A letter from V.M. McFarlane, Secretary-Treasurer for the Town of Stonewall Manitoba containing resolution passed by Stonewall's Council that other Manitoba municipalities join them in convincing the Provincial government to introduce legislation to limit sympathetic strike action.
A letter from G.S. Wilson, Assistant Secretary of the Union of Canadian Municipalities to Mayor Gray, expressing sympathy for his position during the strike and asking that he attend the Union's conference and share his "experience and wisdom".
A letter from G.S. Wilson, Assistant Secretary of the Union of Canadian Municipalities to Mayor Gray, expressing sympathy for his position during the strike and asking that he attend the Union's conference and share his "experience and wisdom".
A telegram to Mayor Gray from V. Cloutier, Clerk of a Parliamentary Committee collecting data on abnormal pricing of food, clothing, and fuel, asking that several organizations be brought together to provide data.
A telegram from Mayor Gray to V. Cloutier, Clerk of a Parliamentary Committee, informing him that he cannot respond to the request for information until the "present attempt to overthrow constituted government is defeated”.
A letter from C.H. Burgess, a railway worker, explaining to the Mayor and Council that the blame for the strike should be assigned to the owners of Vulcan Iron Works and the Manitoba Iron Workers.
A letter from C.H. Burgess, a railway worker, explaining to the Mayor and Council that the blame for the strike should be assigned to the owners of Vulcan Iron Works and the Manitoba Iron Workers.
A petition, signed by dozens of residents of Winnipeg's Ward 5, requesting that their representatives on City Council, Aldermen John Queen and A.A. Heaps - who were among the strike leaders arrested in the General Strike - be released from prison on bail.
A petition, signed by dozens of residents of Winnipeg's Ward 5, requesting that their representatives on City Council, Aldermen John Queen and A.A. Heaps - who were among the strike leaders arrested in the General Strike - be released from prison on bail.
A letter from G.B. Clarke, Secretary of the Social Welfare Commission, to C.J. Brown, City Clerk, requesting a representative from Ward 5 be appointed to the Commission, in lieu of the continued absence of Aldermen John Queen and A.A. Heaps.
A letter from the City Clerk's Office to Alderman J. Blumberg, informing him that Council appointed him to the Social Welfare Commission during the absence of Aldermen A.A. Heaps and John Queen.
A letter from the City Clerk's Office to G.B. Clarke, Secretary of the Social Welfare Commission, informing him that Alderman J. Blumberg has been appointed to the Commission in the absence of Aldermen John Queen and A.A. Heaps.
A letter from R.B. Russell, Secretary of the Winnipeg Central Labor Council of the One Big Union, to the City Clerk, requesting the City to donate $500 to the One Big Union to assist with an upcoming convention.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Legislation and Reception
A response from the Legislation and Reception Committee to R.B. Russell, Secretary of the Winnipeg Central Labor Council of the One Big Union, informing him that his request that the City donate $500 to assist with the One Big Union's upcoming convention.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Legislation and Reception
Contains job applications submitted to the City Surveyor from 1919-1924, all of which feature the Slave Pact agreement that civic employees began to have to sign after the General Strike that essentially forbade them from taking any strike action.
A letter from M. Peterson, City Clerk, to R.H. Avent, City Surveyor, informing him that the previous evening, Council had passed a resolution to dissolve the Slave Pact, which required civic employees to agree not to engage in strike action.
A job application to the Survey Department from James Burnett Scott, submitted during the General Strike. The oath forbidding employees from engaging in strike action - the Slave Pact - is featured prominently.