The strike attracted considerable public sympathy, including from Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Oscar Nissen.
The editor of Social-Demokraten, Carl Jeppesen, and Oscar Nissen helped organize a meeting among the workers.
The requirements from the workers were 12 hours work-days, a payment of 0.07 kr per gross matches, and lightening of a harsh fine system.
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson appeared as speaker at public mass meetings, along with Jeppesen and Oscar Nissen.
The strike's only achievement was a somewhat lighter fine system,[2] but the conflict eventually had implications for the emerging labour movement.