Stoppage of Work as Result of Fire on the Kiangyung:
Demands for Compensation for Killed and Injured: Real Motive a Political One 'The Seamen's Union, has called a atrke St the crows of the vessels the China. Merchants Steen Navigation Company's ships in' Shanghai and all other coast and Eivertvessely Because of a dlapute With the company over the question Ateompensetion for the families of hone mo were killed on the Kiangyung when ammunition on that ship: Woo blown up at Kioklang. Tt vas Yeponed "at" the. time that the Senidone was part of the same plot Which developed into the Hsin Chao Previous to the calling of the strike in Shanghai last Friday, Can-{onene mentors of various crews on the Amoy Swatow run were agitate ing for a strike but could not convince their Ningpo associates that) Yooh a measure should be taken at the present time. It is understood that a decision will be reached by the Ningponese to-day.
"The regulations of the company are "vopatied to" provide. for" $100 Sempensation to "the family Senter of the row lilled while 5 The nereico of the company. Thi amount is regarded as too little by the seamen, pantiolacly" in. view the fact that the accident on the Ship took place white i was engaged tyar service, teanaporting. men and munitions for Marshal Sun Mhecording to the Seamen's Union ney have fasted an ultimatum the' company, in_which they mal: the following demands:
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erbre, of the crew sti alle SPne" one fow shall reosive an Inaioae of 20 per cant In wagon, Mina ite Navigation Ao, Heveatten no. ahipe own day, when pickets, arriving in Motor fears, boarded a 'China Merchants' steamer lying at the French Bund and attempted to stop work by violence. Police investigations show that the cars came from the Chape! district, and having arrived at the [wharf, discharged their occupants, [remaining in a position to pick them up and drive off on any sign of Jdanger. At the time of the loading fof a steamer there are thousands of people on the wharf, and naturally the pickets found no difficulty in getting aboard in the guise of cargo-coolies and third-class passengers.
Once aboard, an assault on the who declined to participate strike against the China Merchants Steamship Ca. commenced. It is suspected that particular attention was paid to who had been most active against the strike, for out of all those who were working only four men were wounded, There seems every reason to believe that some of the pickets were armed with axes, which they used against the workers, while others attacked them with bamboos,
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