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THE STRIKE.

TAGNEHT

THE HONGKONG DAILY A PRESS. THURSDAY, FEBBUABY

the town yesterday that the seaman Carton contemplate sending ♣

SHAMEN AND THE COLONY'S FOOD intimidators into the Colon Eng" oli far, from a realisation of the facts of (bëj that, after the meat, had been removed, {

SUPPLY,

THE MISSION OF ARMED MEN AT

SHUM CHUN,

Although the general position of the strike is unchanged, certain incidents are reported to have occurred during the last histysix hours, which, if true, are full of significance.

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MEETING OF CHINESE TO CON-

·SIDER STRIKE SITUATION.

SEAMEN URGED TO AGREE TO

ARBITRATION ̧»

. It will be seen that the Union is mili Mr. Loaked witness if it was true,

situation and it is noteworthy that these] the sanitary, coolies cut up the ment for demantle make no referente 108 arbitra their own personal ure Witness denied tion.”

the allegation and stated that he had the meat sprayed with kerosene, directly. it had been examined.

MORE SOCIETIES SUPPRESSED.

Mr. W... Easton, Cólonial Veterinary Surgeon, gave evidence as to the IL- mination of the meat and said that is

A Government Gazette. Astraordinary The meeting convened by the Chairman was issued yesterday containing three was decomposed.. The meat was not of the Tung Wah Hospital to consider Orders in Council declaring the following stamped as having passed out of the the problem if any means could be found to be unlawful Societies:-- to bring the_strike to an end was held, yesterday afternoon, at the Hospital, when there was a large attendance of Chinese merchants, representatives of the Chineso General Chamber of Commerce,

Government slaughter house. He issued (1) The Chip Yin Kung Wui, (steve- | instructions for it to be destroyed.

dores (union).

1,

(2) The Lo Fung Tung Tai Kung Wui

(engo codlies union).

(3) The Li Fo Yuen Kang Wui, (tally...

men's union)..

They are declared unlawful because used for purposes incompatible with the they are being used and are likely to bo peace and good order of the Colony:

GOVERNMENT'S THANKS TO AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

Whilst arrangements within the Colony are proceeding satisfactorily for the hand ding of cargo and essential foodstuffs, it is reported that the seamen at Canton of the various district Chambers, Socie have taken steps to cut off the supply ties and guilds, including labour guilds. of goods coming into the Colony, by mil. How for the tumen are prepared to go and the purport of them was the hard A large number of speeches were made Ban be judged from the report that they have opened & branch of the Union & ships brought about by the strike and the Bhun Chun, right on the borders of the desirability of an early settlement. Both Colony. This branch, which has been sides in the dispute were urged to allow a

conciliatory spiri open for a few days, in said to have

Mr. Wong Kw No Tis spoke at length Membership of about 200, most of these men having been drafted there from as to the history of the strike and re

The Colonial Secretary in a letter to For what purpose the branch minded the seamen that, though they wers Custon. was opened was not exactly known until provided with food; their tumilies were the Consul General for the United States Tuesday evening when a somewhat muro. A man had no right, in fighting for in Hengkong, under date th February,

his own betterment, to leave his family says:-- prising incident occurred.

to face starvation. air. Wong niso sug A party of strikers from Cantos, nuia-

His Excellency the Governor, desire bering about 20, sarived at Shum Chum gested that the shipping companies had me to express to you and, through you, station by the slow train from Canton de large profts and could afford to to the American Community of Hong Four of the number were armed with pay higher, wagre. Ho denounced the kong, this Government's warm apprecis rifles which they enrried quite openly action taken in Canton to prevent food tion of the valuable assistance which is They informed the Chinese station supplies reaching Hongkong. He urged being rendered to it by the American master that they had been sent from that the benmen should resume work, citizens who have enrolled themselves as Canton by the Seamen's Union for the pending arbitration, seeing that the ship special constables in the present emer purpose of preventing food supplies comers had offered them an increase of gency caused by the seamen's strike." ing to Hongkong. They did not läterfere wages, and he suggested that three or with the two wagons attached to the four inediators, connected neither with traja by which they travelled, as they the owners nor the employees, should had apparently found out, during the approach both parties with a

