List of Fire Department employees displaced by the General Strike, sent from J.E. Buchanan, Fire Chief, to C.J. Brown, City Clerk, in response to a request from Council.
A letter from Chris Newton, Acting Chief of Police, to the Board of Police Commissioners, recommending sums of money to be paid as bonuses to specific employees who continued to work during the General Strike.
Several pages from a bound volume of the minutes of the Board of Police Commissioners between 23 May and 26 June 1919 (page 80: May 23; page 88: May 29; pages 115-116: June 9; pages 125-126: June 11; page 155: June 25; page 156: June 26). Some of the pages have copies of other records pasted to them from other dates. The pages are excerpts and, as a result, some pages contain information that is either continued from the previous page or continues on the next, but is not included. These excerpts were selected by the Winnipeg Police Museum and deal primarily with staffing during the General Strike, including the dismissal of and reinstatement of employees, and the Slave Pact loyalty pledge.
A letter from Chris Newton, Acting Chief of Police, to the Board of Police Commissioners, recommending it approve the reinstatement of 3 former employees who had reapplied following the General Strike.
A letter from Chris Newton, Acting Chief of Police, to the Board of Police Commissioners, asking that in the future he be consulted of all Special Constables being sworn in.
A letter from Chris Newton, Acting Chief of Police, to the Board of Police Commissioners, listing employees he had reinstated following the conclusion of the General Strike.
A letter from Chris Newton, Acting Chief of Police, to the Board of Police Commissioners,regarding employees he had reinstated following the conclusion of the General Strike.
A letter from Chris Newton, Acting Chief of Police, to the Board of Police Commissioners, informing it when the demobilization of the Special Police will be completed.
A letter from Chris Newton, Acting Chief of Police, to the Board of Police Commissioners, recommending it approve the reinstatement of several former employees who had reapplied following the General Strike.
A letter from Chris Newton, Acting Chief of Police, to the Board of Police Commissioners, commending specific employees who continued to work during the General Strike.
A letter from Donald MacPherson, Chief of Police, to the Board of Police Commissioners, containing lists of all employees of the Police Department who signed the “Slave Pact” loyalty pledge and those who did not.
A letter from Donald MacPherson, Chief of Police, to the Board of Police Commissioners, informing that the Policemen’s Union had pledged to work to uphold law and order during the General Strike.
A pledge of loyalty to the Police Commission signed by Deputy Inspector George Smith. This pledge, sometimes referred to as the “Slave Pact”, was issued to all police officers.
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
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 letter from M. Peterson, Secretary of Committee on Finance, to W.H. Evanson, City Comptroller, informing him that the Committee has agreed to the hiring of Rose Jeffires (misspelled "Jeffiers").
A job application to the Accounting Department from Rose Jeffires, submitted during the General Strike. The oath forbidding employees from engaging in strike action - the Slave Pact - is featured prominently.
A [partial?] transcript of a meeting of the Special Committee on Investigation of the Fire Department held on March 5, 1920, in which the committee was hearing suggestions for ways to improve the efficiency of the Fire Department. Several firemen let go during the General Strike used this as an opportunity to voice their dissent.
Winnipeg (Man.). Special Committee on Investigation of the Fire Department