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On this day in 1919 May 22nd 2019

Today in Winnipeg General Strike history: May 22, 1919 - federal cabinet minsters Arthur Meighen and Gideon Robertson arrive in Winnipeg to meet with the Citizens' Committee of 1000. They refuse to meet with the Central Strike Committee.

  

(Gideon Robertson - Left, Arthur Meighen - Right)