Monday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, the railway stations at Woosung Creek' and Woosung Bar were the scones of violent disturbances, caused by large bodies of natives, headed respectively by Chit Feng-fen i ya Th. cousin of the teapot of the district, and Sze A-ching (Se fp)s a head cool id. to be under his control. The trains had commenced running from Shanghai at six o'clock as usual, the first journey to Woosung Creek and back being performed without any indication of the disturbances 20 soon to follow, despite the Taotai's proclamation and the Six Rules for working the line, copies of both which—hav uso plentifully posted at all prominent pointe. The second train Jeaves Shanghai at eight o'clock, and is due at Wousung about twenty' minutes to nine. On this train approaching the Creek Station, a great crowd wns seen assembled on and about therailsfor some hundreds of yardabetween that and the Bar Station. Steam was at once slowed down, and on the train gert nearer, the people separated to allow it to pass through them, but almost tantly closed behind it again, About point, it was seen that some of the had been torn up from between the ud laid upon them, evidently with lew of stopping the train, but the engin of course, although going at reduced apeed (as it was feared other impediments might have been placed under the ballast), crunched through, the carriages fortunately the tails, Most of the crowd carried large bamboos and hoes, and on the train pulling up at the terminus, numbers crowded round it, and for some nutes an attack upon Boysen, the ce: feng and Sze A-ching were seized hold of them, and tying th queues together foreed them into one of the carriages, although an attempt at rescue was made, The engine-driver, Jackson, remained with coom at his post, and 86 000 as the prisoners were in the carriage, put on steam, and began slowly to move towards Shanghai, Gongs now began to be beaten in all directions, and many more men were i tation fi th them till it lay in places a foot or more in depth. Some others of the mob, placing their bamboos under the rails, tried to force them up, but luckily were' unable to succeed. To got through these renewed obstacles was as much as ti ne could do, and, both it and the carriages are id to have been in greater danger of going off the line than before, the rolling for a considerable distance being very great. The obstacle: however, at length cleared, and full speed put on, it being necessary to reach Shanghai as quickly as possible to give information of the threat ening nature of the occurrences.
But there was yet to be another detention. When the train had arrived at nearly the same spot where the case of suicide occurred last July, a man was seen walk ing between the rai with his back toward the engine, j as in the case alluded to, The whistle was blown repeatedly, but the man did not attempt to Teave the rails, although as he more than once half-turned his head as if to look behind him, it is clear he heard the mhistle. Tt was of course equally now that he meant to commit suicide,
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