Sing Yue Detective and Operative Wounded"
Arbitration Colamittee to be:
Formed: Strikes Forbidden April 4 ght in the Sing Yue No, 1 Cotton alli, West Soochow Road, in which 8 Chinese private detective and a mill operative were severely wounded..-Serious rioting was averted by the rushing of both sections of the Police' Reserve Unit and two steclhelmeted platoons' of "the Russian Regiment into the da tiger area shortly before.7 o'clock. Strict vigilance. was maintained at both the No. 1 and the No, 2 mill, in Robison Road, throughout the night.
The "trouble, which immediately paralyzed: activities at the two fac-ory units, came only a month after nother "serious disturbance which occurred at the No, 2 mill, resulting injury to six men and considerable damage to property.
Rioting staried at the mill in West Soochow Road at the time, about @ o'clock, when the night: shift takes over from the day workfers. A fight between two factions, long-standing cnemies,- developed. suddenly and resulted in injury to a private detective employed by the mill and one of. the workers. The Getective-was struck on the head with a heavy instrument, while the worker was felled with an axe. Both were taken in an ambulance to the Lester Hospital...
Mare out of sain The encounter caused a furore at the mill and the rumour spread that a number of persons had been wounded. The workers, comprising both day and night shifts, laid down their tools and staried " to fle out, They were going to the No. 2 mili at Robison Road to. enlist the sympathies of their fellows there!
"The small band of policemen present were unable to. cope with the situation and a call was sent Pootoo Ratd Station for relrforcements. A "prompt turn-out sent Every available uniform and detec-live officer. under Insp. ¥. E. Dudley and Det. Sub-Insp. RJ. White, to the scene in an effort to head the mob off. A riot call was sent to the Reserve Unit at 645 pin.
"The distance between the two mills quarter of a mile and the polic having made a preliminary baton charge in West Soochow Road, met the strikers at Robison and 'Tonquin Hoods. 'There the mob was. dispersed, without Injury to anyone, and the' workers left by various roads, At the No, 2 mill, however, news of the trouble had caused all' hands to Strikes' and unauthorized"meetings and demonstrations will be strictly forbidden' "throughout "May ty. the Chinese authorities. During the month, special precautions will be taken by the "Chinese Police, the Peace Preservation Corps, and. the [Headquatters- to guard against airy Representing the General Labour Union, Messrs. Chow. Hsueh-hsiang. [Shao Heupel and "vin -Hslang-kac called) on Mr. 0. X." Yul," Acting stayer, Mr. Pan Kung-charly. Com nifssloner of Bureau of Social: Affairs, and-atr, Wu Kal-shien, Shang 'Kuomintang, when measures to cope faith the local, strike situation were Giscussed. "As 'a result of an' exchange of Views, it was decided to enforce: the arbitration system 10 deal with Labour disputes, 2 'On the instructions of the Shang-hal City Government, the Bureau of [Social "Affairs. is preparing to form an. Arbitration " Committee. 'The local "Kuomintang and the Chinese 'Chamber of Commerce have' been asked to recommend members serve onthe committee, "Copies of a joint notice issued by the Shanghai. and Woosung Garrison Headquarters and the Chinese Police Bureau rivero posted in various afreets in Nantao' and Chapel. The notice slates that no assembly or procession should. be held without the permission of the authorities, and that workers are prohibited from dedo Ing strikes and "go-slaw"" strike during: May.
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