Merchants and Extra Taxation Amoy merchants are out om strike—at least they were on strike until a day or two ago.
When General Li Hou-chi, Tuchun of Fukien, decided to levy, extra taxes on wood and rice in order to raise funds for the rations of his troops, the citizens immediately decided that they would not be responsible for the maintenance of troops, who were making themselves a@ nuisance in the vicinity.
They lodged the usual protest. This remained unheeded and steps were taken to enforce the tion of the new taxes. So the merchants declared a strike.
According to telegrams and letters received in Shanghai, the strike began on the 3rd instant and has since continued.
It is said that merchants in Shanghai were requested not to send any goods to Amoy and that steamer communication with the outside world was stopped. With reference to the sending of goods, telegrams received yesterday contained several orders asking that goods be sent at once. This is an! indication that the strike has been. settled and that shops have opened. The statement that steamer communication has been stopped. is slightly erroneous. Steamers have been able to go to Amoy, but many of then have come away during the past few days without any goods from the port.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.