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Labour Strife
In the late fall of 1923, the Vancouver waterfront was the scene of labour strife that occasionally turned violent. During the weekend of November 24-25, some of that violence spilled over into Grandview. Several strikers were alleged to have attacked several men, and they were also responsible for breaking a window in the 1400 block Pender, and the looting of another house.
Mrs Van Luven of 1447 Pender complained of a clod of earth being hurled through a window at her home Saturday, and police attribute the offense to a number of strikers who had been hanging around that locality.
The home of a waterfront worker was also entered Saturday night. After looting the place of a quantity of clothing, the marauders ripped up mattresses and pillows and scattered pillows all over the house. Furniture was also wantonly damaged. Police allege this to be “spite work” by strikers or their sympathizers.
At Lakewood and Powell a man was beaten up by five or six men after visiting a friend on a ship. It was alleged that one of the assailants was the man’s brother-in-law and the gang mistakenly thought he was a strikebreaker.
Sources: Vancouver Daily World 1923/11/26 p.9; Vancouver Sun, p.3, 4; Province, p.22
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