Johnson Garage Affected and May Resume Ten of the Taylor Garage office staff of eleven Chinese were away from work last Wednesday, increasing the previous day's number of absentees, while the ten coolies employed in cleaning the hire-cars also walked fut. 'The office staff Chinese have been replaced by Russians. nton is understood to have. wetten Monday the hire-car chauffeurs'
to the Taylor Garage, requesting that the chauffeurs who struck, work be taken back again, but that the $50 deposit now required by the garage be' foregone.
Tu a statement to the "North-China Herald" on Thursday, Mr. Ir. C. Leach, managing director of Taylor Garage, stated definitely that the company did not intend to replace their former Chinese staff with Russian drivers, but were prepared to take back fifty of them, and to retain the 97 Russians who fare maintaining the company's ser~ viees in place of the 104 Chinese.
Over six men during this time Ihave been abducted, and over twenty iceotles, engaged in tre cleaning we-k jof he taxis, were intimidated into fewwirg. Recently, the _telephore Joperato: s were obdvieted and it is reporuad from a rellatle source thit [they were force] tv sign a arument, [takeing the "wiis's Kame for the Istrike, and totally absolving the drivers. [rhe clerks, st is reported, were captured by strike sympathizers and four were released on Wednesday, while the remaining five received their freedom on Thursday morning. None of, the men had been molested any Way.
With the exception of two telephone clerks, mechanics who a five shrafs, and 23 workin strike situation at remained the same on
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