The striking employees of the French Tramways, numbering 980, resumed work on August 12 about 2 o'clock. The mechanics, about 700 had been on strike since Tune 18, another 280 joining them on July 21, The terms of settlement are as 1. Wages for the duration of the stelke are to be paid.
Each worker ed 5. Forycfoar workers, thought by the Company to be undesirable, fre dinmfaned at 0 6. Bonuses and retiring: allowances were to be. discussed after. 7e-sumption, The majority of the workers accepted the ter According to the terms of the agreement, 700 employees will receive 62' days strike pay, as well as an increase in wages. The strike pay of the remainder will begin from July 21. In short, 44 men were dismissed and about 30 were released from the French Municipal Gaol, One or two unpleasant incidents occurred between old workers and recently-engaged men, when the former returned to their posts. Apparently the old hands displayed a belligerent spirit when they entered the workshops and attacked the new men in several instances. The new men are understood to have signed a written protest to the French Consul-General against the re-can ployment of the strikers, pointing out that this is not the first strike that has occurred. in recent years ind alleging that their actions are not in the interests of the com= munity.
It will take several days for the company to resume its normal wor! ing, as men engaged daring th strike and still kept in employment will have to have work found fcr them as there are not too many vacancies, Vacancies that exist at present are. due to certain strikers who have been disniissed, others who have not yet learned that the strike is over, some through bein: absent from' Shanghai, and of who have entered other ent ments. Some of the Initer, how ever, may now choose to e+ back 0 the Tramway Compan;
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