The "rickshaw war" moved tute its second day on Friday with renew-Jed sabotage and picketing followed wholesale arrests and the disperse ing of mobs. On. the whole, the Jabsence of public rickshaws from the streets was striking and) many of the pullers refused to take on fares except on the main. thoroughfares. The scarcity of, public rickshaws gave the "pirate" private rickshaw= men increased trade.
Upwards of 150 trouble-makers were arrested on charges of intimidation during the day. "Although there Were arrests in all parts of the Settlement, approximately one-third for those arrested were seized in the Sinza district, where most of the trouble occurred on Thursday. also.
on Thursday, the demonstrations consisted in disabling rickshaws {through removing tyre valves, puneturing tyres, or pulling them from the rims.' The police estimated that about §,000 rickshaws were disabled on 'Thursday. 'The riot van. from the Reserve Unit patrolled the Jnelghbourhood throughout the day' fo keep the situation in hand. No serious encounters were reported.
The police estimated that only 50 per cent. of the 10,000 public rickshaws in the Settlement appeared on the streets on Friday morning, the lowners having withheld the rest. JOf the 5,000 that were operated, however, some 2,000 were later with: Jdrawn because of slashed or deflated tyres.
Private rickshaws and other con lveyances wore not attacked in the Settlement on Friday and in the French Concession and Chinese territory there was no sabotage of the Public rickshaws licensed there.
(Court proceedings against the arrested rickshave pullers and others are reported on page 252.)
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