The T.K.K... Tenyo Maru will sail journey down, that they did not contain settling the strike.- essential supplies. The men then left the Veiled allusions were made by several promptly at noon on Saturday, the 11th inst., for Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, station and walked through the streets caters to the subject of intimidation Yokohama, Honolulu and San Francisco. of the town to the Union branch. They but they were not put into definite form The grew of the && Tengo Maru being mads no attempt to conceal the fire-arms; until Mr. Rotewall addressed the meet-practically all Japanese, ber sailing will Alr BOTEWALL remarked that not be effected by the Chinese Seamen's ic fact, they are said to have freely mixed ng. with the Chinese soldiers and police in member of one of the labour guilds had strike." the streets, who made no attempt to told the meeting" that both parties to the other artist or relieve, the men of the waruke material.

A striking point about the incident is that the arms carried by the sramen, are scid to be the same pattern as those carried by the Chinese soldiers.

It would be interesting to know how the men became possessed of these rifles and whether the Cantonese authorities are aware that seamen are arming them elves in this way. As the men, we understand, made no effort to conceal their arms, the police at Canton who pre- sumably are on the watch for possible trouble, can scarcely be supposed to be bind to the movements of seamen who openly go about armed with Mauser rities.

hese men, it is said, go about Shun Chun boasting that they have been sent down specially from Canton by the Seamen's Union with the sole purpose of rutting off food supplies for the Colony.

The Lunese town of Shum Chun is situated on the Chinese side of the river which serves the boundary between the New Territory and Chinese territory.

The Government of Hongkong des patched a party of soldiers and police

the frontier yesterday morning. THE SUGGESTED ARBITRATION"

view to

THE TENYO MARU,”

UNION.

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Str. Lo: "As far as I know this meas was slaughtered in Canton and came up by the early train?.

Mr. Easton: Quite possible. Mr. Lo: Can the meat become un- wholesome during the journey from Cantoni

Mr. Easton: It kept in a stuffy van, containing vegetables, yes. The meat smelt very high. -

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Mr. Lo: At what time did you ex amine the meat 7-3 pm.

Could it decompose very much in that fine-between 1 and 3 pm. 1-It would not have been very noticeable to the ordinary person..

Mr. Lo stated that the defendant had held a stall in the Wanchai market for 10 years. A relative had brought the mant down from Canton and the defend ant had sold 38 catties to the relative at

cents per catty,

In reply to the Magistrate, Mr. Easton said that killing, was being carried out at the slaughter houses at the normal rates Eilling would continue to be normal as long as the strike would eat.

Questioned by the Magistrate za to un apparent contradiction in the ordinance regarding the importation of meat into the Colony, Mr. Easton stated that the only ment allowed to be imported was Me. Lo submitted that the two charges are really one and the same, but the Magistrate decided otherwise.

For selling meat not fit for human consumption a fine of $30 was imposed. On the other charge of selling ment not slaughtered in a Government aliughter"

sion for one week.

frozen ment from Australia,

dispute should be shown where the faults MEMBERSHIP OF THE SEAMEN'S house the Magistrate withheld his deci lay; he (the speaker) would take the op portunity of mentioning one of them, and that was intimidation. That was a fault.which had forced itself upon every body's notice. Several cases of intimida-

IS IT AN OFFENCE?

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MARKET INTIMIDATOR SENT TO PRISON.

tion had come to light and there was The question as to whether or not a no doubt there were others which had not man, who has been a member of the been reported. These practices did the Seamen's Union, during its lawful exist charged on the previous day before Mr. A vegetable vendor, who had been Colony and the strikers, a great deal of ence in the Colony, can now be charged Linisell, at the Magistrasy, with in- harm. All classes were united in the dewith being a member of an unlawful timidating workers at the Central Market, aire to preserve law and order and to do society arose at the Magistracy, yester went sent to prison, yaterday. for three their utmost to bring about a settlement day, when two Chinese seamen, named months, with hard labour. At the pre- without fear or favour. Intimidation was Kong Kea, and Lo Kai Lam, were vious day's hearing it was stated that to be strongly condemned and he was charged with being members of an u the defendant had aid that he had sure all present would agree with him, lawful society, to wit the Seamen's received a letter from the Seamen's

These remarks were loudly applauded Union.

