'A. provisional agreement _w: fig at the "Chinese Telegraph ration offices yesterday tternoon by Mr. Sun Sheng-wu, Director of the Kiangsu Telegraphs, and leaders of the Telegraph Operators' "Union, whereby the strike of operators comes to. an end and the men will resume their rities to-morrow afternoon, provid-the Ministry of Communications approve of the agreement.
According to a statement made to a representative to the "North-China Daily News" yesterday Afternoon by Mr. Sun, all differences bad been put aside'and both the management and the men have made up their quarrel. An agreement has been reached, said Mr. Sun, which has been telegraphed to Peking and " reply is expected this morning. Mr. Sun did not anticipate that there would be any question of the Chinotungpu refusing to recognize the understanding and he thought that the Ministry would approve of the terms in the Ministry of Comwinieation formally approves of the terms of the agreement," said Dr. Pooh Tsiang, legal adviser to the Telegraph Operators' Union, who has been conducting the negotiations on behalf of the men, "the strike will be called off and the men will in all probabilities return to work to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon."
Dr. Tsiang said that after he had personally guaranteed that the amen would return to work if the terms were accepted Mr. Sun agreed to submit the matter to the Ministry. The latter received insstructions from Peking to negotiate with the men and he was given full authority in this connexion, Complicated Terms The terms of the agreement are extremely complicated, but the general text may be. summarized 'i. a. The minimum wage to be granted to employees upon entering the telegraph service shall raised to $24, instead of $16 as granted at the present time.
1, b, Promotion or increased wages shall be granted once a year all employees receiving $60 or horities expressed gratitude for the valuable services rendered by the operators and says that the aut horities are anxious to about revision of the pay roll. The preent one, it says, bears the date of July, '1923, much has changed during the past two years; and a revision is only reasonable. 'The telegram further instructs the offices of Shanghai, Peking, Tientsin, and Hankow each to send two representatives, to discuss the revision. One' is allowed from each of the following ports, Nanking, Nanchang, Changsha, Wu-ichang, Tsinan, Taiyuanfu, Kaifeng, Sianfu, Foochow, and Hangchow.
The Union has received information from Tientsin to the effect that ithe Tientsin branch, and the Great Northern and the Eastern telegraph operators as well as Peking men struck on Thursday in sympathy with the Shanghai Union.
Due to the strong measures adopted by Gen. Yang Vu-ting igainst_ the activities of the operators, the 1 and Hsuchow branches have not been involved.
Men Waiting for Definite Reply MONDAY.
The telegraph operators in Shanghai resumed work yesterday, an agreement having been arrived at between them and the Administration, which is satisfactory to the staffs, ' The Chinese Chamber of Commerce, we understand, has Jugreed to' guarantee the fulfilment fof certain conditions which were under discussion. Appeased by an adequate increase in salary, the operators received messages last night for delivery to all parts of China, The following was written at a time prior te the actual return of the men to work and describes events leading up to the resump-tio ip to the present the Ministry of Communications has refused to give a categorical soply of "yea" or no" to the telegraph workers' demand for an increase in wages. It has, however, issued a statement in which it admits that the Administration has reached the verge of bankruptey. This was no doubt! circulated before the terms of the agreement signed last week-end in Shanghai had reached Peking.
1. ¢, Promotion or increased wages shall be granted once every two years to employees who receive amore than $60, 2. Instead of the Telegraph lab shall be formed, the regu Union, an Operators'
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