About 150 Chinese clothing shops had to suspend their business—yes~ terday when their employees. asked for more pay,'demanding a fitty pet cent, increase. Also to Join the Strike were about thirty "delivery coolies of the "Shanghai Times." They were pald a bonus yesterday afternoon; but were dissatisfied, it is said, At about 4 pin, they made fresh representations to the management, and when they were told that this " required" time, they walked lation at the "Shanghat Evening Post and Mercury" was the same yesterday ax on the previous days, but the management expressed hope that a settlement would soon be reached, Chinese reports stated yesterday that the deadlock at the Commere'al Press "would take a turn for the worse unless the workers received a favourable reply from the Hong-Kong head office in the course of the next. few days, Messenger coolles of the: Groat Northern Telegraph Company, the Commereiat Pacific Cable Company fand the Globe Wireless, Lid. ve~ turned {0 their Jobs' yesterday afternoon after a one-day strike, The management of the last maine however, denied the rumour thi tiheit messengers had been on strike, Questioned on the strike, Me. N, D. Brown stated that everything had een "nice and quiet" and that work: was being carried out normally. Mr, LIS, Poulsen, manager of the Great Northern Telegraph Company stated that there had. been some misunder~ fanding between the - messenger the management, but that on Bagreement had beet roached yes-Cérday morning when the strikers went back {0 work, offelil of the Paeitie "Cable Company confirmed that the messengers had been on strike, but stated that an agreement had Geen reached yesterday—after~ noon at 4.50 pam, when the men returned to the oer,
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