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One man's loss is another man's gain, and, the disruption. of public transportation in the International Settlement and partial disruption in in the French Concession have been zn opportunity long awaited by the rickshaws who were doing thriving business in the foreign areas, greatly abetted by the drizzle that fell throughout the day.
italian Marines Ready Meanwhile, no developments were noted in the Shanghai Tramways and General Omnibus strikes yesterday d the 5,000 workers of the two concerns remained idle. No further negotiations took place between the administrations of the companies and he strikers.
Notwithstanding the fact that the China General Omnibus Company is a British concern, Italian Marines, it was learned yesterday, promised to id police, should untoward incidents e place. The bus company is in the Italian sector, and the Marines helped the police on Tuesday when the latter cleared the garage of the workers involved in the strike.
Both the strikers of the Shanghai Electric Construction Company, operating tramways in the Settlement, and the China General - Omnibus Company had presented their demands to the administration, but both cases they were rejected, while conditions offered by the companies were refused by the representatives of the strikers, The management of the bus company is waiting for the strikers to make the next move, ince they are satisfied that their answer to the workers' 23 demands has been eminently reasonable.
Although they. could not be confirmed, persistent rumours were circulating to the effect that a hand grenade exploded: at the junction of Route Prosper Paris and Avenue Petain, less than a foot away from the tram line yesterday. Chinese sources believed that the grenade was planted there by the men who forced the motormen and conductors of the French Tramways Company to go on strike early yesterday morning. Fortunately, the hand grenade exploded after a tramway had-passed the place, it was stated. Officials of the French Police, approached about the explosion, denied all Knowledge of the occurrence. azi
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