The 4,000 employees of the Japan China 'Cotton Manufacturing Ca. who went on strike last week are still idle. The representatives of the men (who struck work as a protest against the sealing of the premises of their union, the Pootung Spinners & Weavers' Association, and not for an increase in their wages) up to Wednesday had not made any overtures to the management with a view to a settlement. The Military Governor has issued warrants for the arrest of.two of the strike leaders, in response to an application received from the Japanese mil] management. Gen. Ho Feng-ling has also published a proclamation declaring that the strikers are subject to martial law, and that any meeting organized by them will be dispersed by the police. It is. expected that a settlement will soon be reached between the B.A.T. and their 4,000 male and female workers who went on strike in sympathy with the cotton operatives. An additional 5,000 employees of Nanyang Bros., who also went on strike to support the cause of the cotton' operatives, returned to work on Tuesday.
General Ho Feng-ling, Military Governor of Shanghai and- Sung-Kiang, has issued orders for the arrest and punishment, of Chang Yi-chang, who is alleged to be the ringleader of many strikes in the Pootung district, and the president of the Pootung Spinners and Wenvers Guild.
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