Some 40 Kompo-chauffeurs em: ployed by the Taylor Garage went out on strike on December out of sympathy with one of their fellow-countrymen who had been dismissed for indiscipline and whose liceness had been suspended by the Trafic It appears that the facts leading up to this dismissal were as follows, A client of the company, a gentleman of German nationality who had just left hospital after an operation, lodged a complaint with Mr. T. C, Leach, manager of the garage, against. the chauffeur in question, Kai Pao, whose licence number was 8099. This gentleman had called at the garage to hive car to the Shangha and the fare would be. was told When they arrived at the station, he handed the chauffeur $1 and gave him a cumshaw of 40 cents, He then went inside the station, thinking everything was in onder and there would be no further tion, He had not gone far in however, when chauffeur came rushing in after him and created a disturbance. The German gentleman asked what was the matter and was told that he would have to pay another dollar, Meanwhile, the chauffeur continued making a The gentleman, in order to et id of the post, gave him a dollar and went on his way to Woosung. Apparently the chauffeur thought that he was going somewhere clue and that he would not return to Shanghai and that, even if he did, he would after a while forget about the little squeeze. On returning from Woosung, however, the gentleman lodged a' complaint Mr. Loach made investigations and found the chit, Inquiries elicited the fact that only SSU had been handed in, and that the chauffeur rot $1.40, The man was discharged fon the spot and a report was sent. to the Trafic Office, who suspended his Hieence for a year.
'The Strikers' Demands Kai (ao then complained to his fellow chawiteuds about his "ill. treatment" at the hands of the company and some 40 of his fellow Kompo men went out in sympathy. About a score remained at their jobs and they did their best to maintains service. The. Kuinpn me then approached Mr. Leach. and presented to him two demands:—(1) That the man should be taken buck, and (2) that the man's Ticenee should tye returned, The demands ore the" signatures of the strikers, all of which were put together inthe form of a citole that the maneyer would not know who sined first and who the ringleader was. of his Even if he could firm the matter wax out Mr however, remained anything, he told the strikers, he would not do so. And he told them very frankly that they could all leave if they wanted to, because he had a number of Russiane ready, who would take their places im: mediately they told him they were not coming hack.
This threat wax most effective and all the strikers resumed work
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