As soon as the French Police were informed of the dispute, a guard was sent to the depot and offices of the company, The number of strikers mounted to over 2,000, The office personnel and the employees of the waterworks, however, were not affected by the strike. It was learned yesterday that, unless a quick solution to the dispute would be found, the management would hire Russians in order not to disrupt electric service in the Concession.
The abandoned trams were gradually brought to the depot by foreign inspectors of the company, this being done en masse, with one Vehicle towing five or six trams to the Avenue Dubail depot, No skeleton service would be out on the streets, it was learned from the management, although the sight of foreigners driving buses to the depot, accompanied by details of police, started rumours going to the effect that the company would attempt to run vehicles just as it did during the last strike, when, it may be recalled, trams and buses, manned by the non-striking employees and hired strike-breakers, served the residents of the Concession for some time, being finally removed when assaults against the employees became too frequent, Meanwhile, the strike of Chinese blockmakers continued yesterday, with about 1,000 being affected by the dispute, The engravers made several demands, including one for regular hours being limited to eight a day, Other representations included increases in pay ahd rice allowances. The workers declared a "go-slow" strike on Tuesday, but the dispute flared into a general strike yesterday morning when the managers of the establishments failed to make definite replies to their employees.
Ko less than 40 small weaving factories continued remain idle yesterday, This dispute involved about 2,000 employees in the International Settlement and French Concession, The dispute was climaxed on Tuesday afternoon when some 60 strikers visited Mei Foong Dyeing Factory at 112 Penang Road and attempted to intimidate the workers, They were finally evicted by the police, who arrested 57 strikers,
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