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Shanghai, Mar. 20. ip of transportation facilities loomed in the French Concession and International Settlement yesterday as first the employees of the Compagnie Francaise de Tramways et Eclairage Electriques de Shanghai, operating trams end buses in the Concession, and then those of the China China General Omnibus Company went on strike to paralyze transport in a vast area of the city. No strike was threatened by employees of the Shanghai Tramways Company, it was learned from reliable sources.
The employees of the China General Omnibus Ca. returned to work at 6.10 pam, however, without having presented any demands to the management, Questioned on a possible reason for the dispute, Mr, R. G, Currie, secretary of the company, stated that, perhaps, it might have been comiccted with Tie distribution among the employees, Up to Mon-fay, 'Mr, Currie said, the company supplied" every worker with half-a zar of rice at a cost of $15, with the management paying the difference themselves, On Monday, the em= ployees Were informed' that the! management could not continue supply', the leo, and offered" the employees a rice "allowance, cal culated at Municipal Council' rates, This arrangement found the employees agreeable, but a hitch developed when they found that they could mot buy. the vice in quantities desirable, Jo, halt a 2ar ata time.
The trouble started at 1.15. p.m, when the fitters of the company, about 800 in number, refused continue with their wotlk and sent Out pickets to stop drivers and conductors from carrying out. their rities, They were successful in this Attempt and the "hus employees started leaving their" vehicles just where they were at the time, Seven intimidators were arrested "in the Louza district by the police as they picketed buses in that district, Those seven men were fitters of the company who, when the strike broke out, boarded 'a bus and went out to feall bus. drivers and. conductors to Join in the dispute, A call was put through to all the stations and they were finally arrested. In the Louza istrict. They were released when the. workers of the company went back to work,
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