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The Nine-Stack Lockout

Factory owners sealed the ward gates hours after recognising the union, trapping night crews inside and day crews outside.

The lockout was framed as protection of machinery, although coal continued to enter through guarded service tunnels.

The strike became a siege and drew national attention.

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.