The Archive · 1929

Company Standing Firm

We do not propose to sacrifice our Dsteas and our capital to satisfy a fow reentrant," Me, Tang sale, Stand we will continue. business as funuat, even if we only) have a SKeloton star. We will appeal. to

Support and, if necessary, to come Our shareholders to give ws ery the store themselves and give Shands Wo have not. yct_ given the stlkerg an ultimatum to return, this eventually. will be done Heanwhile, the workers may resume fiir duties if they. wish but they fast do. so peacefully and on the Sumpany's conditions," We are not feaiye to be intimidated. Out frusiness wilmot be affected this ime to such am extent as it was ast, when the strike Tasted 28 days."

The Employees! Story According to members of the Employees Union, the strike aimed because the new manag-Gra refused to recognize the agre> nent terminating the former strike, Employees had been dismissed and it was alleged that, on February agents of jagers surrounded the store and ployees without Fung El na had entered the the officers of the Unio tated to our representative, he ha issued a number of aggressive orders, denied the strike termination agree mment_and dismissed many workers For this, the workers, with the advent. of the Kuomintang, had proclaimed the present strike, 0 that further troubles could be avoid-el 'A strike committee of nine had been appointed and it had been decided. to appeal to all public oF ganizations (o support the striker Questioned whether they were led hoy Communists, the spokesman of Union denied that this was tio ease. They were opposed t> Communists and had decided to take tens to prevent Communists from using trouble, The employees word adopt a firm stand and would ixorously oppose the corruption of the capitalists Owens have been issued by the Managing Director of the Shanghai-Narking and Shanghai Hangchow-Ningpo Railways for the prepatvation of special trains for pro~ Daganda purposes during the state funeral of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen on June 1, Meyeior who i going to Tientsin,

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