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Newspaper
Winnipeg Citizen
Location
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 28, 1919
Page
2
True Labor Must Awaken argues the Strike Committee aims to paralyze progress and push a revolutionary control agenda under a general strike. The piece urges Canadian workers to sever ties with the Strike Committee, defend labor’s real interests, and reject coercive tactics seen in Winnipeg.
A Winnipeg public notice urges citizens to perform their own work during a city strike. It praises workers for continuing public services and calls on every resident to “Do Something” to uphold British institutions and endure the disruption.
A Calgary wireless message reports Senator Robertson answering Mayor Marshall's wire with an open charge that Canada’s strike situation is a radical movement aiming to seize government control. The article notes the response and frames the political clash as a national issue.
Fort William Ont May 26 Great War Veterans association held an emergency meeting condemning sympathetic strikes and disruption of trade. They pledged not to tolerate such conditions as in Winnipeg and warned they could resort to arms if needed. They blamed propaganda by an element for industrial unrest.
At a May 16 meeting the Toronto Musicians’ Protective Association condemned Bolshevik sentiments within the Trades and Labour Council and warned dissolution may follow if anti Red rhetoric continues. A door punch problem caused attendance issues while delegates challenged tardy entry and debated meeting conduct.
A Boissevain Manitoba letter dated May 27 1919 reports the Boissevain Morton Citizens Committee support for Winnipeg to suppress the strike. It urges immediate legislation to make a sympathetic strike a criminal offense and pledges readiness to endure local inconveniences to aid constituted authority.
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