Ramondin "s Deputy, four paper shop employees were charged with intimidation and using. threats to paper shop proprietors to force them to close their doors. ing Soong-sau and Kyung Tiening were charged for the first! offence against Zung Ts-hyi, at. 41am, on Tuesday at 40 Nanking Det-Set. Gash stated that the Accused were arrested by S. P. C. 571. They were members of the Paper Makers' Union, who were out fon strike, and they went to com. pplainant's shop, @ where they endeavoured to induce the employees. of the establishment to so out on strike and to attend the mass mectfogg to be held that day at 3pm. When brought to the station, three union membership cards were found "B71 said that he saw the go. into the shop and date the proprietor and the The tenants closed the there was some trouble Witness then entered the shop when the complainant asked him to arrest the two accused.
Zang Ts-hyi deposed that he was the promtictor of the Ching Yih Hi Paper chop. The accessed wanted him to close down the shop and the' employees to attend the mass mect~ Jing that afternoon. Witness was unwilling to comply and accused said that, if witness did not close his shop, they would get some other men to come along later and cause trouble.
'The accused, in their statements, said that they were paper shop. employees and that they had only zone to the shop because they were sent by the Arbitration Committee of the Union to ask the men to close hop and join the union.' 'Accused denied that they threatened trouble if the men did not close' shop: they only asked them to sign fon as members and to attend the mass meeting.
Accused were fined $20 each or 30]
In the second instance, Hya Kuh-and geo Mab-soong were chagad with a similar offence against Vong Ts-nang at 11.20 am. on Tuesday at 173 Shantung Road. Accused came to the shop and told the employees that, if they joined' the' union, they. would get more pay, and tried to induce them to attend the: mass meeting.
'Accused were fined $20 each or} 20 days' imprisonment.
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