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Explanation:

1. Refusing to work halts factory operations, cutting owners' profits to force concessions.
2. Contacting state leaders aims to get official legal protections for workers.
3. Newspaper articles inform and convince the public to back the workers' cause.

Answer:

• refusing to work until their requests were matched with: Factories could not operate, so factory owners could not make money unless they gave in.
• sending letters to state leaders matched with: The government would make laws preventing mistreatment of workers.
• writing newspaper articles explaining why their protest was needed matched with: Members of the public would be persuaded to support the workers' protest.