 O'Brien now at the height of his prestige, dominated the UIL machine and in a vigorous speech on 15 September called for "“a great national strike against ranching and grabbing”" as its winter program.What he wanted was boycotting and the filling of Irish jails.Dillon also made several fiery speeches against the government, and to tenants encouraging them to demand rent reduction and ""for the purpose of driving every landlord out of the country"".