 This " turn @-@ out " or strike attracted over 1 @,@ 500 workers – nearly twice the number two years previously - causing Lowell 's textile mills to run far below capacity . Unlike the " turn @-@ out " or strike in 1834 , in 1836 there was enormous community support for the striking female textile workers . The proposed rent hike was seen as a violation of the written contract between the employers and the employees . The " turn @-@ out " persisted for weeks and eventually the Board of Directors of Lowell 's textile mills rescinded the rent hike . Although the " turn @-@ out " was a success , the weakness of the system was evident , and worsened further in the Panic of 1837 . 
