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- 21 May 1918
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Handwritten notes of informal Council meeting that took place at 3 PM on May 21. Little is recorded other than who was present.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Handwritten notes of informal Council meeting that took place at 3 PM on May 21. Little is recorded other than who was present.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Card showing votes of Councilors and Controllers on unknown issue from a Council meeting on May 24, 1918 at 2:30 PM.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Card showing votes of Councilors and Controllers on unknown issue from a Council meeting on May 24, 1918.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A letter from the City Clerk's office to J.G. Classco, Manager of the City Light and Power Department, J.E. Buchanan, Chief of the Fire Department, T.H. Hooper, Superintendent of Waterworks Department, and the Board of Control, informing them that Council passed a resolution that those employees who did not go on strike are to be compensated for their extra work.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
City Clerk to Mayor and Council regarding filling positions left vacant by strike
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A letter from C.J Brown, City Clerk, to the Mayor and City Council regarding a resolution passed at an informal meeting of Council that stated strikers' positions are to be filled and that each employee be required to sign a pact that they will not engage in sympathetic strike action.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Request by Union of Canadian Municipalities that Mayor Gray attend their conference
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
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".
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A letter from the Mayor Fred E. Osborne of Calgary to Mayor Daniel McLean of Winnipeg, requesting information about the Winnipeg Police during the General Strike to assist with "controversy" in Calgary related to police unionization.
Winnipeg (Man.). Mayor's Office
Student to Mayor Gray regarding sources for research on the General Strike
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A letter from Alex Freeman, a graduate student at Columbia University in New York, and a former student of the University of Manitoba, asking Mayor Gray for sources on the General Strike to assist him in writing his thesis.
Winnipeg (Man.). Mayor's Office
Peoples' Prohibition Association of British Columbia to Mayor Gray regarding the General Strike
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
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.
Winnipeg (Man.). Mayor's Office
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A letter to Mayor Gray from C.T. Huycke, requesting that her husband be reinstated to his former position in the Fire Department.
Winnipeg (Man.). Mayor's Office
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A letter from Geo. A. Watson, Commissioner of Manitoba Government Telephones, to Mayor Gray regarding John Burton Harding, a returned soldier and Special Constable, who had been injured during the General Strike.
Winnipeg (Man.). Mayor's Office
Report on Organization of Special Police
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A report submitted for Major R.H. Bingham, Officer in Charge of the Special Police that were active during the General Strike. The report lists numbers of Special Constables, the companies they were divided into, where said companies were placed, and who led them.
Winnipeg (Man.). Mayor's Office
Special Police to Mayor Gray regarding injury of Special Constable
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A letter from Arthur Brown on behalf of Major R.H. Bingham, Officer in Charge of Special Constables, to Mayor Gray, informing him that B. Hardy, a Special Constable, was injured during the violence on June 10.
Winnipeg (Man.). Mayor's Office
William Hurst to Mayor Gray regarding strikers who returned to duty after City ultimatum
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A letter from William Hurst of Hurst Engineering and Construction Company, Limited, to Mayor Gray, asking that those strikers who returned to work after the City issued them an ultimatum be treated differently than those who did not.
Winnipeg (Man.). Mayor's Office
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A report compiled by the City Clerk's Office, combining reports of individual departments into a single list of employees who were displaced by the strike.
Winnipeg (Man.). Mayor's Office
Assessment Department to City Clerk regarding staff displaced by strike
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A letter from L.W. Donley, Assessment Commissioner, 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.
Winnipeg (Man.). Mayor's Office
List of License Department staff displaced by the strike
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
List of License Department employees displaced by the General Strike, sent from F. Kerr, City License Inspector, to C.J. Brown, City Clerk, in response to a request from Council.
Winnipeg (Man.). Mayor's Office
Inspector of Buildings to City Clerk regarding staff displaced by the strike
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A letter from E.H. Rodgers, Inspector of Buildings, to C.J. Brown, City Clerk, in response to a request from Council, stating that all employees in his department who had gone out on strike were re-hired.
Winnipeg (Man.). Mayor's Office
Tax Collector's Department to City Clerk regarding staff displaced by strike
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A letter from H.R. Pattinson, Tax Collector, 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.
Winnipeg (Man.). Mayor's Office
Mayor Gray to House of Commons Committee regarding the prices of food, clothing, and fuel
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
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”.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council