The Archive · 1935

Sabotage in Cotton Factory

Yarn Worth $5,000 Rendered Unsaleable Rolls of cotton yarn valued at al-ost $5,000 were damaged and endered unsaleable by saboteurs at the Wing On Cotton" Mill, in the Yangtszepoo district, early on Thurs day morning. Labour trouble is held responsible for the act, which was followed by intimidation of the day-shift workers. On Thursday, 260 hands of the night shitt were dismissed, but 200 mechanics and fore-women of the day shift failed to report for work on Friday morning. The trouble is confined fo the cloth weaving room.

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