Minutes of Assiniboia City Council for May 21, 1919.

Minutes of Assiniboia City Council for May 17, 1919.

By-law number 10589, It amending By-law number 10020 (pensions of civic employees) to provide those who participated in the General Strike credit for their employment prior to the strike, rather than having to start over as new employees.

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 sums of money to be paid as bonuses to specific employees who continued to work during the General Strike.

A letter from Chris Newton, Acting Chief of Police, to the Board of Police Commissioners, informing it that the Special Police have been demobilized.

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 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,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, 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, 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, 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 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 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 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.

Memo from G. Champion, Superintendent of the Public Parks Board, to Theo. A. Hunt, City Solicitor, containing information for the Robson investigation into the General Strike, including information on re-employment, intimidation, and causes of the strike.

A letter from J.H. Blackwood, secretary of the Public Parks Board, to D.C. White, Assiniboine Park Constable, informing him of the Park Board’s decision requiring him, as an employee, to sign a loyalty pledge (sometimes called the “Slave Pact”) stating that he will not engage in strike action.

A letter from J.H. Blackwood, Secretary of the Public Parks Board, to N. Shaw, President of the Retail and Wholesale Clerks Association, regarding a request by the latter to use Kildonan Park to sell food and drinks to benefit women whom the strike left unemployed.