on Wednesday but not According to a report received
crowd of Chinese, disappointed at not receiving-strike pay, attempted to wreck a building in the Boulevard. des Deux Republics. A Chinese policeman who intervened was dragged into the French Concession and badly beaten.
Tue str. Shuntien (Messrs. Butter field & Swire) arrived on Wednes-Gay from Tientsin carrying a complete crew of northern Chinese. The Russian crew, which has manned the vessel for about three mantis, made their Inst trip in her on the voyage down. The ShuntierAis the last of the coasting vessels to dispense with a foreign crew,, all of them being manned by northera hinese now, who are said by several shipmasters to be better sailorman than those from Ningpo. 'The latter are still out on strike and seem likely to remain 20 for the rest of their lives as far' as foreign shipping companies are''con-' cerned.
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