At the Wayside depot yesterday atarge crowd assembled in the hope of gaining employment.
About 60 men were engaged. The crowd wat big that it excited the attention of several Specials, who came. quickly expecting another riot. At the tramway office the police on one occasion had to be called in to ture the men out.
Apparently the "agitators will have a hard task before them and will probably see the futility of their cause if their attempts to kid nap employees only mean their being replaced by others.
The service yesterday was maintain. ed with moderate satisfaction. In the early morning at the Waysid @epot things looked rather black and many of the workers were no very keen to resume work. After mitted to the local_authoritias 'That the General Secretary of the' Union, who has drawn $1,000 from the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce for expenses incurred during the strike, be asked to submit an itemized account showing how he spent the money.
Farther sums toward the strike have been announced in the Chinone Press. These are $7,000 from the Commercial Press, $1,500 from the Shaochow Guild. 'The General: Union of: Labour, Commeres and Education otates that it hay receiv fed $15,000 from Generat Fen; President Tuan Chi.jui is alay ro-ported to have ordered the Mini of Vinarce to transmit 100, This, of course, is much cacaper' than' paving up' his own bromized, four labs.
A large party of strikers made their way to Pootung 2 [where they attempted to intimidate }50 longshore men who were work at the Mitsui Wharf. They, however soon made tracks when. they discovered that the workers were guarded by seven armed Jap fanese. Ninety Russians and Japan. ese were also employed at the N. two trams had been Wayside wharf yesterday: got out the third one returned Two representatives of the Many of the workers have been car Labour Union called upon the Wi ried into Chapei where they have }On Cotton Mill situated at 10 Seauk been made to put up a bond and Road yesterday where they inquired. have been presented with a piece Wilte Mites which exeupls the as to the attitude of the man agent (cowards the payment of wages from molestation. A fitter who [during the" present lockout," The turned recently is now in the: Hosmanager Mr. Liang refused to lig: pital as the result of the-most bru. ten to them: as they wore 'net 2 feet and hyo in captivi-. ployees' "of the firm. Instructions, Sedona Wang for ras strung up for three 3|have been given to, the maniger® the Wayside depot de-bat should. these mon. roturh: gala wet they, are-to. be. defamees us ys:
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