Discrimination a Dead Issue in Cumberland Mines
A Cumberland meeting on September 15 a holiday was taken by some miners as a protest against alleged discrimination of James Smith Oscar Mottishaw and Isaac Portray. Investigations show Smith not employed for five months, Mottishaw left after wage disputes, Portray still employed, suggesting no discrimination. A letter to Sir Richard McBride argues no bias and cites gas committee service and voluntary severance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Colliery Co
United Mine Workers of America
James Smith
Oscar Mottishaw
U.M. W. of A
Jas. Smith
Ladysmith
Mottishaw
Isaac Portray
Sir Richard McBride
Province of
British Columbia
Dunsmuir
Richard McBride
Victoria
B.C
Extension
Portray
Mattishaw
W. L. Counson
Wilfrid Laurier
St. Clet
City Scavenger Asked to Resign
At a regular council meeting Mayor presided with four aldermen present. Chief Gray reported monthly figures for scavenger fees police fines hall rent and night watchman costs. Council referred several accounts for payment and discussed cleanliness concerns with the scavenger and calls for change to enforce monthly dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banks
Beveridge
Cessford
Maxwell
McKinnon
John R. Gray
Pilsener Brewing Company
Gray
Daily Mail Service Planned Courtenay Cumberland Bevan
Post Office Inspector E H Fletcher from Victoria will arrive soon to establish a daily mail service between Cumberland and Courtenay and between Cumberland and Bevan, known as No 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Mail
Courtenay
E. H. Fletcher
Victoria
Cumberland
Bevan
Public Demand for Civility in Caretaker Cook's Conduct
A newspaper letter condemns Caretaker Cook for incivility and lack of control, while praising some diligence. It argues public servants must follow guidelines and warns that repeated rude behavior risks harsher departmental action. Two men at a post office described as encounters reminiscent of India jungles underscore the complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caretaker Cook
Cook
India
Socialist Hall Bench Scandal Details Local Theft Claim
A Socialist Hall member hired lumber at a sawmill to build benches for the group and asked the clerk to add extra dollars to the bill as payment for labor. The clerk refused, saying if any extra charge was required the man would have to do it himself.
City Scavenger to be Dismissed and Applications Sought
The Board of Works chairman urged dismissal of the scavenger and a $90 per month city post. The mayor pressed for discharge at once and the council ordered the city clerk to notify termination after October 81 and to seek applicants by October 21, while closing with a street crossing discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Works
Miners plan mass meeting at City Hall for settlement
Employees of Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd hold a City Hall mass meeting at 3 PM chaired by John Comb to form a settlement committee and reopen the mines. Four weeks pass with no overtures, one hundred men have signed two year contracts, unrest grows as workers seek work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunsmuir) Ltd
John Comb
U.M. W. of A
Pelletier Secures Cheaper Transatlantic Telegraph Rates
The Borden cabinet approves reduced rates to Canada for plain language telegrams and night letters. Telegrams drop from twelve to nine cents per word with faster delivery. A new seventy two cent twelve word lettergram to Great Britain begins with five cents for each extra word. Weekend messages rise to one dollar eight cents for twenty four words with five cents per extra word and delivery moves to Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borden
England
Canada
L.P. Pelletier
Atlantic
Great Britain
Local items of general interest
A collage of notices and short items. Maven departures and travels include Oscar Mottishaw leaving on unknown return, J H McMillan and R B Ross on trips to Victoria and Vancouver, and A A Butterfield acting as teller returning from Kelowna. Lost watches, millinery showcases at the Big Store, shipping schedule changes for the SS Patricia, and a Shoal Bay inquest into Henry Swing's accidental rifle discharge are noted. Socialists joke about living on three dollars a week from union funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Nanaimo
Abrams
Shoal Bay
Henry Swing
Ontario
Also Mentioned on This Page
Minister of Labour
United Mine Workers
International Union
U.M.W. of A
City Scavenger
A. H. Peacey
Kilpatrick
Dominion
William Harrison
British Columbia Pottery
Chicago
A. T. Stephenson
Ramsay
City Hall
Fairbanks-Morse
Emde & Denton
Baby
HON. L. P. Pelletier
J. H. McMillan
Yorkshire
Arthur Dumaresq
Harry Parkinson
Sound
R. 8. Ross
Canadian Bank of Commerce
W. T. White
A.A. Butterfield
Bank of Commerce
C. K. B. Mogg
Kelowna
Mr. Mogg
W. W. Willard
New Westminster
Comox
L. W. Nunns
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