Damage Done by Workers to British Factory Although the weavers employed of the China Printing & Finishing Company mill in Pootung had returned fo work on March 4, after a strike that started on March 1, the spinning slat went out and the management subsequently announced that they would close the spinning department' indefinitely. In express~ ing hope for a satisfactory solution, the management posted the following' notice prominently about the mill "The company has decided with regret, that in view of the damage which has been done to the company's properties by the spinners and in View of the aggressive and unreasonable attitude which they have adop~ ted, the spinning department will be closed until a satisfactory settlement is reached. The management is prepared at any time to Interview twenty accredited representatives of the spinners and dossers to discuss any reasonable requests and such representatives will be allowed to enter the mill compound.
"the company, however, is not prepared' to. entertain demands "for further increases in wages whilst the wages now paid by the company are equal to or botter than those of other mills in Shanghai, The company has pald these good wages throughout the eneral depression when many mills Were closed and the spinners have thus enjoyed continuous and regular employment at high wages, "he company very much regrets that many operatives will suffer fa result of the unreasonable attitude of a section of the spinning depart ment"
'The usual fortnightly wages were pald on Mar, 8. A. strikers' deputy Atlan waa li formed by the management that no demand for any {increase in the Wages now) paid by the company could be entertained, in view of the fact that the China Print Ing & Finishing Company; " British firm with some of the largest. mills of their kind in China, had pald good wages, throughout the depression, when many mills were closed, 'They were, prepared to receive a deputation from the spinners at any time, and informed the strikers that future' mo bad or unruly conduct would be tolerated. (a certain amon of damage was done to the company' properties by the spinners, who have adopted "an agitressive and. unreason able attitude"). The spinners were also informed that any compromise arrived at would include their agree Ing not to go on strike again or cause: trouble inthe future without Gre: apprising the management of the subject of the dispute,
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