Various reports received yesterday afforded ample evidence of the present disturbed state of the la-hour world in China, During the past few days there' has been an amazing number of "lightning?
rikes—very significantly, ull ex: cept one being in Chinese' factories—brought about on trivial excuses and in some cases lasting not more than two or three hours, In addi tion, there have been numerous, leases where employers have felt compelled to discharge certain of instance a "union" was formed by: the dismissed "employees as soon their point.
WHEN one of the Chinese filatures, whose workers have been out for several days, offered a three cents increase instead of the five cents which they demanded, the women became incensed and went to another filature and began to Break things up. The Chapei police interfered and stopped further trouble. It is understood that 200 employees of one plant hai begun work again.
Mone. than 1,900 workers in the Sung Sing Cotton Mill (Chinese-owned) are still on strike, demanding a 10 per cent, increase, the reinstatement of an alleged instig tor,.a promise that there will be no mote intimidations or inhuman ented with a set of demands, with the obvious inferences that they rust comply with them or face a strike.
Thirty men previously working a large engraving establishment, fud who bad been out strike for Several days, have. solved the pro-Nom in a" distinctly novel way. Neither the mes nor their employ-Crs would give in, 20 the men have pooled their experience and" their Fonds and formed new company Which it. into be hoped. will tevable fo do business without any stoppage through strikes.
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