A better Teeling seems to have made itself felt since Friday, and it was stated on Sunday that there are strong hopes of an amicable settlement being arranged between the masters and men. The masona and carpenters who came out in sympathy with the painters, have also demanded an increase of forty cash per day, advancing the same arguments as the painters—high cost of living and depreciation of copper coins. It was at first understood that they would not make any such demand, but they have now decided to fall into line with the painters.
A large mass meting was held in one of the large temples in the City on Sunday afternoon, and it was 1t-tended by nearly all those who are on strike. Up to a late hour on Sunday night it was not known what decision had been arrived at, but no doubt the future actions of the strikers will be guided, to a large extent, by the arrangements made. Three arrests were made in Hongkew on Saturday of men who were distributing handbills (printed in Chinese), calling attention to the meeting. Apart from this, affairs in the Settlement called for no special action on the part of the police, and work on the buildings in course of erection proceeded as usual.
Nov 4
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.