The mill strike and turbance of' Friday last the Naigia Wata mills, was by Moi ay, in a quiescent state, the works still refraining from attendance at their duties, while the owners were repairing' the damage done in the riot.
Of the company's mills, numbers 2, 4, 9 18, 14 and 15 were running a {full shift; the workers did not seem to have been affected by their comrades and were at their machines fas if they bad not a care in the world. Mills 6, 6, 8, and 12 were affected and, though & few returned Jon Monday morning, there were not enough present to warrant resuming operations.
There have so far been on force-{ul measures employed by the unions Jor. their leaders. to. prevent employees from returning. to work, Though speakers in the halls harangue against the owners. Police in sufficient numbers are on duty all) mills, whether they are unning or idle." Whether the lead ers will be able to organize a last ing holdout is problematical, though there seems no doubt. that' that is their "objective. Union workers admit that they were ordered to quit work. In general, though, the situation appears very likely to lear up without further difficulty.
The unions ing. ull alloa over the fact that the Japan. exe overseers. have armed them: selves. Questioned by a repre entative of the "North-China Daily News," the management on Monday stated that they do not censure their for they. protect them-ago and the outbreak on Fri would justify anyone in a similar position in maintaining his life and liberty. It was denied that the owners had anything to do with providing the men with weapons.
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