'About 120 members of the Chinese 'Yailors' Guild met at 1010 Tongshan Road on Tuesday afternoon and drew up a list of demands to bbe presented to Japanese and Chin. fee tailors, which they say must be ict or a general strike will be call-fed. Should this occur about 4,000 Persons would be thrown out of work. The following are'the demands:—
(1) That the permanent workers now receiving $10 a month have: their wages increased by 10 per vent, those getting §20 a month by 15 per cent, and there receiving $30 or over pet month by 10 per cent.
(2) That the remuneration for niece goods workers be advanced s0 that adult workers would receive a benefit of an extra 20 cents a day ad thee aaistants a beret of 10
(8) That the increase be made effective on July 10.
As a result of a demonstration of strikers in the silk filatures Chapel, most of whom are women and children, 1,000 persons employ-fed in the features inthe Harbin Road. district struck yesterday morning. The demonstration was held in Toagehow Road, the strikfers throwing stones until dispersed by the police.
'A. booklet entitled he Shanghai General Labour Union's Five-Day Publication," number 118, and dated June 15, was found on Tuesday in the compound of number 5 mill, jaigai Wata Kaisha. It contains news of the strikes and negotiations for a settlement of the disputes. On the front page of the publication is the inscription in Chinese, "Shang-hal workers, demand an 8chour day. Let us oppose the secret settlement of the May 20 incident. Tet continue to show our enthusiasm to. ward the May 30 incident. Let us demand the unconditional rendition of the Mixed Court. Let us oppose the treacherous negotiations for the big foreign loan."
The inside sheets contain what is termed "The National Humiliation" vig, which reads, "What is. the significance of May 9 t0 the Repub: lie of China. We have already lost 'a great many of our governmental ights through yielding to the 21 demands. Let us unite, sleep on rash wood and live on gall as it our duty to wipe off this humid Kation, Should we remain in lethargy, the weak will be swallowed the strong azd when our country is exterminated it will be too late for us to regret.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.