The Archive · 1926

NUMBER OF SMALE. STRIKE FOR WAGE INCRE THURSDAY

More than 600 filature workers, employed in Chinese filatures, connected with those who struck last Thesday. These ing hours from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. no unreasonable dismissals, their leaders ure not to bg penalized because Jot taking part in the strike, and i of the spceial_ bonus.

word kas ben received of a set-ifement of their case.

The workers at the Kiwa Mill No.

Robison Road, wko struck work on Tuesday at 10 in the morning are Jatill out. They too demand an in-

{allegations et forth in the circular ud have shown that the whole w issue of lies. The child, report-to have been assaulted to death us the result of an accident.

Tai Siao-ts, a child worker em-pi loyed at the Hong Surg cotton mill, as brutally assaulted by a foreman n May 11 and died the following His family knew nothing about!

death until a detective approack-Jed deceased's father and asked him to remove the body. This the father refused to do, as the child died from ercasonable oppression. There is} trace of the corpse at present.

"allow workers! How wicked are the capitalists who killed workman and secretly removed his corpse in order to conce: the evidence of their guilt.

Thi case has revealed the grave danger to which the workers are exposed. The Is of SI shanghai are t ly sinister places. Tf we do not ise we will be killed og was Tai, We should struggle] desperately and assist the famil the deceased and make the following loment of the subject to th made by the when they} state There shall by 1d unreasonable Strike pay for the period of jerease in pay.

About 400 godown workers in the (1) That the body be returned to Aeceased's relatives.

That "just" compensation be. Paid to the "family" of" the deceased. E(G) That in the future no. workers tratited or abused"

[tre tea "zotos merchants, have]

Accwnting to the Chinese press OX Wednesday afternoon the served lo pay their godown workers tain and Officers of H. M. S. 143 certs big money per day with fuwkins gave a most enjoyable tea one-eight cent per day cumshaw, 13 ai jane on board. An excellent tea coppers for vegetable money and 13 receded dancing on the deck which. jappers for -night work.—Their looked very gay' with red and white! hours to be as follows:—7 a.m, to canting, the music being provided 5 p.m, and 6.30 o'clock to midnight! by the ship's band.

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