The striking employees of the Shanghai Electric Construction Ca, are making life miserable for the management, and, it goes without ing, for the Municipal Police as well. Added to the list of crimes perpetrated by intimidators is the murder of another tram inspector on Saturday afternoon, when two! gunmen entered his house and, without warning, shot and killed! him. The scene of the crime is "their club and payment of strike pay for the duration of the strike, they will resort to greater terrorism.
In the French Concession, the trams were running yesterday, though, for more than a week, rumour had it that the men would join in a sympathetic strike. The men were paid on Saturday, and, in view Jof the close sympathy existing between the two unions, fears are entertained that agitators may, bring sufficient pressure to bear to Jeause them to go out as well.
Troubles in Pootung.
Although the terrorists have, for time being, more or less shelved the situation at the B.A.T, factories in Pootung, conditions have not altered among the hands who have been on strike for several months. Owing to inadequate facilities for gathering information regarding' the circumstances across the jit has been impossible to picture the daily happenings. Employees these factories seem to be con {tented for the reason that they have been receiving doles. Funds from other interests have been supplied, and persons who should know are of the opinion that the strike may continue indefinitely.
On Saturday pickets engaged po }sons who worked in the interests Jof the company. Several weeks ago terrorists shot and wounded four Persons, who were crossing the] Whangpoo en route to the plants where they were employed in taking, Jeare of the deserted premises. Since [that time many other violent acts lof intimidation have occurred, and almost daily loyal men are kidnapped and spirited away in Pootung whilst shots continually are being fired at random into the factories.
Since the return of machine hands to the Chinese cotton mills, nothing, untoward has eventuated. Workers, have not been molested, either in these or in the Japanese' or British-owned mills. The police have found
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