Although numerous Inbour difficul-tice of a small nature have been satisfactorily settled within the three weeks or a month, fresh trouble continues to. break out amongst the worker: in Chinese-owned establishments as well a minor disturbance in 'a Japanese cotton mill.
as was reported in a recent issue, 95 of 170 egg testers at Messrs. S. Behr & Mathew returned to work, the other 135 still being out since Wednesday, To this number were added 200. women employed in different ports of the establishment et 7 o'clock on Saturday morning There: Was deliberate intent on the part of he strikers to incite others to join them. and the police were called in to settle the trouble, They arrested five ringleaders, one of whom was caught in the nct of distributing inflammatory handbills, another had een a speaker at a teashop meeting, while the other three, according to the allegations, had' tried to intimidate workers, At the Mixed Court sessions on Monday morning fa remand was asked for.
Five hundred female employees at a match factory in Pootung demand= ed more pay on Thursday and struck work when their ultimatum was refused by the management. The Chinese police warned several of the ringleaders that they would be held responsible for any. distur~ Banee, This order quelled the spirit of the mob and they returned to work unconditionally
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