Armed guards were posted by the navy on July 26 near the water boats of the Shanghai Waterworks Ca. at the request of the management to prevent the men on the boats being intimidated into joining the strike of hands at the yangtszepoo pumping station and siter beds, following a threat of a spread of the strike from Yangtszepoo to the company's other centres. Te was considered essential that the water service for ships entering er and leaving Shanghai should be preserved as far as possible, and the men on the boats did not seem willing to join the strike of their own accord, every effort was made to give them protection from agitators and others who might try to get at them.
'A number of employees, on the day "shift at the Shanghai Waterworks Yangtszepoo station attempted to go to work as usual, Dut were prevented by pickets of strikers and representatives of the General Labour Union, The strike spread on July 27 to the Kiaochow Road. distributing station, Chinese workers there failing to report at the usual hour, The work was carried on by members of the company's foreign 7 and & guard of British soldi "posted to prevent possible sabotage.
Manifesto by Strikers Following-a meeting, the strikers Sssued a manifesto to the general public explaining their position and
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