Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-26 | Page 1 | Canadian Strike Now Extending

CANADIAN SHE NOW EXTENDING Calgary and Edmonton Workers Vote to Quit Labors. CALGARY, Alberta, May 25. Union workers of Calgary today called a general gen-eral strike to begin at eleven o'clock tomorrow morn ing in sympat hy wit h the Winnipeg wnlkout. The vote t strike was curried four to one, ,md practically all unions affiliated with the t radrs and council are affected. af-fected. Ksson t in 1 activities such as f i re a n d po lice p ro t ec t i on , d c 1 1 v e ry of milk, bread and other necessities will be continued, it wns announced, and hotel and restaurant employees have been requested to remain at work. V. I'MONTON, Alberta, May 'JO. Kd-m Kd-m on t on union today vot ed t li ree to one for a strike, effective tomorrow, in support of the g'-nenil v-.-ilkout in Win WINNING'., May Mayor ( harleS K. Hi"T toduv called a meeting (f tliC f;fv c'uinc'; for l ouiorrov; to di-'dd': tlie eitv's aititud-'' :oiv;?rd un'ioriized city or.: yn pr li o iojn I The sy ni yu ! he' ic strike. Mayr-r Oray said a number tf r;v cnd'-vc'S are rendv tr return to heir poi ! ions, rt-gn rd le.ss of the ;i 1 1 i -tudc of the erptra) strike corn n: i i : ', temher of the Winnipeg postal work r-rs ' union have been gi ven until noon tomorrow 10 return to work, in an u:nmrjfi;:n iss'i-d iy 'n;i:or Ci;r;,e(,n Kni ip:;h:i, f r (- r;i 1 minister of la hor, (Coctiuueo: oa Psge 2, Column 2- OIIiSTIE . ROW Ml (Continued from Page One.) ;and Arthur Mcighen, minister of interior in-terior and justice. Telephone operators are considering a similar ultimatum from Premier T. C. Norris of Manitoba. TORONTO, May 25. A general strike is threatened here if an eight hour day is not granted 3000 metal workers now on strike. A virtual tieup of all railway rail-way transportation in Ontario would be one result of such a general walkout, workers claimed. A meeting of all unions has been called for tomorrow night when the decision to be taken will be determined largely on the result of an afternoon conference between the strikers' committee com-mittee and employers.