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Show NATION-WIDE WIRE STRIKE TO BE CALLED SOON; SSlER Government Preparing to Deal Sternly With the Revolutionists, Military Mil-itary Chief Declares. Winnipeg Mayor Bars Parades; Labor Demonstration Dem-onstration Halted by Loyal Soldier-Police. WINNIPEG, Man., June 6. With union leaders late tonight admittedly ad-mittedly making every effort to reach a settlement, the end of the Winnipeg strike seemed rapidly ap- proaching. Opposition of tho returned soldiers sol-diers seemed to have decided the struggle. Delegations of union men-announced men-announced if the strike leaders rejected re-jected any 'fair offer of settle-. settle-. ment," by Monday, they intended to "go hack to their jobs." "VLNIFEO, June ti. Brigadier General Ketrhen, romiitander of the military forces in the Mankcb3 district, in his f ir?t public addr.5S since the beginning of the "Winnipeg general strike, today told a mass meeting' of several thousand returned re-turned soldiers that "steps were being taken to deal fully with revolutionaries and undesirables In "Winnipeg and other places in Canada." "When the government does act in connection con-nection with the Winnipeg upheaval, I am sure tha t you soldiers all will agree that, when I intimated tod:y that action 1 was impending to deal with revolution and Bolshevism, I did not tell you , all," said General Ketchen. Ho received a tremendous ovation. ! The city's constable force v.as in- i creased, today by a unit of more than 100 1 mounted men, all veteran Canadian cavalrymen. cav-alrymen. This unit will be commanded j by Captain D. M. Dunwoodie. who won ; the distinguished service medal while in! France. MAYOR FORBIDS ALL LABOR DEMONSTRATIONS. In a forma! proclamation published this morning, Mayor Charles F. Gray ordered the stopprgo cf all parades, and forbade the congregation of crowds on the city streets. Mayer Gray said he acted In the interest in-terest of law and order and with tho hope of preventing- bloodshed. It is eaid the mayor learned that a clash between Parades of strikers and of returned soldiers sol-diers was considered inevitable. Officials at the city hall and executives of.the Winnipeg citizens' committee commented com-mented upon the action of local strike leaders in sending a national call for men prominently identified with the "one bis: union movement to come to Winnipeg immediately." SAY COLLAPSE OF STRIKE IS IMPENDING. Tli is announcement was authorized by the citizens' committee of one thousand: "Tho national call for help by the labor leaders seems to he the beginning of the I end. Following the collapse of variops ! general strikes in different provinces and ! the f;Ulure to precipitate strikes i.i u number of cities, it seems quite plain that the Winnipeg agitators realize the fate of their one big union movement ib hanging in the balance. Winnipeg merchants mer-chants and manufarturers Know that thousands of union workers are ready to , return to their jobs. Fear of violence ho ! halted them." Ice turned soldier constables were on duty ihis forenoon. For the first time 1 since the strike besran or. May 13. pquaclr of street cleaners weie in action. Nf,v-: Nf,v-: papers again were sold in the business district. Deliveries of bread were mn.de wiih the protection of constables, and milk was fold at municipal stations in the city schOL'Is. PARADE IS HALTED i BY ROYAL POLICE. j Riortiy :ifur the ?ol i iors' mass mec-iins j adjourned Mnkors urd rtri!;e rvmjvthiz- crs bi-rsn a parade !n. tho business ciis- j tviet in flefian-e of thr proclamation of yir.yor Gray. 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