Factory owners sealed the ward gates hours after recognising the union, trapping night crews inside and day crews outside.
What happened
Section titled “What happened”The lockout was framed as protection of machinery, although coal continued to enter through guarded service tunnels.
Outcome
Section titled “Outcome”The strike became a siege and drew national attention.
Timeline role
Section titled “Timeline role”This entry demonstrates an event with incidental importance, exact certainty and day date precision.
It shares a date with another event and uses editorial order 2 to demonstrate deterministic same-day sorting.