Hovse Granted There was not a.great change in the Isbour situation in Shanghai yestenlay, it being reported that there' are now 14,500 labourers.ca strike: in. six industries. Only one now strike was reported, that of 3,000 male and female employees of] the Japan-China cotton mill. at £8) Robison Road. In three other mills there were strikes which, however, proved to be only minor affairs, the workers going beck within a' few] hours in each case, The reign of terror which has been directed against the foremen various mills by "the Jabour agitators abated yesterday, instance of attack being reported, However, the agitators continued to distribute pamphlets and handbills the mill district. One arrest in this connexion was made.
'An agitator was arrested in 'Tonquin Road' in possession of copies of "The Common People's Daily News" in which were articles attacking Marshal Chang Chun ichang. He also had in his poss sion some pamphlets called Brief Regulations of the Association of Tenants of the Norther District," which called on tenants to resist the increase in rents.
Printed handbills called "The Manifesto of the People's Anti-Soviet Confederation" were distributed in the Pootoo Road district] calling the attention of the people to the evils of Bolshevism. and advocating a war with Soviet Russia. exper Posters in Yangtzepoo Printed posters demanding the immediate withdrawal of foreign troops from China and the elimina~ tion of those opposed to the labour movement and the Nationalists were found yesterday morning posted on telephone poles in the Yangtzepoo district, The 2,200 women and 800 mate workers of the Japan-China cotton rill struck at 6 a.m. yesterday when there was an altercation between, 80 workers and the foremen over the failure of the workers to produce their While their foremen were with the management, As a result of the arrest of milland employed in the Tung Yih mill on Monday morning when he was taken into custody in Tonquin Road in possession of pamphlets 2,200 employees of the mill stopped work at 8 o'clock. The day" shift remained out all-day, but the nig. shift recommenced work as sua At pin. on Monday 280. employees of the Naigai Wata Kaisha mill number & at 14 North Soochow Road went on strike when a pamphlet posted on the inside of the mill was. taken down by a Japanese foreman. The employees aly started work again when the Poster was again put up.
"About 950 employees of the Dong Shing mill at 181 Gordon Road] stopped work at 11 a.m, on Monday] and presented a list of demands, 'They' resumed at 3.80. p.m, when tivo of their demands were granted, lone of these being that a clubhouse should be supplied by the management.
The lockout at the Wing On cotton mill, which started on March 1 as a result of a rumour that armed loafers were going to attack the mill, still continues. "There are 3,000 persons affected. The lockout also continues at the Sung Sing mil] where 2,010 persons. were thrown out of work om March 5 a result of the attack by the works ces on foremen, The strike of 2,100 in the Kung Yih mill has not yet been settled nor has it in the Griestal cotton mill where 3,600 are cout. No agreement has been reached between the management of the Shanghsi-Nanking Railway and the fitters end mechanics in the workshops at Woosung and Shang-he only mill to re-commence work was the Anglo-Chinese at 4 Seoul Road, which has been closed m|siree January 20. There are now 672 persons back at work.
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