Aug. 6.
Inquiries made yesterday of the China. Coast Officers'
and the Marine Engineers mild of China, and of Mesars. But-
pute between ina Naviga-Balen, bu Seger to the
of, brought to no me fe, Ao, aod les torign oat formation which would indicate that the end of the dispute sight, Both sides were non-compital, and beyond stating that discussions still were proceeding would say little 5 We understand that three" or four meetings between Messrs. Butter field & Swire, as representing the Company, and the secretaries of the China "Coast Officers! Guild fand the Marivie Engineers' Guild of China, as representing the "officers, have been held so far, the Thursday morning, No intermat has been made pul result of any of the mes At these meetings, of Messrs. Heffer & Ca, has acted as chairm 5 is simply fulfilling the duties of a formal chairman and that he is not taking any Proceeding. part in the discussions which are
Asked what was being done as regards the ships of the company which were held up at Amoy and Swatow when the strike commenced gri June 30, Messrs, Butterfield Swire stated that, as. the str, Shantung (which "left Shanghai on July 27 carrying 10 deck off-gers and six engineer officers, who it was intended should be put on the 1s in question in order to Dung them, to this port) was no on voute to Shanghai, it was sumed that the ships for which personnel had been taken were also on their way here, The vessels affected, which have been held up at Swatow and Amoy, fare as follows At Swatow:—The strs, Nanning, Newchwang, Kanchow,—Hupeh, Kwangse and Kueiyang, At Amoy:—The strs, Ningpo and Kiukiang.
is based on Hongkong, and it is The Kueiyang iso. vessel which not expected that she will be brought to Shanghai, The skeleton services which were cémmeneéd by the company soon after the strike commenced ape still being maintained with more or less regularity, with sailings on the Tientsin, Lower Yangtze and Hongkong route of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Ca, continue to run at full capacity, both cargo and passenger, and' such of the China Merchants Ca, a8 remain in commercial service are also carrying as many passengers and as much cargo can be taken; while a few ves of the smaller Chinese lines are stated to be making hay while the sun shines, in running to auch ports as can be visited without ser-fous danger of the ships being seized by the military or other authorities, 'To-day is the 40th day' commencement of the strike of the officers of the China Navigation Ca. in regard to the deduction of ten er cent, from their salaries as from April 1 last, and there is nothing to indicate that the prospects of a settlement are any more promising than when the trouble commenced.
Interviewed yesterday by a representative of this journal, the Secretary of the China 'Coast Officers' Guild said, "There is no change in the situation; and there is no information for the press. That, and nothing else. Seen after. wards, Messrs, Butterfield & Swire, the local agents of the China Navigation Ca, were no more illuminating or informative as_regards the general situation, and the only information forthcoming was ty the effect that there had been another meeting between the com-party and the officers' representatives Saturday morning. Nothing was Said as to what transpired at the frs. Ningpo and Kiukiang, which have been laid up at Amoy: since the strike commenced on June 80, and for which non-striking foreign personnel was sent on the str, Shantung which left here on.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.