On the strike situation it was reported that nineteen strikes, involve ing a total of 2,236 workmen and resulting in a loss of 9527 working days, occurred in the Settlement in July. There were three other strikes affecting the Settlement and French Concession simultaneously, involving 1340 workmen and a loss of 10,720 working days. The deadlocks affected various trades, including several silk weaving factories, steel and iron factories, furniture' making shops, a poper box factory and the strike of the Shanghai Gas Company which was settled recently. Unrest among the employees of nine industrial concerns var recorded.
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