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Newspaper
Winnipeg Citizen
Location
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 23, 1919
Page
3
The gathering ends when interruptions occur as Mr Andrews deflects questions about employers and Robertson's attendance. A show of hands indicates expectation Robertson will speak, then the National Anthem begins and the meeting ends without further action.
A article accuses a Strike Committee publication and the Trades and Labor Council ballot of deception. It notes claims that unions must vote themselves and that a clear majority can call a general strike, while urging ballots from a Labor Temple. The piece questions consistency and motive behind the pro strike messaging.
A Pittsburgh issued letter in The Winnipeg Citizen laments the city crisis and praises the paper for serving all citizens. The envelope included a $2 bill, signed by a Soldier Citizen, expressing support for the paper’s efforts during a major local crisis.
Mayor Gray told the city council that any Reds or Bolsheviks in the labor dispute must be eliminated through constitutional means. The session heard from running trades, the citizens committee of one thousand, and aldermen, who urged halting the sympathetic strike to allow discussion and a settlement. A follow up meeting was set for 10:30 AM at city hall.
A dramatic note questions authority over food distribution in Winnipeg, describing registered aliens issuing decrees that deny bread or cake. It cites Bill Patroniuk and Fred Garenko picketing a local food source as proof of restrictive control, framing the situation as a solemn but foolish matter with evidence following.
Reported 30 000 strikers in Winnipeg walkout amid only 8 639 voting for sympathy strike. Over 21 000 did not vote and 95 unions are listed, with 58 voting and five unnamed. Critics say minority rule drives the broad strike beyond voter backing.
Citizens of Winnipeg adopt a Magna Charta opposing sympathetic strikes by public utility workers and defenders of union rights. The document specifies no outside interference in wages and working conditions, while allowing internal union formation and appeals to a proper authority.
The letter questions Ivens past pacifist stance and current stance toward the enemy and asks if the Strike Committee approved Lenine speeches for workers. It also ponders community reactions to jeering volunteer firemen at a false alarm and whether residents would view the joke differently if their property burned.
A returned soldier wrote a plea for a cord of short wood due to no fuel or gas and a two week old baby and a sixteen month old child. The Citizens' Committee rushed the wood to him without Strike Committee approval, showing urgent humanitarian action.
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