July 15.
Though it has been called the uch Tramways strike, the present labour dispute in the Concession has involved four public utilities controlled and inn aged by the Compagnie Francaise de Tramways et WEelairage—Electriques de Shanghai—the electric light, the water supply and the tram' and Dus services, It is not necessary at this moment to review the efitses of the strike, save to say that the men in the company's etiploy are extremely well treated and that those who have yeason to keep the most careful watch on the situation are con-vineed that the chief factor in struggle is the agitation of un-Hmown people who have some axe to grind. The most serious aspect of the matter is the siivcessful attempt made on Siturday night to disrupt. the electricity service, brought about By the simultaneous attack on some seven important points in the system—the first thoroughl: well organized attempt at sabotage that Shanghai has encountered in a labour dispute. Fortunately, like similar. instances of concerted action in the choice of Saturday night for the exploit instead of Sunday, when 80 many of those engaged in the mitintenance of peace and order in the Concession wore engaged in celebrating the commencement the National Holiday.
An interesting feature of the matter is the suggestion in the Chinese press that this action Wiis taken asa result of the failure of the French manage-agent to attend at the Bureau of Socidt Affairs to discuss the thatter with representatives of the strikers, while in the same connection the request of the strikers that the Bureau of Public Safety should withdraw the police station at the comjpany's Tungkudoo works is not interest. It is to be
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