Workers Strike

special constables: It might have been one of the special constables the CPR brought in to police a clerical workers' strike that the longshoremen were supporting--a strike that had turned ugly, according to Vancouver Courier. Or it might have been one of the non-union clerks brought in from Eastern Canada by the CPR in an effort to break the strike. To this day, nobody knows who fired the fatal shot. The bullet pierced Rogers' stomach and intestines and lodged in his back. His funeral was one of the largest gatherings of trade unionists Vancouver had ever seen, with hundreds of union members crowding the Labour Hall on the corner of Homer and Dunsmuir streets. Rogers lingered in hospital for two days before dying on April 15. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.