The number of coolies and workers employed by the Public Works Department, S.M.C., who are on strike, was increased to well over 3000 when several hundred men did not resume their duties early yesterday morning, the "North-China Daily News" learns.
No demands have been submitted to the Shanghai Municipal Council by the strikers although the latter are understood to have expounded their case in certain sections of the Chinese press.
The trouble was started by coolies who are periodically employed by the P.W.D., according to a high official of the S.M.C. These men intimidated regular workers to the point where many of them were afraid to resume work for fear that they or their families would come to grief, although there still are quite a number of workers who have refused to go on strike.
Meanwhile, police are keeping a strong look-out over all P.W.D. depots in order to prevent any acts of violence which the strike-leaders may be planning.
Discontent among the P. W. D workers was first noticed on Friday morning when many of them failed to turn up for work, but at the time it was believed that they may have preferred to stay at home in view of the bad weather. On Saturday morning it became known that about 2600 had actually stopped work, and since then their number has increased to the present high figure. it for their arrest goes to the W police.
The wounded robber suspect, Hsiao Hostai, is alleged to have committed an armed robbery in Ferry Road, near Avenue Road, where Li Nan-sen, a Chinese resident, was robbed of $30,000 in both cash.and jewellery. In a shoot-staged in Brenan Road, near Jessfield Road, he and his men are alleged have fired shots one of which wounded a constable. One of 's men was killed. Three men arrested and subsequently sentenced, one to life imprisonment. o "secretly went to the Red Hospital for treatment of his in the leg but was caught by Gordon Road police and trans-to the Police Hospital. Hsiao charged with robbery and at-murder but he denied that German Plane Downed Over North Sea London, May 11.
down and another damaged by Royal A German Dornier plane was shot Air Force craft on patrol over the North Sea yesterday, it is learned. The Air Ministry announced yesterday that one German flying boat was shot down and another severely damaged.—Reuter.
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