Union, the purport of which, was, that bat is was noticeable that subsequent Mr. W. J. Hind appeared for the de several hundreds of market workers were speakers were still very chary of touching fendants, and asked for an adjournment to be collected and sent to Canton. upon the intimidation question.

of the case, pending the preparation of man read the letter to a crowd of market In the course of the proceedings, the a defence, as there would some legal que workers and an alterention ensued, during Secretary of the Chinese General Chamtions involved. ber of Commerce detailed the efforts

language. Mr. Lindsell decided at that Achich, he is,said to have used very violent made by the Chamber to bring about a

hearing that there was no real evidence settlement of the strike and urged that t

of intimidation and, amended the charge was not right for a small number of

to that of disorderly conduct... people to hold up the necessities of 600,000,

M. Wood (to the defendant): Are you cnbers!

Defendants answered that they were. The Magistrate, to Mr. Hind: What do you ask me to do?

Mr. Hind: These men were only de tributing tickets to seamen going to Canton.

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Mr. Ho Kwong, defended the action of the Government in declaring the Seamen's Union an unlawful society and assured, labour representatives present that this action was not taken in consequence] the demand for higher wages but on the The information has been officially com-groind that the Union had acted, in..con convicted of being members of a Society local premier, companies, and which, he municated to us that in the event of bravention of the law.

BOARD.

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arbitration being accepted by both aides; His Excellency the Governor is prepared to nominata a Board constituted za follows:

Two European and two Chinese mem- bere unconnected with the Government or with Shipping, to be presided over by Government Officer with judicial experi-

THE HANDLING OF ESSENTIAL

SUPPLIES.

"

The Magistrate: Yes, I will allow you to advance your arguments. When will you to ready to proceed 7 In any case! will have to fix -heavy "baile

CHINESE SEAMEN'S WAGES. The Magistrate: But they admit being. E. Kirby of Shanghai, supplies the Writing to the M-C. Daily News, Mr. members of the Union.

Mr. Hind: They may have been following tabulated list of the wages at members. The point is: can they be present paid to the Chinese crew of

vessel under the control of, que, of the that was once lawful?

minable basis, as the steamer in question says, may be accepted is a fair déter- is fully staffed and on the Shanghai- Hongkong service. For guidance, the Sergt. Shannon said that he had been demands are acceded to are quoted. It actual amounts involved, if the original instructed by Mr. King, Assistant Super will be neticed that the compradore staff intendent of Police, to ask for three days is not included. This does not enter as not have much effect as the question of ar. certain documents found in the defend the company, but derives his remunera

Mr. M. K. Lo thought that that would adjournment, pending the translation of the compradore is not a paid servant of bitration had been on the tapis all through ants Cossession; including a bundle "of tion from the Chinese passenger traffic, the dispute. He thought a mediator Seamen's Union passes and a proclama which is should intervene and try to find some tion. The tickets were being translated on a contract solid ground on which agreement could and the proclamation verified. He unde be 'bult up.

stood that the. Secretary for Chinese

After several other specches had been made, Mr. NG Box Tez suggested that letter be sent to the seamen in Canton asking them to come down to Hongkong and agree to arbitration; also that a letter conveying this be sent to the ship

owners' · committee.

Yesterday the number of coolies work? A guild representative said it would Affairs wished to conduct the case for ing on essential supplies increased from be better for representatives of the meet the prosecution 1,500 to approximately 3,000. Men rolled ing to go up to Canton, to negotiate with The Magistrate, in remanding the caso sap in droves to the Central Police the strikers, but his suggestion" found no until Friday afternoon, said I under

Btation." Before sight o'clock in the support.

stand that the line of your argument, morning the numbers collected there must

Eventually it was decided to appoint Mr. Hind, will be that these men. have have been considerably over 1,000. Under the directors of the Tung Wah Hospital, Been members of this society all along, the supervision of Inspector Grant the the directors of the Po Leung Kok, reland, that haring been members up to the men were quickly arranged in groups and presentatives of the Chinese General time of their arrest, they are not liable marched off to the various wharves and Commerce and a few nominees of all the under the ordinance, as the Union was godowns By 10 o'clock 1,700 had been workmen's guilds to meet the seamen, once a lawful society disposed of in this manner, Between who are to be naked to send representa Mr. Hind: That is the gist of the that hour and 10.30 am. work had beentives down to Hongkong. If the seamen found for a further 300. In addition to refused this, it was said, they would be

argument.

