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Article: Third force: returned soldiers in the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919.
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- Manitoba History
- Article date:
- September 22, 1997
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Uduak Idiong
Kelvin High School
The following essay was the winner of the Manitoba Historical Society's 1996 Edward C. Shaw "Young Historians" Award.
Introduction
Winnipeg, May 15, 1919 -
Canada's third largest city, a booming prairie town, came to a stand-still. All utilities and services closed down. There were no streetcars, no garbage collections, no milk or bread deliveries, no mail, no telephones and no entertainment services. Water pressure was reduced to a level catering to one-storey buildings. By the end of the day over 30,000 working men and women, both unionised and non-unionised, had walked off their jobs and the ...