A Chengtu, capital of Szechuan province, dispatch states that on the 25th of September last the whole working staff of the Ching Arsenal, numbering nearly six hundred men, wont suddenly on strike as a protest against the conduct of an overseer, named Cheng whom they charged with arbitrarily taking a percentage of their wages every month. The men drew up a round robin which they presented at the doors of the Viceroy's yamen, but owing to the tardiness of the officials by ILE. Hei Liang to investigate the charges made by the Arsenal workmen, they have continued strike, sixteen days, so far. It is-quite possible that the accused overseer, or deputy, who has a. full parse to draw upon by his manipulation of the workmen's wages, is at the bottom of this delay, hoping probably to starve the men into subjection.
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