Demanding double pay for the: now year bonus, crews of 12 steam-ere belonging to the China Mer. chants Steamship Company went! on strike on January 7. The trouble started in December last year, waen two months pay was grant by the authorities to the staff. The members of the ships crews giving
gen given to all the workers their reason that double pay hag such fan the Customs and railways, pre-Sented_ their demands. These. were, However, refused by the author tien, In onder to enforce their demands," the crews, Feuehetl the decision of a general strike, "The company has altogether 26 vessels employing more than 1,000 seamen. Of the 14 vessels tied up here, one sailed for Hankow on Jai at' the Government's order in transporting Hanchow troops to the Yangtze port, Altogether 700 are yn strike, the cabin boys being not involved
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