Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... the same class of men on other roads have not got brains or courage enough to do likewise? The maintenance-of-way men on the C. P. Ry., or any other road, have a right to form themselves into protective organizations, and to contend for living wages and fair treatment, without regard to the miserable conditions surrounding the same class of men on other roads. In spite of capitalists, with a monopolized means of communication, and a subsidized press to aid them, the sympathies of Canadians generally were with the striking trackmen, and they are deserving of the respect of all good citizens for making a manly fight in an honorable and law-abiding way to improve their condition. . CHAPTER V. IMPORTING ALIENS. By July 1 the strike had reached an acute stage. Reports received from local representatives were to the effect that the officials were making desperate efforts to fill men's places with foreign laborers; that aliens were being brought across the line in large numbers, under contract, and, in some instances, paid as much as one dollar an hour. In many cases the strikers and their sympathizers petitioned the local authorities to enforce the Canadian Alien Labor law. Failing to obtain relief in that way, they insisted upon their representatives in Montreal taking the matter up with the Minister of Labor at Ottawa. July 2 the president of the B. R. T. of A., in company with Mr. A. E. Baker, Canadian solicitor for the organization, called on the Deputy Minister of Labor at Ottawa, explained the situation, and filed the following complaint: Russell House. Ottawa, July 3rd, 1901. Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King, Deputy Minister of Labor, Ottawa, Can. Dear Sir: As president of the International Brotherhood of Railway Trackmen, I desire to..."
