Motor Handles Seized by Workers After Row Tramears in Nantao were rendered idle on Thursday morning.when a faction of union members seized the motor handles as a means to compel other employees to attend a general meeting and elect certain committee men for the ensuing year. Service, however, was restored at 2 pin. by order of the Shanghai district Kuomintang.
At 230 p.m. police at the gate of the union began to search the persons of those attending, One was found {in possession of a mediately arrested, Thereupon, the police blocked all exits and" con-@ucted a search in the union, which to the seizure of a further three pistols and arrest of the three men In. possession of the weapons. In addition a number of iron bars and axes were discovered by the police.
At 345 p.m. the police dispersed the attendance numbering some 300 persons and after the premises had been cleared, discovered a large piece of red cloth Tying on the floor of the meeting hall.
The motor handles of the Nantao trams were seized and detained by union members in the morning, thus rendering all vehicles idle. This action was effected as a means to compel members to attend a gen~ eral meeting to elect committees for the ensuing year.
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