Iron Works' Drivers Dragged Off by Workers Climaxing four days of unrest, punctuated" by brief outbreaks Violence against the plant, about 300 disgruntled workers of the Chung 'Shan Iron Works, a Japanese drm with premises' at 2501 Brenan Road. on June 1 "kidnapped" two Chinese "drivers of the concern's trucks. 'The two men, the "Shanghai Nippo" said, were "spirited away.'
The trouble, the "Nippo continued, arose on May'28 when Japanese and Chinese workers had a disagreement, Fitty Chinese employees subsequently went on strike and gathered about the Bates to the works to jeer the Japanese as they came out. The latter, protected by Chinese constables, were able to reach their homes in safety.
The unrest increased on May 20, the "Nippo" went on, with ethos workers and loafers from the outside milling' about the closely-guarded plant.
Because of the situation, the firm Gecided to close the plant for a week fon May 30, declaring that it would carry out a semi-annual Inventory.
This only made matters worse, according to the Japanese paper, for Aisgruntied workers. gathered in the vicinity of the plant. Some took possession of the firm's lighters on Soochow creek, other stoned the plant's windows.
While heavy police cordons prevented an outbreak of violence, the disaffected workers managed to seize the drivers of two trucks on June 1 as the latler were bringing raw materials, Employed in the plant are nineteen Japanese, 25 Manchurians and about 300 Chinese,
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