196,509 workers on strike in the Settlement at. the beginning of August, 26,927 had gone back on September 1. By that time, a large proportion of those still unemployed had also entered into agreements to return, but were unable to fulfil these contracts in consequence of the inability of the Electricity Department to furnish the mills with motive power. The first signs of Improvement were manifested In the return early in August of the cabinet makers in Weeks & Ca., Hall Holtz and Arts & Crafts, and large proportion of the employes of Behr & Mathew's Ege Factory, No. 77 Yangtszepoo Road. A slight set-back was recorded on August 10, when wharf coolies employed in British and Japanese companies, including godown hands, struck work in observance of an appeal from the anti-foreign agitators. Failing to secure strike pay, which they had been promised," some of them resumed the same' afternoon. With few exceptions they, however, were' again on strike on August 11. Further applications for strike pay, which they made on that date to the Shanghai Provisional Safety Preservation Society, 80 Min Kuo Road, Raving been refused, seven hun: dred of them visited the Nantao Bund, and compelled the employes of Chinese Shipping Companies to abandon their work. The strikers were di by. the Chinese Police, but in retreating robbed a number of shops and wrecked the wares and furniture in several others. Five hundred of them proceeded after nightfall the same day to the Shanghai $1 each.
idation of employes of Chinese shipping companies and robbing of food shops continued on. August 12, when about 2,000 strikers engaged in these depredations paraded the Chinese Bund. Further lawlessness tool place on August 13 when a band of recalcitrant strikers smashed the furniture in the Chinese Seamen's!
Union and robbed numerous food shops in the vicinity of the North Gate. The Chinese Police at the former place were obliged to resort. tothe use of firearms in order to' disperse the rioters, of whom six were arrested. Strike gratuities were distributed among 12,000 wharf coolies on the afternoon' of the same date at the West Gate. Some, who had received no previous benefit, were given $4.00 each and the others were paid $3.00 each. This money was disbursed in responserto a demand addressed the previous day tothe Chamber of Commerce, North Honan Road, where a crowd of 5,000 strikers assembled to press their claims. The whatever enthusiasm had at fist Cxisted for resumption of the strike: Consequently " wile the events recorded were taking "place, coolies wore drifting back to work. Fag gy ing Rony conditions had "again reached a August a few days later Rormal basis on the wharves in the Settlement. Difieulties in obtaining about were however being ex Derienced at some wharves in Poo: fang at he end of the month. Following the failure of the attempt to resume the longsharemen's strike, improvement in Indultrlal concerns in the Settlement was considerably accelerated. With the resumption of work by seamen on Japanese ships the situa tion in the harbour considerably Improved, Nevertheless, up to. the end of the month several British Coastwice and river steamers were triable to observe. their normal schedules, and considerable numbers of launches, tenders and tugs owned concerns of the same na: tonality ware idle. The British shipe ud' boats, which were Tun-hing, were being operated with new femplayés. Some of these were Rusalans and others Chinese.
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