The Asiatic Petroleum Ca, Ltd, experienced a "go slow" strike among ts clerical workers at 1 The Bund yesterday, but the matter had been satisfactorily settled before the end of office hours yesterday evening, At the same time a disturbance was reported in the vicinity of the Company's—Yangtszepoo installation, Where some sixty Chinese workers struck yesterday.
The "tai kung" strike at 1 The Bund was said to be unrelated to the situation in Yangtszepoo. Yesterday morning a number of the clerical employees failed to perform their duties and many of them gathered in groups on the various floors to discuss the position. It was understood that the present cost of living was the cause of the demonstration. At midafternoon, however, the difficulty was composed and the offices returned to a normal state.
At the installation in Yangtszepoo there had been unrest among the Chinese workers since last Tuesday when certain demands were made by them. Some sixty Chinese employees are now out, and yesterday morning police reserves were called. upon to break up some trouble which occurred outside the installation gates when a crowd of Chinese tried to prevent some trucks laden with fuel from leaving the premises.
The strike at the Dah Doong Rubber Ca,, involving some eighty workers, was settled yesterday and work
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