A. strike was called yesterday of 1,000 bookbinders in the Settlement, French Concession and Chinese territory. They are demanding 1. The employers. coa employ appyentices'to take the ce of alder 2 That they be given a 40 per Jeent. increase. in wages; '3. That they be paid, in. big, money; 4, That the matters Tefrain from raising the charges for food.
'A union has been established with headquarters in the French Conees-sion, Of the 810 employes of the Chung Hua Book Ca. who have been on strike since August 7, 400 returned to work yesterday uncon dition ally,
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