The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-06-25
STRIKE IN CITIES
OF CANADA ENDS
after STRUGGLE
Labor Leaders Order Men
Back to Work Without OBJ
tanning Concessions.
(By Associated Press)


WINNIPEG, Man. June .25- After
nearly six weeks Of Industrial strife,
Winnipeg's general sympathetic strike
has been called off Shortly before
midnight last night, the central strike
committee came to an agreement to
order all men back to work tomorrow
at II a. m. exactly six weeks from the
time it was called.
Similar announcements came from
Calgary and Edmonton, Alta, where
strikes had been called in sympathy
with the Winnipeg walkout. The pre-
diction also was made by strike lead
ers in Vancouver and Victoria, B. c.,
that the sympathetic strikes in those
cities would be called off today or
tomorrow.
According to the announcement, the
calling off of the strike is uncondi-
tional Conferences Of labor leaders
yesterday with Premier Norris of
Manitoba and other provincial Off
cials failed to obtain any concessions,
but it was indicated that a commission
Of investigation would be appointed
after the strike was called off.
Industry Tied Up
1t is said that H. A. Robson, K. c.,
formerly Judge of the kings bench,
will be the only member of the COM
mission He is in Ottawa at present.
The general strike here was called
May Is in sympathy with metal work
ers. who had been on strike for several
weeks to secure collective bargaining
and recognition of the metal trades
council.
Practically every public and private
industry was tied up in the first walk
out. Firemen, postoffice workers, city
hall employees, all joined with depart
ment store clerks, street car employ
ees and men in delivery services.
Want stared Winnipeg citizens in
the face for several days, when stores
were closed for lack of clerks, and
milk, bread and other, necessities
were almost unobtainable.
Spreads to West
| Food depots were established by the
city after the first few days and were
operated intermittently, until few
days ago.
| Within a fortnight after the gener.
al strike was called here, many west
ern Canadian cities had been similar
ly affected. Calgary, where the one
/ big union movement was launched at
a radical convention last winter, was
one of the first cities to be tied up
edmonton, Regina, vancouver auG
other cities of western Canada, suffer
ed partial tie-ups.
Two riots marked the course OF the
strike here, resulting in the deaths OF
two strikers and the wounding or in.
jury Of more than two score strikers
constables and mounted police. Last
Saturday the city was placed under
control of the military with Brigadie1
General H. c. r. Ketchen in command
Within "a hours the troops were with
drawn, but yesterday the mayor de
clared the riot act still in force
A week ago the dominion authori
ties sprang coup by an early morn
ing seizure of eleven strike leaders
who were taken from their beds ano
rushed to Stoney Mountain peniten
tiary. A few days later all but foul
aliens were released on bonds and
conferences with union labor leaders
on the strike committee resulted ir
announcement that they would be
given trials in open court here, in
stead of the deportation proceeding
which federal authorities at first an
nounced would be instituted.