After Mayor Frederick Gray read out the Riot Act, mounted police charged into the crowd on what became called "Bloody Saturday."
A minor issue provoking this event was the passage of the Fowler Amendment. General Ketchen responded to it by calling in police forces armed with machine guns. During this event, elites formed the "Citizens' Committee of One Thousand," ostensibly to feed the citizenry but actually to serve as a militia. Gideon Robertson ordered the arrest of J.S. Woodsworth and Albert Heaps, two of its leaders. After Mayor Frederick Gray read out the Riot Act, mounted police charged into the crowd on what became called "Bloody Saturday." Occurring during the government of (*) Robert Borden, it was thought to be the handiwork of the One Big Union and was provoked by unsettled tensions after the end of World War I. For 10 points, name this 1919 strike, perhaps the most important in Canadian history.
A minor issue provoking this event was the passage of the Fowler Amendment.
the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919