The Magistrate fixed the bait at $1,000

the coolies supplied by the police, about slighting the whole Chiness community for each defendant. 41,000 coolies who had been engaged at in Hongkong. (various places in the town on the pre

Tlous day resumed the jobs allotted to them on Tuesday,

It is interesting to note that out of this 3,000 about 695 volunteered for coal coolie work in the Wanchai district This enabled several of the Coal con tractors to bring lighters alongside the wharves and to commence unloading The position has improved so much in this direction that one coul firm hopes to recommence bunkering this morning. This work: has beenï at a standstill since the coal coolies came out on strike,

SHIPPING IN PORT.

RESULT OF THE LATEST CONFER ENCE IN 'GANTON:

SEAMEN'S NEW DEMANDS,

We learn that, after a conference, bi.

MEAT UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTIONA

MARKET STALL-HOLDER CHARGED 'WITH SELLING IT.

tween the representatives of the boarding COLONIAL VETERINARY SURGEON SAYS THERE house keepers and the Seamen's Union'in Canton, the following demands have been formulated by the Union:

The reinstatement of the Sea men's Union and of the other guild which have been declared illegal, and the release of officials who have beco arrested.

IS HO "SHORTAGE OF MEAT.

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A case that has some bearing on the strike, in so far as the meat supplies of the Colony are concerned, came before Mr. R. E. Landsell, at the Magistracy yesterday, when a Wanchai Market, meat stall-holder was charged on two counts (2)-Aa: increase of per centon (1) with exposing meat for sale not between $15 and 823 and of 40 per cent house; and (2) with oxposing meat for on wages under $15.- **

(3)-Reinstatement of all strikers The defendant was represented by Mr.

sale not fit for human consumption. “

terday, reached the record total of 188; " wages over 225, of 30 per cent, on wage slaughtered in the Government slaughter

The number of ships in Harbour yes representing a tonnage of 259,091. The number of the 2nd-inst. stood at 167; } ». The increase is accounted by the arrival of two Japanese vessels. One French vessel the s.Cap dreone, left for Hai phony.

PASSENGERS SEARCHED FROM!

QUANTON.

Yesterday morning under the aperin

· tendence of Mr D.Burlingham," "Assistant

Superintendent of Police, passengers

arriving from Canton were subjected to a Foareful police search. The luggage of each passenger Lag he or she passed through the barrier, was examined. Pre sumably firearms was the object of the search. Probably it has something to do with the rumour that was current through

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(4.)-All the crews of the ships lying. E. Lo, who stated, with regard to the The correspondent adds:-As the ori-

in Hongkong and other coast ports to first charge, that defendant did not know

be paid at the above rate.that it was an offence. Begarding the ginal demands of the seamen were: 30 (6.)All crows to be employed second charge he was sure that the beast per cent increase for those in receipt through the medium of the Union so i had been slaughtered on the morning of of salary in excess of $30 per month, “to avoid deduction by stevedores. The alleged offence.

(0) All.contracts to employ seamen Ordinance provided for the admission of

Section 82 of the sad 40 per cent. irerense for those receiving less than $30 per month, to be signed in the presence of a fresh meat into the Colony. This a request of those whose anlary is ex- ..I. amunaware of the nature of the official of the Union.

was brought down from Canton by the actly 330 per month; to leave nothing (7)--No official or seamen, of the early train. Union to be deported from the Colony Benitary Inspector J. Reed said that percentage. It will thus be seen that the to chance, however, I have used the larger without actual proof of guilt. + at 1.10 p.m. on the 1st inst, he entered total amount involved if the original (8)The new scale of wages to be the Wanchar arket and inspected stal demands were granted, is about $100 per enforced from January Let and no de No. 73 and noticed two laige pieces of month per easel duction to be made for the period of meat, weighing "61 catties, posed for The & stewards collectively receive strike..

(9)-No ill-treatment of seamen to fit for consumption and arranged for it is apportioned, I can only supply the rale. He found that the meat was not $74, but as. I am unaware how this sum be allowed after reinstatement.

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