Arizona republican., 1919-05-22
CANCELLATION PAVES NAY II SETTLE
 NIuV|PEG STRIKE
Employers and Men to Get Together = Recognition and Reinstatement Basis for Adjustment-End is Near

WINNIPEG, Man, May 21--Opln- ions expressed tonight by both iapoI leaders and employers, indicated tndC the critical period in the general strihe of more than 30,000 Winnipeg union emploves had passed and that a settle ment was in sight. Mayor Charles F. Gray is making every effort to arrange for a meeting of union representatives and heads of the iron industry here.
 James Winning, president of the Winnipeg trades and labor council, has notified Mayor Gray that the unions are prepared to consider strike settlement on the basis of general union recognition and reinstatement of all union men who went on strike. A delegation of 24 men, representing the railroad trainmen, today urged the provincial government to act as con ciliator and bring about industrial peace as soon as possible.
 Officers of labor union locals de- clared tonight they were ready to dis cuss conciliation.
 There was no difficulty in maintain ing order today when business con- cerns resumed activity. The strong force of mounted police on duty here and thousands of troops mobilized in barracks have restrained any sem blance- of disorder. Hundreds of citi- zens have signed for vigilance service.
 Strike Undergoes Change
 A sharp change in the Winnipeg general strike which has paralyzed local industries since last Thursday came today, when efforts of city of- ficials, members of the citizens con- mittee tshd merchants, to obtain faci- lities for public convenience, proved successful
 Despite opposition from strike lead CTS in some cases and with the CO., operation of the union forces in other cases, the city water pressure was in creased; professional men were able tc reopen their offices in the higher stories of downtown buildings; bread milk, meat, ice and coal were trans l ported about the city without inter | ference; fire and police protection were 1 improved; deliveries were begun by l some merchants, and Mayor Charles F. Gray and the city council success 1 fully forced their demand that tht union permission" plaard be abolished Late today, Mayor Gray issued thu following statement regarding the i'm proved facilities
 ''The situation is clearing up and i shows who is in authority and who al ways has been in authority"
 l Union men at the water works re- | fused to obey the city order to in crease the water pressure and walked out. Provincial engineers took chargt o fthe plant and improved service sooI was noticed throughout the city. Since last Thursday, the pressure had no been sufficient to carry water beyond the second story of buildings which diC not have auxiliary pumps.
 Strikers Aid City
 The union committee in charge O the general strike approved assistanc, for more satisfactory distribution O foddStuffs. The same committee, afte being divided on the questIoa of re moving placardS, which said that uniol permission had been granted for tn operation of the carded activity, bel, a second meeting and acceded to tn demand of Mayor Gray.
 Union leaders and representative of the industrial plants which have de clined 10 deal with the unions, did no cofer today. Mayor Gray said he hai been informed that the "iron masters, as the employers were termed, had no accepted an invitation from the cit solicitor to attend a conference. Il It was stated at the city hall that tn city solicitor, T. A. Hunt had rule that city employees who are members 0 unions and who joined the sympatheti strike, committed a breach of contrac with the city, and that one of the point l to be insisted upon in any plan of strik settlement, would be whether Winni peg shall be Safeguarded in the futur against walkouts of city employees, i sympathy with the differences of othe unions,