mills in Ichang Road, two in Robison Road and one in Markham Road being affected. though not entirely closed dow: It ix pretty evident that the trouble has been engineered by a group of agitators working on the Chinese side of the creek, and thither they retired. yesterday number of "informal discussions"
the day. A few remained neighbourhood of the mill the previous day's work of intimidation, with the result that operations in the mills were from 30 to 50 per cent. below normal. The great majority of the foperativse wish to return to work, bus are seared by the threats of the agitators. Police guards were maintained at all the company's mills yesterday and there was no further excitement,
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