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Newspaper
Winnipeg Citizen
Location
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 12, 1919
Page
3
Officials warn the strike will create milkless days in Winnipeg and a near no market for farm products. Perishables like eggs butter and vegetables spoil as farmers lack storage and shipping capacity, driving prices higher according to Minister Valentine Winkler.
Shopmen in division No 4 from across Canada threaten a Wednesday strike unless a wage decision is made. The railway war board remains stalled after hours disputes, with delegates accusing delays by the United States railway administration and warning they will not resume sessions until a formal ruling is delivered.
Authorities and plant managers push house to house delivery of essentials as ice distribution from city schools begins. Milk and bread resumption uncertain, contingent on workers returning. school ice at ten sites daily, with free ice for season customers and ten cent ten pound blocks for the public. Volunteers urged to assist at city hall. ice companies seek drivers to man wagons.
Officials say supply at schools will not meet all demand and measures will be needed to allocate resources. The statement notes current stock may run short as participation rises and emphasizes equitable distribution across campuses.
Opinion notes that sympathetic strike support wanes among strikers who left their jobs, while business houses resume normal operations. Many return to work after breaking contracts, acknowledging no grievances with employers, and calls for workers to reinstate relations with employers and the public.
In Cleveland more than twenty eight radicals are held after raids during a search for those behind the bombing of Mayor Harry L. Davis' home. Federal officials and police planned to turn them over to immigration authorities. Most arrested aliens are said to have entered from Canada. Only two men have applied for first papers.
The Chicago Tribune argues sympathetic strikes threaten United States industry over Mooney's conviction. It notes many unions back away, while radicals push a five day strike to demand a retrial. Public sympathy would vanish as such action risks societal collapse and widespread disruption to work and food.
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