List of volunteer helpers during strike
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- 26 Jun. - 30 Sep. 1919
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Lists from various City departments of volunteers who helped during the General Strike.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Finance
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List of volunteer helpers during strike
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Lists from various City departments of volunteers who helped during the General Strike.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Finance
List of volunteers in the Light and Power Department during the strike
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A letter from J.G. Glassco, Manager of the City Light and Power Department, to M. Peterson, Secretary of the Committee on Finance, informing him that there were no volunteers working in his (Glassco's) department during the strike.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Finance
C.H. Burgess to Mayor and Council about who was to blame for the strike
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
List of volunteers in the Waterworks Department during the strike
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A letter from T.H. Hooper, Operating Superintendent of the Waterworks Department, to M. Peterson, Secretary of the Committee on Finance, informing him that there were no volunteers working in his (Hooper's) department during the strike.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Finance
C.H. Burgess to Mayor and Council about who was to blame for the strike
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
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
List of volunteers in the Electrical Department during the strike
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A list of volunteers who worked in the Electrical Department during the strike, submitted to the Committee on Finance by F.A. Cambridge, City Electrician.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Finance
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
List of volunteers in the Health Department during the strike
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A letter from A.J. Douglas, Medical Health Officer, to M. Peterson, Secretary of the Committee on Finance, informing him that there were no volunteers working in his (Douglas') department during the strike.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Finance
Employees whose holidays overlapped with the strike
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Correspondence related to how to account for employees in the Tax Collector's Department whose vacation time overlapped with the strike.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Finance
Tax Collector's Department inquiring about holiday allowance for those who went out on strike
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A letter from H.R. Pattinson, City Tax Collector, to M. Peterson, Secretary of the Committee on Finance, providing recommendations on how the strike should be factored into employee's holiday allowance.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Finance
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
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.
Winnipeg (Man.). Board of Parks and Recreation
J.H. Blackwood to Park Constable regarding loyalty pledge
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
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.
Winnipeg (Man.). Board of Parks and Recreation
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A letter from M. Peterson, Secretary of the Committee on Finance, to H.R. Pattinson, City Tax Collector, informing him that Council will address questions of holiday pay for those who went on strike.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Finance
List of volunteers in the Engineering Department during the strike
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A list of volunteers who worked in the Electrical Department during the strike, submitted to the Committee on Finance by W.P Brereton, City Engineer.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Finance
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A letter from H. Gerald Wade of the Western Municipal News, thanking Alderman Hamlin and Assistant Chief Health Inspector E.W.J. Hague for their work on the Food Committee and in coordinating the delivery of milk and ice during the General Strike.
Winnipeg (Man.). Special Food Committee
Report of the Division of Communicable Diseases for June, 1919
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
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
Committee on Fire, Water, Light, and Power regarding holidays for employees that went out on strike
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A letter from C.J. Brown, City Clerk, to the Committee on Finance, referring a report from the Committee on Fire, Water, Light, and Power to Council regarding holidays for those workers who went on strike.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Finance
Report of the Division of Communicable Diseases for June, 1919
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
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
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