Considerable consternation prevailed among+ the merchants Pengpu, Anhui, on July 13 - when. members of the Public Safety Bureau there struck work and dex manded the: payment of their wages which, they claimed, were six months in arrears.
At the time the city was occupied by Gen. Shih Vu-shan's troops recently, the.wages of police were already three months: in arrears, and during April, Bay and June, this year, nothing was done, on account of financial difficulties, to pay them, At about 7 p.m. on July 13, 100 members of the Public Si Boreau gathered on a road with the intention of marching to the Bureau to demand their wages. Others ater joined them with the result that a general strike was enforced and no policemen were available for duty on the streets. Confusion followed on two of the busiest roads and many shops were closed for fear of robberies.
Upon learning of the strike, Ca). Lu Shouh, Commissioner of Public Safety, at once sent a company of the Peace Preservation Force: to the. scone to maintain peace and order and he promised the strikers to negotiate a loan from the merchants to pay them their wages within three days This satisfied the strikers who dispersed and resumed their duties forthwith. Special precautions were then taken to prevent trouble-makers from taking advantage of the situation by creating disturbances,
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