1.0Unbreakable: The Spirit of the Strikehttps://1919strike.lib.umanitoba.carich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="tPDVs4yys1"><a href="https://1919strike.lib.umanitoba.ca/index.php/when/">When</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://1919strike.lib.umanitoba.ca/index.php/when/embed/#?secret=tPDVs4yys1" width="600" height="338" title="“When” — Unbreakable: The Spirit of the Strike" data-secret="tPDVs4yys1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! 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The seeds were sown well before workers walked off their jobs at 11 am on the morning of Thursday, May 15, 1919. The effects were felt well after strikers returned to work on June 26, 1919. The following timeline provides a listing of key events before, during, and after the strike.  Click on the dates below for timeline information. Click on the images to expand them. 1872 – 1917 Article about the first Labour Day. Winnipeg Tribune, September 1, 1894. UML. Establishment of the Department of Labor. The Voice, January 12, 1900. UML. Morning Telegram, February 18, 1905. UML. Main StreeWinnipeg Street Railway Strike. COWA. Martin Berman Postcard Collection (vol. 4A). Mayor Sharpe reading the Riot Act during the Winnipeg Street Railway Strike. COWA. Martin Berman Postcard Collection (vol. 4A). Front page of the Winnipeg Tribune at the start of WWI. July 28, 1914. UML. Conscription is announced. Winnipeg Tribune, May 19, 1917. UML. Women get the vote in Manitoba. Winnipeg Tribune, January 27, 1916. Organization of the Women’s Labor League. Winnipeg Tribune, March 10, 1917. UML. Article on the formation of the Citizens’ Alliance. Winnipeg Tribune, July 27, 1917. UML. Liberty Temple opens. The Voice, September 14, 1917. UML. Previous Next 1918 Resolutions of the Citizens’ Committee of 100. May 31, 1918. COWA. Council Communications (file 11507) Winnipeg Tribune, June 24, 1918. UML. The Voice, July 12, 1918. UML. Winnipeg Tribune, October 3, 1918. UML. Two first reported Influenza deaths in Manitoba. Winnipeg Tribune, October 7, 1918. UML. General strike planned in Winnipeg for October 24, 1918. Winnipeg Tribune, October 21, 1918. UML. Frontpage on Armistice day. Winnipeg Tribune, November 11, 1918. UML. Article on the upcoming Walker Theatre meeting. Winnipeg Tribune, December 20, 1918. UML. Previous Next 1919 Report of Proceedings of the Western Canada Labor Conference. Western Labor News, April 4, 1919. UML. Front page when the building trades workers go on strike. Winnipeg Tribune, May 1, 1919. UML. “Mayor seeks to avert General Strike”. Winnipeg Tribune, May 11, 1919. UML. Premier Norris and Mayor Gray try to avert a general strike. Winnipeg Tribune, May 13, 1919. UML. Article reprinted from Western Labor News (May 17, 1919) on the cause of the strike. Winnipeg Tribune, November 24, 1919. UML. The Tribune resumes printing after their staff walk out on strike. Winnipeg Tribune, May 24, 1919. UML. Pro-strike parade, turning north onto Main Street from Broadway Avenue on June 5, 1919. WCPI A1287-38529, UWA. June 10 riot at Portage and Main. Winnipeg Tribune fonds. UMASC. Approximately 200 Special Policemen with wagon spokes and baseball bats advance on Portage Avenue. Winnipeg Tribune fonds, June 10, 1919. UMASC. Special Policemen riding east on Portage Avenue, towards Main Street. Winnipeg Tribune fonds, June 10, 1919. UMASC. June 10 riot at Portage and Main looking north. Winnipeg Tribune fonds. UMASC. Special Policemen west of Portage Avenue and Main Street. Winnipeg Tribune fonds, June 10, 1919. UML Bloody Saturday: Special Policemen and militia blocking off Main Street between Portage and McDermot. Winnipeg Tribune fonds. UMASC. Bloody Saturday: Special Policemen fire hoses to disperse the crowd at Portage and Main. Winnipeg Tribune fonds. UMASC. Bloody Saturday: Interior of the streetcar after the riot. WCPI A1764-57692. UWA. Winnipeg Tribune, June 20, 1919. UML. Strike is called off for the next morning. Winnipeg Tribune, June 25, 1919. UML. Strike leaders go east to raise funds for defense. Winnipeg Tribune, July 16, 1919. UML. Some of the strike leaders that will be tried. Winnipeg Tribune, November 26, 1919. UML. Announcement of upcoming verdict in the Russell trial. Winnipeg Tribune, December 23, 1919. UML. Previous Next The Events of Bloody Saturday as Retold by Nick Zalozetsky In 1982, Nick Zalozetsky was interviewed by Peter Warren on a CJOB radio program, “Where are they now?”, and provided his recollections of Bloody Saturday. At the time of the strike, Nick Zalozetsky was a twenty-four year old office manager for the Ukrainian Voice. Out of curiosity, and in sympathy with the strikers, Mr. Zalozetsky walked down Main Street on June 21 to observe the silent parade. Pushing his way through the crowd down Main street between Logan Avenue and James or Rupert Avenues, he stopped in front of City Hall. From here, Zalozetsky witnessed Mayor Gray reading the Riot Act, and the Royal Northwest Mounted Police arrive on the scene. From here, Mr. Zalozetsky nearly lost his life: All of a sudden, there were shouts, shrieks, whistles… I jumped over the iron fence onto the lawn in front of City Hall… It was at that moment that my hat, which was fairly tight on my head, fell off. I wondered what happened. There was no wind, no one near. I picked the hat up and I noticed a small hole, and turning it around, there was another, bigger hole. Then I realized what had happened. A bullet had gone right through Mr. Zalozetsky’s hat. He believed that by jumping over the fence onto the grounds of City Hall to get out of harm’s way, a Special Policeman had mistaken this gesture as an attempt to storm City Hall. 1920 Russell’s release ordered. Winnipeg Tribune, December 11, 1920. UML. Subpoena to Mayor Gray to testify against John Farnell in upcoming trial. Charles F. Gray Family fonds (2017.85_03.10_004). UCASC. Trial sketch of Fred Dixon. Winnipeg Tribune, February 16, 1920. UML. A second juror falls ill during the strike trial. Winnipeg Tribune, March 13, 1920. UML. John Queen accuses the prosecution of bias during his trial. Winnipeg Tribune, March 18, 1920. UML. Pritchard accuses Minister Meighen of heading the prosecution. Winnipeg Tribune, March 23, 1920. UML. Heaps begins his address. Winnipeg Tribune, March 25, 1920. UML. 6 strike leaders are found guilty. Winnipeg Tribune, March 27, 1920. UML. Images of the strike leaders and legal teams. Winnipeg Tribune, March 27, 1920. UML. Sentence is given to convicted strike leaders. Winnipeg Tribune, April 6, 1920. UML. Winnipeg Tribune, June 21, 1920. UML. Roger Bray is released from prison. Winnipeg Tribune, September 18, 1920. UML. Previous Next 1921 – 1932 Winnipeg Tribune, February 26, 1921. UML. J.S. Woodsworth and E.J. McMurray win seats in the House of Commons. Winnipeg Tribune, December 7, 1921. UML. By-law 10589. COWA. By-laws (file 173). Heaps, is elected to the House of Commons, alongside J.S. Woodsworth. Winnipeg Tribune, October 30, 1925. UML. Winniepeg Tribune, June 27, 1927. UML. Dissolution of the Slave Pact. COWA. City Surveyor series (file 214) Co-operative Commonwealth Federation is created. Winnipeg Tribune, August 1, 1932. UML. 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