Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-04
Parade /. Arranged In Win
nipeg For J. Returned / $, Sol
diers To Demonstrate
Their q Feelings Toward
The; Strike Situation; Ex-
ecutives Will Not Recog-
ize,Aetion Of 700 Men.

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by both factions of returned soldiers
got under way shortly before noon
today Winnipeg time. The. returned
soldiers who refused to approve the
general strike massed around the par
= lament building which has been the
scene, of two demonstrations by
marchers representing the striking
forces.
The second parade moved up Port
age avenue and passed within four
blocks of the parliament buildings.
These paraders continued up the. ave-
nue. and did not turn in the direction
The gathering of returned soldiers
around the parliament building was
estimated to include more than 1000
men. Several Canadian army officers,
INCLUDING Major Fred Thompson, ad
dressed the gathering and denounced
the INSTRUMENTATION of the past few
days. :.
attempt to interfere this oS>srly
demonstration we will act as true
speakers. a
I Call Out More Men.
While the parade demonstrations
were in progress, the, central strike
committee was actively engaged call
ing out union workers who thus far
were not on strike. Motion picture op-
orators were ordered to quit work. Eff
forts, of the strike leaders, however,
were directed principally against the
distribution Of foodstuffs.
There were various indications that
the struggle, now in it's twentieth day,
was approaching the climax. Soldiers
were, held in readiness for action lat
barracks. Striking newsboys forcibly
prevented the sale of Winnipeg papers
on the streets. Winnipeg papers were
distributed on the streets free of
charge. Vendors of the Western La
Dor News" the strike organ, an
nounced it was the only paper "that
could be bought" &
The parade Of the returned soldiers
who refused to approve the sympa-
thetic strike returned from the par
marchers carried banners bearing the
Inscriptions, Down With Bolshev-
ISM" I'VE Uphold Our Duly Elected
Constitutional Government" "Deport
the, Enemy Alien," etc.
es=. { Paraders Are Happy.
Hundreds of men in .workmen's
clothes were in the parade which NOV
ed from parliament to the business
= district. With British. and dominion
Whistlisg 1ai snan ! mi1itsFy tune' e the % parade
swept through the. downtown section
without the slightest opposition. One
banner said: "TO He'll With the Alien
Enemy; God Save the King '
Fifteen minutes after the first pa
rade left the parliament grounds the
parade of strike sympathizers arrived
at the building.
Winnipeg, Man. June 4.-Exec-
utives OF the Gpeat War Veterans as
sociation declined today to officially
recognize the action of about 700
members last night who passed reso-
lutions approving the sympathetic
strike of Winnipeg unions. 1t was
900 members Of the Winnipeg asso-
ciation and that an Overwhelming ma
jority Of the members declined to
( even attend the gathering.
The official notice to returned SOL
diers was published this forenoon.
Returned soldiers. attention:
ITO those Of YOU who do not wish
to be represented by the parades-
supposedly of returned soldiers
which took place .on Friday, Saturday
and Monday:
Assemble at Main and Broadway
by IL o'clock Wednesday,, this morn
ing, for the purpose Of demonstration
that you do not approve of tntimida-
ton of those in authority and that
you believe in personal liberty and
our constitutional sform Of govern
I ment.'
Eleven o'clock Winnipeg time is
noon American central time.
A number Of returned soldiers were
seen on the streets this morning.
wearing Canadian flags on their coats.
Strike sym mpathizers who figured in
the recent parades objected to the
wearing of the, Dominion emblem and
forcibly tore flags from the coats Of
several men. ~ Il 4