ormed a committee to call on the manager to tell him the members of the union were ready to work under the agreement, at any time the company would put it into effect. The manager informed the committee that he had no intention of complying with the agreement, nor would he make any terms other than those he had already proposed. The committee then declared a lockout to be in existence.
             The management of the Hamilton Street Railway Company refused to recognize Local 107 when negotiating a new contract. By refusing to honour the joint-drafted contract, management was dismissing Local 107 as a bargaining agent. During the strike that would follow, management refused to recognize striking workers as union members, treating them only as men who had left work. The company simply refused to deal with the striking workers, and would not reach a settlement with the workers. They were no longer considered Hamilton Street Railway workers, as the workers had quit the company when they refused to work. At the time of the contract negotiations and subsequent st
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