The police threw "i cordon round the "premises but strikers who re-anamed outside the building stated that they would not Teave unless their demands were accepted, Their inuhager would not see them, Dut middleman was appointed to tall: the smaller over, By ight alisfaclory results were reported, Most of the striking employees dray: was stated, " Each joe allowance and ant other $5 which, they alleged, was taken away from their woges since the. 1932 hostilities, Even bean curd merchants in the Western District were reported last night to be considering an increase prices as their employees de~ manded higher wages. Prices of fried flour products and cakes eaten by the poor every day have also been Increased from two cents to three cents each Ta Nanziang. 2 district__ only fan how's train journey from Shang-hal, the price of first-grade rice Apéut $35\a picul, This fact was re~ vealed by visitors to the elly yesterday from this village and they bemoaned their luck because of the fact that in Tsingpu, a rice producing dis trict, tst-grade rice was only priced at $24 or $25 a picul.
Such statements substantiate the theory that in the interior some sort of control has been effectively in-redueed by the authorities, To get at the Foot of the trouble in Shanghs was suggested yesterday, a conte ference between these authorities and authorities might be arranged." Ca-operation, it was stress~ qd, was the only way to bring down the exorbitant prices, Rice Rioting Breaks Out Dee, 15.
With the rice situation still at the critical stage an ugly riot flared out in Hart Road at $35 pam. yesterday when a howling mob of over 100 men. forced their way into a rice shop at 1799 Hart Road and in a desperate, brutal scramble for the—precious foodstuff made off with over $1,800 worth of rice.
'A telephone call to Pootoo Road police station sent a squad of police Facing to the scene to disperse mob." Six men were arrested and will face the First Special Disteiet Court this morning. No one hurt during the incident "and police managed to clear the street with tittle dimieulty.
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