Women in the strike were alongside men fighting for better working conditions, collective bargaining, and the ability of industrial unionism. Their primary concern, however, was earning more money. At the time, women were receiving less than a living wage (Horodyski). Women became involved in all areas of the strike, as they acted as protestors, rioters, and scabs. There were several headlines and reports of women being arrested for being members of unlawful assembly and intimidation. Women were active, especially in the working-class areas of Winnipeg. In these parts of town, “women pulled scab firemen from the firehall and wrecked department-store delivery trucks. Others intimidated strike-breakers who lived in their neighborhoods” (Heron, 185). A female protestor is also credited with lighting the streetcar on fire on Bloody Saturday (Horodyski). Some women’s focus during the period of the strike was less on destruction and revolt and more on surviving. There was a decent population of women workers who were in desperate need of a paycheque. Therefore, females started selling and distributing newspapers to earn some cash. Papers like the Winnipeg Evening Tribune and the Western Labor News offered women these jobs. The papers supported striking women by temporarily replacing the young men they had doing these jobs with struggling females.