A report by the Citizens' Committee of One Hundred, submitted by its Chairman, A.L. Crossin, to City Council, in which it makes several proposals to settle the civic strike.
A report by the Health Department, Communicable Diseases Division for June, 1919, submitted to A.J. Douglas, Medical Health Officer. Statistics are listed for various diseases and the operational difficulties caused by the General Strike are addressed.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Public Health and Welfare
A report by the Health Department, Communicable Diseases Division for June, 1919, submitted to A.J. Douglas, Medical Health Officer. Statistics are listed for various diseases and the operational difficulties caused by the General Strike are addressed.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Public Health and Welfare
Annual report of the Department of Health for the year 1919. Provides information and statistics on Department initiatives and public health within the City more generally, including diseases (including the “Spanish Influenza” or “Spanish Flu” outbreak), inoculations, education campaigns, food quality, scavenging and waste disposal, deaths, and general saniation. Also includes information about budgets and finances within the Department.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Public Health and Welfare
A letter from M. Peterson, Secretary for the Committee on Finance, to the Committee on Fire, Water, Light, and Power regarding volunteers who worked in the Engineering and Electrical departments during the General Strike.
A letter from C.J. Brown, City Clerk, to the Committee on Finance, informing them that the Committee on Health has given the Chief Health Inspector full power to increase the wages of garbage collectors if needed during the strike.
A letter from E. Robinson, Secretary of the Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council, proposing points of settlement that the striking civic employees would agree to.
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.
Records consist of digitized copies of records held by the Winnipeg Police Museum related to the Winnipeg General Strike. These records include correspondence between the Board of Police Commissioners and Police Chiefs Donald MacPherson and Chris Newton, excerpts from the Board of Police Commissioners minute book, and excerpts from the Sargent's Arrest Log.
A letter from James Smith, Plumbing and Sewer Inspector, to C.J. Brown, City Clerk, in response to a request from Council, stating that no employees in his department were displaced by the General Strike.
A petition, signed by 4 volunteer milk distributors, stationed at Alexandra School, that the school's caretaker, Mr. Sanders, be given compensation for the assistance he provided them.
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 to Mayor Gray from W.G.W. Fortune, General Secretary of the Peoples' Prohibition Association of British Columbia, asking the Mayor to sign a statement that prohibition limited violence during the General Strike.
Contains records regarding the request by firemen that who had returned to work after going on strike that their pensions not start over as if they were new employees.
Correspondence regarding the settlement of a dispute between the City and former Police Chief Donald MacPherson regarding his pension. MacPherson was let go during the General Strike.