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Newspaper
Winnipeg Citizen
Location
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 24, 1919
Page
2
Winnipeg faced a major blaze threatening the Garry Street area and Auditor ium Rink when water failed. The volunteer fire brigade battled flames on Main Street as smoke and sparks endangered nearby properties and the public, averting widespread destruction. The crowd supported the effort, and officials warned the incident underscored risks from a sympathetic strike and labor unrest.
The 27th City of Winnipeg Battalion arrived at Halifax on the SS Northland and will reach Winnipeg Sunday. Commanded by Lieut Col Harold Riley DSO the unit brings a bright and heroic wartime record. Citizens urged to give a full welcome permitted by conditions.
The article describes severe wartime shortages caused by a Strike Committee and details a case where a three month old child was starved for two days. Major McIvor recounts hardships and a citizen needed a milk permit for his dying wife, issued in poor English and mis-spelled, directed to Crescent Creamery manager Carruthers, with the permit stamped by the Trades and Labor Council.
A bold hypothetical reversal imagines employers seizing power in James Street temples ordering shutdowns, rationing water and food, smashing shops, and directing police. Replacing employers with workers frames the issue as a charge to defend British constitutional government against a potential revolution.
The piece warns the Winnipeg strike harms the city, Dominion of Canada, and workers, predicting industrial paralysis and loss of orders and investment. It argues defeat is essential for Winnipeg’s future industrial and commercial life, asserting any other outcome leads to disaster and stagnation.
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