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"300 at Noranda Mines on Strike Augment Police," Ottawa Journal. June 12, 1934. Page 1. --- 100 Special Officers and 14 Provincial Men Patrol the Streets to Keep Order. ---- Canadian Press by Direct Wire. NORANDA, Que., June 12. - A strike involving 300 employes of Noranda Mines seeking better working conditions, wage increases and the right to organize went into effect here today. There were no disorders in the first few hours and a force of 100 special constables augmented by 14 provincial police constables from Quebec patrolled the streets to keep order.

Vote to Strike. The miners voted to strike at a special meeting of the United Mine Workers last night. Handbills were circulated throughout the twin mining towns of Noranda and Rouyn today, advising miners of the decision to walk out of the mines and criticizing the Noranda Company officials.

Special constables escorted a few workers to the Noranda property where they went to work. Majority of the strikers were employed underground. The Noranda mill and smelter plants were reported working at nearly full strength.

As the underground shift changed this morning crowds of strikers and sympathizers gathered at the Noranda gate in picket formation. They threw a few stones half-heartedly but nobody was injured.

Police Reinforced. The provincial police reinforcements were sent to Senneterre by train and there boarded three aeroplanes for the flight to Noranda. A crowd of several hundred min- ers gathered at the lake shore as the three aeroplanes appeared in close formation and settled down to a landing. The officers were not interfered with as they disembarked.

"POLICE USE TEAR GAS, ARREST 80 IN ROUYN, QUE., FIGHT," Regina Leader-Post. December 12, 1933. Page 8. --- Town Hall Used as Jail as Cells Filled After Battle With Strikers ---- (By Canadian Press) ROUYN. Que., Dec. 12. - More than 80 striking lumber workers were under arrest here Monday night following a clash with police on the outskirts of this northern Quebec mining town.

Tear gas was used and police batons were wielded, some of the strikers suffering minor injuries. The jail cells here are filled to capacity and a number of the prisoners are being guarded by a detachment of police in the council chamber of the town hall.

Picketed Road Twice warned against the practice by the police, the strikers who left Clerion district lumber camps more than a week ago, continued Monday to picket the Rouyn-Clerfon road and issue passes to all travellers using the highway.

When a sergeant and three constables investigated they found 125 on picket duty and reported bushmen who have been working in the vicinity were being held up.

The staff sergeant, Chief of Police Lapointe of Rouyn, Chief Perrault of Noranda, nine constables of the Quebec provincial police and Justice of the Peace J. O, Tardiff then proceeded to the picket area and addressed the strikers.

Reads Riot Act The staff sergeant warned that unless they dispersed at once the Riot act would be read. Derisive cheers from one section of the crowd greeted the announcement and Mr. Tardiff proceeded to read the Riot act.

The crowd remained and the po- lice charged. Before the onslaught of tear gas a large section of the strikers fled to the woods. Others turned on the police but batons were brought into play and the recalcitrants were subdued. Police immediately proceeded to make arrests.

Scrap at Port Arthur PORT ARTHUR, Dec. 12 - While the Pigeon Timber company Mon- day prepared to resume operations at its camps, negotiations continued between officials of the National Trust company and the executive of the Port Arthur chamber of commerce.

A brief clash between striking picketers and police marked movement of men and equipment from Port Arthur Monday to the Pigeon Timber company's camps. Rocks and lumps of ice were thrown by strikers who milled about a shed where sleighs and horses were being moved out but squads of Ontario, Royal Canadian Mounted and city police restored order. Casualties were limited to bruises.

The Canadian Bush Workers' union at Port Arthur advertised their intention of returning to work, warning "Tough boys to keep out of our way," and declaring their refusal to "submit to any branch of Moscow." Police there also warned the strikers they must not molest travellers and that "mob rule will not be tolerated."

One man was arrested at Neustadt when, he allegedly struck the son of the owner of the Peppler furrniture plant, where employees had been on strike for a week.