A native was charged with stealing $37 and anda pair of Geld earrings, from a house of entertainment in the Foochow road. was blanded over to be dealt ton Guild.
Touged" to the 22nd tu, or section, and resided about three li from the railroad. He at farm work. On Moning, linying nothing else to do, he towards the Station on his way to Woosung. That was after the disturbance, He saw some people fighting but it was all over when be got there. He was taken prisoner after it was all over.
The Macisrrate—What was the cause of the fight?
Prisoner—They w driving for work. The villagers living ear ig wore trying to got the work from those who came from Chou-ku-pao and Kud-j plac the affray took place w: from Woosung. There were five headmen concerned in it. Che names of two of them were Ku-tering, the headman of Tenn Kino pang and San-zan-cze, who be. Jonged to Kai-kao-jao. He did not know the name of the other three, They were allin the fight, but they had nothing to do with taking away the coolies belonging to the railway, Prisoner did not know the head-coolie's name, He did not see the man who attempted to commit suicide on the line, Seventy or eighty villagers perhaps came round to on place, The villagers did not beat gong The by the contractors for earth hat quantity, The was not
villagers went out wishing to work. They took with them their baskets to carry the earth in, He did not know who paid the wages, $3.00 per square chang, because he never worked on the line himself, Before there was any railroad work, all the villagers worked on the land. There was no other work except that in the fields; but seeing the railway work was there at hand, they all wanted to have some of it todo. The work they wanted to carry mud from places, and put it the railroad. Those men whose names had given, and also others, wished to take the work from those who had it
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