By our Ouinese CoRresronpEnt.
In spite of the strong exhortations and advice given by express, ad in the native papers, and by word of mouth wherever possible, by the respectable guilds and associate here, a mob of irresponsible nati composed, according to reports amongst the Chinese of the Settlements," of followers and allies of the notorious Oh'8n Tee-raing (colloquially—Zing ' tue-ming)
of the Shanghai beggars, started rioting early: on Monday morning on the protext of onforciny all shops in the International Settlements. The shopmen and traders apparently did not oxpect anything unusual, although anonymons placards and expresses wore issued in-the -afternoon before calling upon the people to close their doors, for. they 8 usual to open their doors: fo on Monday morning. Th turbance began, according to sor rice-gruel shop near West Foochow Road these shops being the to "open. Acdozon or twenty of Chen Tso-ming's men entered the gruclshop, ordered each a bowl or more of rice gracl'and, having severally satisfied their wants, asked the proprietor what be meant by keeping: his shop open when it was ordered: that all. shops should be closed to -business beginning from that day. "Before a reply could be given there was a regular smush upon the place by the rowdies, who are said to have all been armed with knives and revolvers. They' then proceeded slong Foochow Road and began cal all to close and, those: who. refused were treated in the sam" way. aa the unlucky gruelshop. The report of these riotous proceedings of the rowdies, loafers, gamblers and anemployed coolies. and hiandicrafteman on Foochow Road spread: like wild-fire throughout the settlements. Other bands of. the. fraternity then joined in the vicinity of the Nanking Road. terrorising the shop-people there, while similar orgies were going on at the same time in Hongkew.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.