The seamen's strike continues vffelally, although large numbers of individuals have resumed work.
The negotiations between the management and employees of the Japan and China Cotton mill have hitherto been seemingly fruitless.
Ten persons representing the s0- called Merchant and Labour Mutual Aid Socigty met on Saturday and assed several resolutions, which in effect must be taken as" purely self-advertisement, Among them were:
1. That all parts of China should be_circularized, denouneing the Chibli Party " and Wa 2, That they telegraph Tuan Chi-jai and urge him to sever his connexion with the Anfa That the proposed Citizens' Conference be That the Government should punish Tsao Kun.
5. That the Government be requested to oppose the Gold the' Legations and. meet that 6, That they should telegraph
they should in no way assist the Chinese militarists.
About 30 representatives of various schools also gathered on Satur day afternoon and passed. similar expressions of no real value, 1. That the students should request the Commander of the Martial Law Area to remove the seals from the labour unions and hat they (the latter) should' be permitted to function openly.
2. That they should circularize schools throughout China urging them all to. organize military units within the schools for self protection.
3. That they should recommend that the families of victims of the May 30 incident should be compensated.
It is offfelally reported that the! sign-board of the Labour Union situated at 24 Hung Hing Lee, jessfield Village, has been hung up. again, Cercain' labour crganizations, probably under the leader ship of this branch, are publishing a new daily, called "Sessfield Village Labour News." Editorially epeaking, the Journal deplores the unhappy fate of lai that under the regime, they will once more be permitted' to function. Under the epic of local news, the paper, re-grotting the unjust dismissals of workers, notes that two others have met with a similar fate. In an attempt to arouse the local villager, the publication goes on to say that two men and two women from the Tsung Tai Cotton Mill were fined $2 each by their employers for having broken a line of cotton thread through carelessness. As they are paid but $30 per da the editor insists that the fine w: exorbitant.
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