'The strike at Jardines' mills Wetmore Roed continued yesterday and 2,300 workers from the day hift joined the original 1,600 from Sunday's night shift—in all 3,900 men and women. The workers, according to their story, are striking sympathy with" a workman family, who they allege diet result of wounds received at "the Is of a gateman. 'The official autopsy shows, however, that he died from tuberculosis of the kidneys, n perfectly nature death, 'The workers' demands. follo 3 That the watchman should Brought to criminal trial for his' family, rade to death, and compensation
Their Manifesto The workers" have issued a characteristic manifesto -in which they ask: "How is it that our Jabour is similar to that of the horse or the ox? Our. lives are often cheaper than those of dogs and pigs.
"You see the innocent worker, Yuan Tuli-yoong, recently killed by running dog, employed by the wicked capitalists.
"Although Zung (the watchman accused vf causing the injuries which resulted in Yuan's death) is a murderer who was arrested by the police, the proprietor of the Ewo Cotton Mill has secured "his Operative's Death Proved to Have Been From Natural Causes 'The inquest on the body of the Chinese labourer, who died at Jar-me, Matheson & Co's. cotton mill on January' 12 and who it was alleged had been killed by one of the company's watchmen, was concluded at the Mixed Court yesterday morning.
The inquest had adjourned in order might be held to cause of deceased's death. The sult of this was such that it decided that no further ingui was. necessary and a verdict of "death through natural causes" was recorded.
Mr. Chang Nieh-yuin appeared behalf of the wife and family of the deceased and said he would reserve his cross-examination of the doctor in case of possible sub-
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