Feb. 10.
Hundreds of employees of the railway (who ave on strike owing to the discharge by the mane agement of Shantung employees) fund the sympathizers attacked the special train at Kiaochow esterday, Twenty persons were Injured in the melee, including a Japanese who was one of a volun Teer Japanese crew recruited Mr, T. Ohmra, the Japanese traffic manager, for the purpose of taking out a special train. The mob tore up the rails and refused to allow the train to proceed and after five hours of waiting it returned to Tsingtao, The special train was attempting ty go to the rescue of two trains which have been at a standstill since last Sunday night, when they. were deserted by their crews. The passengers are reported to be in great distress, half frozen and without food.
About 5,000 Shantungese called con the Governor to-day and demanded the arrest of the management.
then was reveated that Me. Kan Tao, the Managing Director, had fled from the city and that Mr. Chu, his assistant, was in hiding, fearing violence.
General Chen Shih-chi, the Tapan of Shantung, is sending' two of hiy staff en a°special train from Tsinan to take charge of the railway temporarily," pending' a settlement of, the-strike, " Efforts are being made induce the strikers to allow one, Star to run a day in each dircetio to carry the mails,—Reuter's Pacific
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