The electric light pawer station power station, a few Chinese en-xinaers remained loyal to the com= pany und stayed on the premises.
all, nearly 1,500, men went on strike, foreigners running the water Pumping plant at Tungkadoo.
The French Consul-Generat arranged with the French naval authorities to send the man-of-war Marne to anchor near Tangkadoo anda party of bluejackets was Janded to protect the plant.
Armed Police and Soldiers electric Hight power station ain offices Were guarded by police and soldiers and every vecaution was taken to enable the water and electric current ser-viees to function as usual, All of the Chines ical staff continued working as usual, The strike was declared at 8 a.
Deo A agrer ther meet of workers which commenced at 10 Sunday night, Leaflets were tributed and a move male to try fand geet the General Oninibuy motor men to strike in sympathy.
After the strike declaration Aum agitators and their followers entered the cleaning sheds in Avenue Dubail where the cleaners were preparing the tranis and buses. and forced them to leave. They id s0 in good order.
At 6 nam. when drivers, conductors and motor men normally commence work, none arrived. At 7 am. which is the hour when the engineers and repair shop men are Supposed to arrive, not one put in appearance.
At the same hour, engineers and other workers were making their to work at the Tungkados station. This plant Chinese territory. When workers reached Avenue de Bere, which ix on the settlement ndary, pickets refused to allow the willing workers to pass and agitators addressed the assembly, Threats were used. The workers thereupon turred hack and th2 pumping stati was left without a single Chinese. Tre same proc was adopted in the case of the electric power stati but those workers inside refused to join strike ani these, relat vans, ce surnying on The Facts of the Trouble The Company's attitude in con. jon with the strike was set oat Te will b= remem Fromalel to the eve pany for Pay be issued to, workers an Ube occasion of the chinese those who serve on the mittee of the promotion haved pon seniority and 1G. That when vacancies arise, pre-
The Company sent a muse con-reply and pointed cut that 7 the salaries of all workers Were increased 10 per cent, In 12m 4 similar increase was granted and it was added that the Company hat already decided to inervase all wages by a further 10 per cent.
The Company, therefore, requite notice fun any Feat oF the workers' union as to iis treatment of employees, Chiny New Year, cout any. disti were injured in any way in the course of his work, medical expenses, hospital fous and othe: con.
agencies were pad by the Cent pany and, moreover, a specia! salary. allowance was made during period of incapacitation to the dependents of the injured employee, Further again, in case of the death of an employee, funeral expenses are borne by the Company and compass tionate allowance made to the family of the deceased workman.
On December 1, the company caused a further notice to be pub-Vished in the works which stated that the increase of ten per cent. in salary which had for the pas two years been granted at China New Year would in the case of the 1929 inereasw be granted on Jan-wary 1.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.