions of public meetings. From the union's point of view, her action amounted to support for strikebreaking. The company's early strikebreaking actions were characterized by extreme violence. Union strikebreaking is not, however, unique to craft unions. Strikebreaking by recruiting massive numbers of replacement workers became a significant activity. By demonstrating how lucrative strikebreaking could be, Whitehead inspired a host of imitators.