it is estimated that about 8,000 workers were affected by the strikes and that the loss sustained by the companies was more than $80. daily. So far, almost forty strikers have been arrested by the police authorities in the International Settlement and French Concession with the majority being detained in the Concession. No less than thirty men were arrested in Avenue Dubail on Thursday when they attacked a tramway near Rue Pere Froe, while an-Other was arrested on Friday after throwing the bottle with phosphorus.
A report in the "Central China Daily News," stated yesterday that more than 300 delegates of various labour unions under the new Chinese authorities held a meeting on Friday to discuss strike situation in Shanghai. Tt was also decided to lodge a strong protest with the French Consul-General here against the shooting of the strikers by the French Police. It will be recalled that on Wednesday morning, a striker was wounded in the hip after the police had failed to disperse the crowd. The meeting also agreed to send a petition to the Nanking Government asking the latter to make representations to the French authorities and to demand compensation and apologies. A new society was organized by those attending the meeting. This organization, the French Tramway Workers Tragedy Support Society, will ask the Shanghai General Labour Union to help the stu demands to the company.
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