There seems to be a general desire on the part of the men who have been on strike now for ly four months, and who are tired of remaining idle, to resume work Tt is understood from a very good source that some 10,000 employees of the Ewo Mills have express the hope that a settlement would be Drought about, They have said quite openly that the General Labour Union has brought upon them and their families untold] harm and suffering, and they have snt delegates to approach media-with a wow to a resumption of work.
Chinese press reports say that the day and night shifts of the apan-China Cotton Spinning, Cov Pootung, age at tao tung, have again downed ber of Japanese, assisted by Chinese soldiers and police, opened fire on them without cause and seriously wounded four, A dozen others are said to have received minor in-furies, The mills have only been open three weeks. The report has rot yet been confirmed and must be treated with reserve.
'The Chinese policemen who shot two labourers at the Kaochangmiao (Arsenal) some weeks ago in order to avoid being attacked by a nasty! looking crowd when they arrested a labourer, have been—sentenced each to three years' imprisonment by. the Shanghai District Court.
'Nine men have been elected to serve ins a committee of workers' representatives, a secret meeting. having taken place in Chapei a couple of nights ago for this purpose.
Sudden Wealth "Labourer" Chang Wusting, who became quite rich after the strike! was declared and who was able to} buy for himself a motor car with' the strike funds (according to the vernacular press), is said to be waxing wild because his motor ear was seized when the, authorities folded the General Labour Union and has lodged a demand with Gen. Shing's yamen for the return of the vehicle on the ground that he fs "suffering greatly from the me convenience." His demand, how. ever, has not yet been complied with, The Chinese papers note that up "to the winding up of the affairs of the General Union of Labour, Commerce and Education there was cash on hand amounting to more than $40,000. This, it is suggested, should be handed over to the Pro-Visional Relief Society for distribution among the strike 'The military officials have ordered the China Cotton & Silk Workers' Union to cease functioning. Out of 208 employees, no fewer than 140 have resumed their labours and it is expected that the others will return shortly. The Chinese military raid on the premises, wh¢ they arrested a female agitator, seems to have had the desired effect The China Industrial Corporat in Brenan Road, which paid off its employees on September 19 and 20; is now engaging new hands, and will begin operations shortly.
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