Coastwise shipping of Messrs, Jardine Matheson & Go, Ltd. was held up on October - 17, ow to disgruntled longshoreman who struck for an increase in wages, Two ships, the Fushing and the Kwongsang, are delayed. The viver steamers have not been affected.
On October 17 at 6.30 am, 300 Jongshoremen on the Hunt's Wharf refused to work and struck for wages amounting to increases ranging from 10 cents to 40 cents a day, depending on the kind of work on which they were engaged. Other coasting- vessels are expected also to be involved but it is said that' arrangements will be made to ear for loading and unloading of the ships.
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