On Friday, shortly before noon, a riot occurred in Hongkew, and for some time Police were set at defiance, iced, for Broad trafic of all Owing to Hongkew being the doy dt for nearly all the foreign. merchandise imported into Shanghai, and consequently there are a great many coolies, boatmen, and others employed. On Broadway, on Friday morning, thereappoars to have only been two policemen, a foreigner and a native, and they were entirely powerless to maintain order, Qui number of people complained to us of thi numerical inellicieney after the row was over.
A large number of coolies who are employed on the Associated Wharves are under different head-men, who collect their pay and disbureo it, and at the same time help themselves. A number of did not get their pay for the amount due to them $400 and $500. On Wed-mon naked their No. 1 head-and on his ing lo had not been paid yet, they took him to the Louza Station, near which he ives. hey wore told to go to the Mixed Court, and'on Thureday they went there, but as there were so many of them, the Magistrate, on the headman, who is no other than the well kuomin ex Detect Fong Chu-wei, saying he would see the men were paid, dismissed the case. In the afternoon, Fong Chu-wei aald the money would be paid, though for some reason it mas not, but was put off till yesterday at 10 am, when the under-headmen expected the money would be handed fo them at the Associated Whurves. Thia not being done, the men ment to Yook for the ox-Detective, and found. bin Broadway, He went into a Eh ete shop for protection while his pursuers r mained ow ug of what they would do if he dis pay them. While they fanding about, obstructing the road, table Kelly came along, and told the men to go away. They explained matters to him, and he advised Fong Chu-wei to pay the money. After some talk, the Constable suggested that all parties should go to the Hongkew Station to settle the matter, but s soon as Fong Chu-wei got out into the street, and was yoing with the Con stable to the Station, the men seized and commenced dragging him the of! way. 'Ihe policeman, not knowing they were going to do, tried to release him, but they were too' many for him. Lis then blew his whistle, but it was knocked out of his hand and he was hustled along with Fong Chu-wei in the direction of the Associated Wharyes. At Hongkew Bridge, Kelly founda Chinese policeman, and sent him to the Station for assistance. By this tie the crowd of coolies had increased several hundreds and Fong Chu-wei wa pushed and dragged along at a run, till he, being a man well up in years and not very Was not able to keep his feet, Then the mob gave him the Frox'*March as far the gates of Hunt's Wharf, and clu i he lo watch and chain, a hat. The rioters took along the Wharf to the office of the Wharf Compradore, but by this time, ug treated, he' telephoned Thin was at 11.40 a.m, assistance did not arrive till twenty minutes afterwards, and then only two men came, though others sou turned up, and at half past twelve there were some twenty men present under Inspector Howard, It was then decided to take the ringleaders to the Statio: even of them had been ted, ig reooenized by Kelly 1 ug taken an active part in the row. The had their queues tied together, marched out of the the cry of Ta, fatrike, strike) was raised by a large wimper Of bamboo coolies who wore waiting wututi tant every policeman drew his staff and rushed forward, whereupon retreated a little. "At the same time one of the prisoners called out to the others not to strike. Inspector Howard could have forced his way out, but would probably have had to fight for it, Under these circumstances, he sent for more tance, so that at 2 p.m. there wei European and Sikh policemen with When the coolies saw go many men opposed them, they retieed, or were driven off the Wharf premises, all but one man, and on his per: amaining on the Wharf he was arrested, The police then started with th prisoners, Fong Chu-wei went with thou in 4 jinricsha, "When they got clear of Wharves, the crowd assembled again, and several men called out 'T's, Ya": one of them was caught, large crowd followed them up, but made no attempt to rescue the prisoners, for ull the Policemen had their batons drawn, and were prepared ty use them ff necessary. The Station was reached nine in number, were were taken to the Mixed Court on Saturday.
blamed Fong Chu-wei turbance would not have occurred had paid the men their wages. Ho then ordered the money due to be paid in Court to the men, but at the same time directed that $64 be retained, till Fong Chu-wei's watch, chain and the other articles which he lost during the row, were returned to him,
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