On the 15th instant the British and French authorities formed three commissions to deal with. the question of food supplies, transportation and cooking. large amount of foodstuffs was due to land at Shameen from the British steamer Lianghsan on the: 16th instant. Volunteers were. jing enrolled to attend to trans portation. The Hotel Victoria was doing a large business as a restaurant.
The British and French men-of-war were giving valuable help in transportation work. For the moment no great inconvenience was being felt by residents of Shameen, but if the strike continued for any length of expected that the children would be taken to Hongkong.
Another telegram, also sent on July 16, says that all Chinese, including clerks, servants and police, struck work at 6 pam. on June "15. Volunteer militia "had been organized to assist the local authorities in maintaining order. Tt was impossible to estimate the probable duration of the strike, but it might last several weeks. The waterworks were being operated by volunteers. The electric light The mails were being delivered and food supplies were arriving from Hongkong.
'The Strikers' Demands.
Hongkong telegram to the Chinese Press reports that the strikers had made four demands, bbe on the British Consul-General if the latter wanted them to return to thei work. in Shameen; they restore all to their former. positions; no reduction of wages on account of the'strike; and close the iron gates on both. the East and West bridges at 12 midnight.' On July 18, the British Consul-General sent his interpreter to inform' Dr. C. C. Wu that all these demands could be accepted if the workmen would agree to fix the closing time of the two bridge gates at 11 pin. as a precaution against the robber menace. The workmen at once agreed. As soon as a formal reply from the Consul-General was received, all. strikers would return to their respective avocations; and the incident was expected to be closed on July 19,—Reuter's Pacific Service.
'***This message seems very open te doubt—Ed.
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