Pickets and Loyal Workers Clash in Pootung Intimidation on the part' of the ex-workers of the B.CC. No. 1 Factory was close down by the mana ment was on Monday responsible for the non-appearance of 270 operatives from the concern's Thorburn Road Factory, and the Whashing Road printing department, and injuries to four Russians and four Chinese.
The casualties were reported shortly after 6 am, when 400 star? employees and workers in the New Factory, Pootung, who had been urged to walk out by the ex-workers in sympathy with them, crossed the river from Shanghai to Pootung in launches to resume work. Among the workers was a group of Russians. Upon arriving on the Pootung shore, they were met by about 1,000 ex-workers, who, armed with iron bars, prevented them from landing. A fight ensued, in which four Russians and four of the ex-workers were in-fured. According to the Chinese police in Pootung, the injuries were view of the ugly attitude "of the ex-workers, Chinese police were posted in the New Factory to guard against possible disturbances.
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