A Rig Explosion of Provincial Feelin; Shantung for the Shantungese: Managers Too Zealous for Reform Chased out: Complete Victory for Strikers Fro Ove Own tsingtao, Feb. 11.
Aver a hectic' four Ways SI tung's bie railroad strike, which completely. tied up the Kiao-Ts Shantung) Railway, was brought a close this afternoon when de-Tesates of the striking employ conferred with th pore military management, latter ae-outing tw the de! f the strikers. These were as follows:
4, The dsm The train proceeded only as far ats the Harbour Station when he first demonstration occurred. Strikers and sympathizers tried to farther. After some difficulty the ain proceeded on its way. At Kiaochow, however, the train was large and menacing mob. The crowd completely blocked the track and the Chinese railway quar de on the train endeavoured to clear a path for the train to proceed. Certain persons in the crowd then charged the guards and crew and a melee ensued, That General Glamis several being beaten, mending a sve who came' jh Messrs [Japanese member of the crew.
oF. who exme ut their me 'The guards, in order to frighten the crowd away, then drew their {Phat suitable punishment be meted ut' to" certain subordinates. of "Mes rifles, preparing to shoot over the Kun "ind Cha "who are charged. with heads of the mob. 'The Shantung tchominw to gain eonteal of the Tine to soldier stationed. there then took the exclusion of the. Shantungese, 1 hand and prevailed upon the In accordance with the acceptance guards not to do so, fearing further of the strikers' conditions the men bloodshed. The guards and crew returned to work this evening and then withdrew into the train taking service was resumed, The strike, pains to barricade themselves. The consequently, has ended in a com: few passengers who had dared to plete victory for the Shantung ele ride on the train were terrified. The ment in railway circles and une rob kept up its angry murmurings, inubtedly foreshadows the domin-making it plain to those on the ance of ite affairs by the provineluls, train that it was useless for them triumph of the People 'Thus the long strife, ever-present hut more often than' not beneath the surface and not apparent, between the Shantung and "non-Shantung parties for the ¢on-el of the line has been settled in favour of the ials. The outcome may be of far-reaching consequences to the line, for me stead of being under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Communications the main transportation artery of Shantung has, obviously, how come under Shantung's entire Jurisdiction. Inasmuch as the power Shantung is now yested military and naval forces it remains to be seen whether the railway will follow a progressive and intelligent policy, which has characterized the conduct of its affairs in the past, or whether its growth will be stunted and its redemption rendered impos sible.
The record of the past four days contains an interesting tale of the triumph of the people, whether lided or not. The smouldering jon against the unfortunate Messrs. Kan and Chu, which had eon becoming increasingly intense, burst into flame on Saturday when the Tsingtao Chamber of Commerce issued a circular denouncing the management, alleging that course of action was calculated t ruin the railway, was inspired by contempt of the' Shantungese and wax characterized by extreme partiality. 'The same circular called for general boycott to begin on Sunday, together with a labour str 'The' boycott and strike would con tinue, the circular read, until the management was dismissed, to attempt to continue, So after Ave-hour wait the train steamed back to Tsingtao.
Meanwhile the strikers were holding meetings in Tsingtao and other places airing their grievances jand holdinye firmly to the resolve to return to work until. their demands had been met.
Monster March on Governor big, demonstration took place Tuesday when thousands of strikers jand sympathizers assembled Fourth Park, whence they marched to the Administration Building for the purpose of laying their demands before Governor Wen. He was absent but Vice-Governor Kao a mitted @ deputation, the men demanding the immediate arrest Jof the maragoment and that further attempts be made to run trains until the strike was settled. This meant the interruption of all mails as well as the complete paralyzing of all traffic with re-sultan inability to move all shipments. Mr. Kao temporized bat} finally' agreed to the demand: The Chief of Police, Chen Tao, was instructed to look for the management, Then it was found that Mr.
Kan Tao had fled from the city and Mr. Chu was nowhere to be seen.
Mr. Kao told the strikers that all efforts were being made to effect a settlement. The _same night Gen. Li, who was acting! Managing-Director several months ago, arrived in the city in a special train from Tsinan operated by strikers. With him were Defence Commissioner Sze, of Tsinan, Jand Vice-Chairman Chen of the Shantung Provincial Assembly.
Gen, Li assumed control The Stranded Passengers On Sunday night at midnight the storm broke. The regular night which had left Tsingtao and Tsinan were abandoned by their crews, the passengers being left led, the Tsingtao train having.
ded as far as Kuomi and the some 150 {i enst of that, Naturally the passengers, whom were foreigners, were eft in a desperate plight, without salclent "heat and practically The next day the Traffic Manager, Mr. T. Ohmra, formerly Chief En-neer of the Government Railways Japan, who, by the terms of the reaty returning the railway to China, was appointed to the post he now holds, negotiated unsuccessfully with the strikers to run a special train to go to the relief of the stranded passengers.
After repeated efforts Mr. Ohmea managed to recruit a Japanese-crew, a ser "serving engine driver and two mechanical engineers alternating as fireman. of the train, Ohimea took personal cha affairs this morning. He immediately issued an order that all stations should be reopened and that the station staffs return to work.
This order was ignored.
subsequently Tupan Cheng of Shantung sent telegraphic instructions to run a special train for the relief of passengers stranded along the line. The strikers at first Jdemurred but later, owing largely to the active efforts of Mr. Ohmra, they consented. The special rushed out of Tsingtao this after-'The stranded passengers vere taken aboard at Kaomi Jearned that the train which left Tsinan on Sunday evening had [ween run back to that city.
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