Nightstick

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Nom de l'objet :	Nightstick
Catégorie de l'objet :	Tools and Equipment for Science & Technology
Sous-catégorie de l'objet :	Regulative & Protective T&E
Matériaux :	leather
Technique de fabrication :	cut
Numéro d'accession :	1980-170
Fabricant :	Unknown
Nom du marchand :	Unknown
Date de fin de production :	19090000 Circa
Description :	This leather nightstick is bat shaped with a leather loop handle at one end. The other end is rounded slightly.
Commentaires :	This nightstick was used by local law enforcement agencies, often in an attempt to control striking coal miner's. The Cape Breton labour wars of the early 1920s represented an intense local episode of class conflict. In such conflicts militant unions, often led by radical leaders, were attempting to change the balance of power in Canadian industry by insisting on union recognition and improved living standards for the workers. In Cape Breton, despite an earlier defeat in 1909-10, the coal miners had won recognition of District 26, United Mine Workers of America, in 1919. Their main antagonist was the Montréal-based British Empire Steel Corp, which dominated the coal and steel industry in the Maritimes after 1920.
Nombre d'objets :	1
Nombre de parties composantes :	1
Établissement :	Inverness Miners' Museum Facebook-Inverness Miners' Museum
Ville de l'établissement :	Inverness
Province de l'établissement :	Nova Scotia

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