Police Assaulted by Canvas Workers: Foreign Sergeant Thrown into a Creek and Sikhs Driven into Chapei On duly 2 3,000 of 5,000 charcoal coolies struck work, besides Which & mumber of striking canvas anakers assaulted a foreign ser~ geant of police and several Sik" Policeman, The latter affair was thought to be sporadic and in off cla! circles was considered great hearing on the situation in general. It is believed, however, that, in view of a certain amount 61 general unrest "among the Iahourers that additional attempted assaults may take place in future.
'The strikers threw the foreigner into a creek, and forcibly escorted two Sikhs across the Chapei border and took them-to the Chapei police station, Eventually they were' released.
'Another -affair—it has been de> seribed as oan incident, although it portends future disturbances—tock place''during' the 4fterndon, Another frroup of strikers, this time open romped! to seize a load of Police had been stationed In th vicinity after the first theft, and or hearing the alarm, responded to the call.
The set-to became general. Police in the past have been instructed exercise all caution, and no one those present drew his—weapon, although there was ample cause for him to have done so. During the course of the small riot which ensued, the foreign sergeant ate tempted to get his men into fore motion. "The mob was too great, however, for them to cope with the Chinese, and the officer was seized bodily' and tossed into the cree'. Their leader gone, the others were at w loss what to do, The infuriated mob swarmed "round the Sikhs and-bandled them across the "be:
'a few yards distant, into telephonéd'to "Wayside station, ad volayed to "Headquarters. Reprosentations invoke made to the Chinese'atithotities, who after apologies hhandéd the'Sikhs back to the inspector in charge at Wayside.
"Phe: position at the Canvas Manvfacturing' Co.y Ltd. 272 Hailar Road, remains unchanged.
Trouble over a Foreman Strained relations between a foreman at the Shanghai Dock Engineering Pootung Works—und his No. 2, the latter being charged with desiring the chief position, was for some disturbance The foreman was re-employed by the company and appeared for work as usual. A nun: ber of assailants, among—whose number is said to have been the aspirant for the post, assaulted the foreman on the factory premises. Before assistance arrived, he was seriously wounded. The principal involved in the assault was arrested] by the Pootung police.
'Coal and charcoal employees have een dissatisfied with six employees of 'a shop on Boone 'Road, because the latter are for members of the Union, and 1,000 of them struck' work on July 1 to enforce the dismissal of the non-union men. The Settlement police arrested two coolies for posting on Burkill Road. 'They were sentence ed' to'20 days? imprisonment by the: Provisional Court. The—Chapei ted four. The strikers: have de: nanded at the Chapel police should release their meneand that the' non-union men should be dismissed.
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