"Reign of Terror. Continues: More Loyal Workers Murdered: Threat of New General Strike: Demands A
'SATURDAY, Mar. 22, Terror broke out again among the abouters in Shanghai again yesterday, when two mill foremen were] shot during the morning. Armed men shot, but only wounded another watchmen, who came to the aid of} His master. Several strikes, involve Sng 6,000 workers, indicate the tem per of the mill hands.
In the Yangtszepoo district. about 7 o'clock, two assassins, recording to the story of eye-witnesses, opened fire on a foreman as he was on hia way to work, wounding Him so badly that he succumbed two hours Inter at St, Luke's Hospital. Decensed, it is related by those who saw he incident, was walking along] Kwanghsin Road and was inst by two men who had the appearance of cing mill hands. He had no opportunity of escape and they fired in cold blood, making off into Chinese territory. A Chinese constable off duty passed by and reported the natter to Yangtszepoo station. The dead man had been employed at the Shanghai Cotton Manufacturing] Co's mills, at 90 Yangtszepoo Road, No trace has been found of deceased's assailants, Equally mysterious is the affair the Pootoo district, when an employee of the Dong Shing Mill, 181] Gordon Road, was walking from his Thorne at 820 Maeno Road to the place of employment. He was shot stone dend, no witnesses. being in the vicinity to report on the occur renee, The situation at the machine shops of the railways, at Woosung, Femaing unaltered, about 700 mech] nies and 20 firemen and drivers Being on strike, with no apparent teottlement in sight, There has been tne violence or sabotage, as the mille tary are controlling the area. This strike was the result of agitators'
On Thursday 500 workers at the Oriental Cotton Mill, at 86 Yangtsz Po Rond, struck work because the management had fined several of their "number for infractions of Aisefpline and mill regulation: Yesterday morning the fall complement, 9,600 strong, joined in the strike, At a late hour last, night no word had been received of a resumption, The Nagai Wata Kaishh Mills are also affected, At No. & Enst and] No, 5 West, there was a. general walkout of all hands, in all 1,409, because the management had' moved two posters from within the impound, posters which favour dustrialists insist that the placer should be replaced before they will consider resumption, known men approached a Chinse postal employee, win, it is believed, opposed the recent postal strike, and) fired five shots at hin, point-blank, tilling him instantaneously. jayest was held by Magistrate Nie, who returned an open verdict. The French police are conducting vigorous search.
At 7.30 pam. on the same day, the pee, of Genergt Pao Homn-ien: former chief of staff to General ITien Wel-chun (one of Marshal Wu Pei-tu's leading commanders) and now chief of staff to the 7th Shantung-Chibli Army, was shot dead by] fa servant at her home at 109 Rue Alea Basic, The esso cap one body of a2 unknown Chinese labour 20 years old, was found in house in Chunghsing Road, Chapei Jon Saturday, - cut to pieces. The Chinese authorities are making search for the murderers, although} Ag motive is known.
12,000 Men and Women ow Out In the meantime the urrest among, the industrials continues to increase and because of all: ged intimidation, incited dissatisfaction against their employers and for personal and military reasons, nearly 12,000 men and women are' out of work, some} fof them being locked out. At the British-owned Oriental Cotton Mill, 3,600 are still cut, while at the Sung Sing, where' trouble began about a week ago, 2,016 are in a similar predicament, as are 700 Atters at tie railway machine shops fat Woosung and Shanghai The most recut disturbance took place at the Wing On cotton mill in Seoul Road when the day shift} on Friday refused to work. Their} repres: rtatives informed the management that the workers had been told that armed loafers would attack the mill on that day. Soma dis-between manage-fated that the mill would be clos If the workers did not take their] places. The night shift is also out} Jand the lockout in effect, Nearly 2,200 persons from_the Kung Yik mill at 150 Robison Road fare out, It is understood that 30] Jof their representatives met on Saturday and decided to organize a strike committee and to report the! true cause for the trouble to the Gordon Road police station and to the Chapei police. They demanded that dismissed workers should be rein. stated, that the management should recognize their labour union and Jerant them a 20 per cent. increase ud that in future there sould bel dismissals unless for Just reasons.
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