two o'clock until five
It was a crude surprise , both to the West Side and to `` Pottery Flat , '' to find the new book-writing partner not only taking an active part in the fight , but apparently directing the capitalistic hostilities with a high hand . Quite early in the forenoon it was known on the street that Griswold had taken the field with Raymer ; that the lock-out was his reply to the strike notice ; and that it was at his suggestion that a dozen deputies had been sworn in to guard the Raymer plant -- the iron works lying just outside of the corporation lines . A little later came the news that he had sent a counter ultimatum to the representatives of the labor forces sitting in permanence in their hall over McGuire 's saloon . From two o'clock until five the offices of the plant would be open , and all former employees would be paid in full and discharged . Those who failed to make application between the hours named would not be taken back on any terms . From two to five in the afternoon Wahaska , figuratively speaking , held its breath . At half-past three , young Dahlgren , of the _ Daily Wahaskan _ , spoiled a good story for his own paper by spreading the report that most of the men had sullenly drawn their pay , but as yet not a man of them had signed on for further employment .