Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1919 — ROUT ALIENS TO GET JOBS [ARTICLE]

ROUT ALIENS TO GET JOBS

Canadian Soldiers Just Returned From the Front Cause Excitement at Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Man. —Aliens were chased about the city and forced to kiss the Union Jack, an employment agency smashed up and several companies forced to promise that all aliens would be discharged within three days by Canadian soldiers lust returned from the front. They found their jobs filled by aliens. One of the first plants visited by the soldiers was that of the' Swife Canadian company at Almwood, a suburb. After a near-rlot they were promised that tlje aliens would be discharged within three days. The guarantee was given by the manager of the plant, the mayor and General Ketchen, who were called to the scene. The men then split into detachments, visited many other establishments, enforcing similar demands. Whenever in alien was seen by the soldiers he was chased and forced to kiss the flag.