All went well until the line reach. ed the end of the road, where it Joins Route de Zi Tlere, the Policemen were met with a fusillade of stones, bricks, broken bottles and anything' the crowd could lay their: hands on. They were obliged, to Yali back and were then given orders not to leave Rue Brenier de Mont morand, Within a few minutes all was calm again with the police and the crowd stationary in their respective positions.
Than a report was, received that strikers were proceeding by bicycle to call on workers from all the other factories of the company (hey number altogether 3,050 strikers), to proceed to the scene of the affray, to "repulse the, police by force," it is alleged. Further police reinforcements were sent for And soon arrived. The demonstrators soon grew in number to some 700, Signs of hostility became app ent and without any provocative movement on the part of the police the crowd, with two or three ranks of women workers in front, attacked the polite again, Riot Squads Get Busy 'The critical moment had arrived and the riot squad went into action and after receiving and inflicting' quite a few injuries took command Gt the situation, "Whilst this was going on a party of Chinese ter-Titory police, who had been advised by messenger and telephone, arrived P on the opposite side of the creek' and managed to calm a large part of the crowd who were then in Chinese territory.
Realising the possibilities of the:
iiuation, the workers' delegation ido the factory asked that they' might join the crowd with the' object of calming them, permission for this being given' by the police, some 700 or 800 i tao Public Recreation Ground.
There remained on: the: scene some 200 or 800 loafers who had taken part in the assauks and were re-agnized as having done quite a lot. These subsequently dispersed, secing that the demonstration was over.
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