These workers, most of them Roman Catholic immigrants from southern and central Europe, met with an Anglo-Saxon nativist response similar to that found elsewhere in Canada and the United States. Conflicts between capital and labour frequently were blamed on the presence of "foreigners." In November, 1902, hundreds of non-unionized general workers struck the power works for three days in protest over a reduction in wages. The militia was called out and the strike leaders were arrested. Many of the strikers returned to work, others left. Here strikers are being paid off; members of the militia lean on their rifles in the middle right.
