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C.T. Huycke to Mayor Gray regarding her husband's termination from the Fire Department after the General Strike

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24 Nov. 1919

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

Commissioner of Manitoba Government Telephones to Mayor Gray regarding injury sustained by a Special Constable during the General Strike

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27-28 Jun. 1919

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

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11 Jun. 1919

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

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11 Jun. 1919

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

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24 Jul. 1919

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

Synopsis of reports from Heads of Departments to Council as to former employees displaced through strike 1919

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22 Jul. 1919

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

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9 Jul. 1919

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

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10 Jul. 1919

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

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10 Jul. 1919

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

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11 Jul. 1919

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

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5 Jun. 1919

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

C.H. Burgess to Mayor and Council about who was to blame for the strike

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26 Jun. 1919

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

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.

Winnipeg (Man.). City Council

Lists of police who signed loyalty pledge and those who did not

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10 Jun. 1919

Part of Police Museum Collection

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.

Winnipeg (Man.). Board of Police Commissioners

Chief Newton asking to be consulted on Special Constable appointments

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16 Jun. 1919

Part of Police Museum Collection

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.

Winnipeg (Man.). Board of Police Commissioners

Chief Newton to Police Commission regarding demobilization of Special Police

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2 Jul. 1919

Part of Police Museum Collection

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

Winnipeg (Man.). Board of Police Commissioners

Employees' agreement regarding employment (Slave Pact)

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1919-1924, 1930

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

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.

Winnipeg (Man.). City Surveyor

Employment Application of James Burnett Scott to Survey Department

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29 May 1919

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

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.

Winnipeg (Man.). City Surveyor

St. Boniface Council Minutes - June 2, 1919

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2 Jun. 1919

Part of City of St. Boniface

Minutes of the June 2, 1919 meeting of St. Boniface City Council. During this meeting, there was discussion regarding a group of returned soldiers who had asked Council to rescind the ultimatum it had given to striking civic employees.

St. Boniface (Man.)