U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Iowa October 27, 1905 (Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Gee)

McPHERSON, District Judge.

In May, 1904, there was what is called a “lockout” at the shops of the railway company at Ft. Madison, Iowa. This “lockout” was ordered because the employés were just about to enter upon a strike, and the company ordered the machinists discharged, or what is commonly called a “lockout,” before the men could strike.