The two committees established by_ the Central Cholera Bureau for epidemiology and propaganda respectively—have done excellent} work. One of the tasks undertaken by the first committee was the study Jof cholera and cholera-like oF-
In acceptance of the compromise agreement drawn up by Gen, Wu Tecchen, Mayor of Greater Shang: hai, the 6,000 strikers in No. 1 No. 2 factories of the Brit American Tobacco Ca. returned to work at 1 pin. on Sept 'The decision to call off the! strike was Teached at an emergency meeting held in Pootung late on Monday might, when the hands resolved that, should the management to accept the com promise, another meeting would be Reig' next Saturday to renew the strike.
The strikers agreed to the City [Government's terms extbodied in the compromise agreement, It was re~ ported that one of the terms was to the effect that, during the period lof the strike, those from the No. 2 ganism found in various parts of the Whangpoo River, show, factory should be paid 50 per cent. Yangtszepoo, Siccawei and Wages, while those in No. 1 factory well as the many sh Jshould be given full pay. Those in wells "abounding in this district jthe No, 1 factory who first started From which the poorer classes the strike should be given 70 per draw their water supplies, In, all cent. of their wages, however. samples examined no cholera vibrio was found, but practically all sam-employees decided that strikers from At the emergency meeting, the ples revealed one or more Kinds of hon-pathogenic water-vibrios giving ther Nara factory shoald divide their Wages with those of No, 2 certain reactions to various labora~ Tt was also decided that tory. media. Interesting obser~ the strikers should await a settle-rations have also been made on the Yelation of weather conditions to ment by the local Tangpu and other political of the dispute in the appearance of cholera. For this Connection with the maintenance procne Full meteorological data fof a school for the employees'
kong Observatory, Sicca ave been obtained from the, Hong The trouble originated on August Yatsen University Observatory 15 in the form of a go-slow strike in (Canton), the Coast Inspector's the "No. 1. factory. as a protest office, ete, for such ports ax Shang the dismissal of two hands. hai, Canton, Hankow, Amoy, Nantation spread on August 25, King, Tientsin, and Tsingtao, In those in the two fastenes almost all cases it was observ Joined the strike, It was reported that high temperature and high that one of the two men is to be abrplute -humidity went together' reinstated. that an epidemic, appeared only when the absolute humidity exceed Silk Filatures' Trouble inch, also that the cholera 'The entire complement of B.A.T. Curve seemed to be closely correlated employees in Pootung were at work with that of the absolute humidity. fon Sept. 6, after a strike, "go-However, high degree of humidity'
Slow" and otherwise, for more than did not necessarily portend two weeks. In spite of the fact epidemic. that the Union insists that, the company has lost more than $500, Progress With Inoculation 000, itis reported authoritatively The inocul campaign con-that they intend to press for strike tinued to make steady progress la must, s the following table will ieetneen, 8,000, and 0,000 sik Upto Total to!
Strike on September 6 after were employees" remained
Aug. July 31 Augt abortive attempt at resumption on Great, Shanghai 166,169 370,696 518,405 previous day. Intimidation was in-me Settlement 56,008 186,37 242,000 troduced but the Chapel "police Concessoin 16307 ciate 27879 of Social Affaire conducted nego interfered promptly. The Bureau iran rare Sean ins. inthe afternoon, strikers' delegates being ing. semi-'These figures are very encouraging, enpectally in view of the fact) Owing to business depression, the that general. alarm. has been Wei Tang Cotton Mill (Chinese), Jereated by the appearance of 12" Lay "Road, suspended night tingle case of infection, The public shifts" on Sept. 4, but arrange-ofall grades has. evidently ments are in hand whereby the full confidence in the value cholera. inoculation, and, this will renter part of the workers wil be Employed on alternate days. 'The! enhance the success of health a Wong Foong Cotton' Still, 4. Whathorities in other lines of disease shing Road, is now working nor-prevention, mally, having: inereased.procuction The past summer may be looked] open at a hot and fairly dry one, ome day shift and One nit tain having been absent entirely in More than 10,000. silk: fature July, only appearing after August employees resumed wor on 12.""tn spite of large quantities of and then, when agitators aw water and melons having been roused them, "pulled a Finnegan, consumed, cholera has, not occurred.
Teaving their places at 7.45 may therefore be suggested that] Twenty-nine filatures were invaly-ro, Tong. as the community under-Jed. The employees are demanding takes simple precautions in the a revised method of piece-work choice and cleaning of fruits as well
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