Vol. 27 (1991)
Articles

The Miners and the Mounties: The Royal North West Mounted Police and the 1906 Lethbridge Strike

William M. Baker
University of Lethbridge

Published 1991-01-01

How to Cite

Baker, W. M. (1991). The Miners and the Mounties: The Royal North West Mounted Police and the 1906 Lethbridge Strike. Labour Le Travail, 27, 55–96. Retrieved from https://www.lltjournal.ca/index.php/llt/article/view/4793

Abstract

This essay explores the nature of the relationship between police and workers using the 1906 strike of Lethbridge coalminers as a case study. Following a discussion of relevant literature and theoretical frameworks it examines in detail the relationship between the Lethbridge strikers and the Mounted Police. This interaction was extremely complex with each party having an influence on the other. Consequently, no definitive conclusion can be drawn as to the interpretative debate between pluralist theory and class coilflict theory insofar as police-striker relations are concerned. Resume Cette étude porte sur les rapports entre la police montée et les ouvriers des mines de charbon lors de la grève à Lethbridge en 1906. Ces rapports détaillés sont examinés dans le cadre d'une discussion historiographique et théorique pertinente. Phénomène interactif extrêmement complexe, l'épisode en question ne nous permet de dégager aucune conclusion susceptible de contribuer au débat entre les théoriciens du pluralisme et ceux de la lutte de classes, du moins en ce qui a trait aux relations entre les forces de l'ordre et les grévistes.