A casual passer-by, a Chinese barber, was hit in the left leg by a stray. Duliet. "He also was taken to the Paulun Hospital, Minor injuries were suffered by a number of others involved in. the melee, including various policemen, was not found necessary' to. send fany of these 10 hospital, however.
In addition to those wounded, four of the attacking band of coolies' were Jarrested, one of them suffering from cuts of the forehead.
Calm was restored in comparatively [short time after the trouble, and the situation remained quiet through the afternoon and last night, The bodies of the two coolie transportation vans were considerably damaged in the original attack by the former workers.
Tue present high cost of living in Shanghai has tended 10 reduce the population in Shanghai, the present number being estimated at About 3,890,000 as compared with over 5,500,000, the highest figure ever reached some two years ago, says the "Sin Wan Pao," The steady exodus consists of Chinese of the poorer classes, who have returned to their native villages, the report
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