Off the Rails: the Streetcar Strike
How many people does it take to topple a streetcar? Where can a man hide from a mud-hurling mob? And just who is “The Big Swede,” anyway?
Answers (sort of) to all these questions and more in this episode about the time Winnipeg went absolutely nuts over a labour dispute.
Listen to the full episode :
All images are from the Manitoba Archives Photo Collection
Sources
Doug Smith, Let Us Rise
Reinhold Kramer and Tom Mitchell, When the State Trembled
Bruce Cherney’s 4-part series on the Streetcar Strike starts here: https://www.winnipegregionalrealestatenews.com/publications/real-estate-news/1022
The Winnipeg Tribune
The Winnipeg Free Press
