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Show Strike Leader's Facing Long and Bitter Contest WINNIPEG, Man.. No- 2". Trial of eight leaders of the gem ral Dtrlke in Winnipeg last sprin-;, who .re charged with conspiracy to commit sedition se-dition will begin here tomorrow, I' Is expected that the case 111 He no of the loncest a 1 1 1 most bitterly contested contest-ed e er Irieri in ManitOb 1 The crown has called 167 witness 1 and 1 he defense has intimated that II will offer a mass of evidence. The FendaXftS arc Kr llliam hens. VI-derman VI-derman John Queen and . Heaps, R B. Russell a labor organizer; R. Bray leader of the labor faction Of 10 cii returned Bpldlers; Oeorge Armstrong, Arm-strong, J R Johns anil VV A Prlfrh ard. It is alleged by tho prosecution thil the defendants conspired I. hup i the general strike par.ii-.zc md.i-. try and. If possible, to overthrow 1I1 government. |