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measure of success, but our requirements have only been pressing na very late in the day, sky since the day before yesterday.

Youre falihfully.

(Signed) Gron, LIVINGSTON & Co.

Hongkong, 5th April, 1895. F. Henderson, Erqal e, Secretary, Hongkong

General Chamber of Commerce. Sir-In reply to your favour of the 3rd Instant enclosing copy of a letter from the Colenfal Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce, we beg to inform you that we have no know. ledge of the facts therein alleged,

We are, Str,

Your obedient servants, (Signed) JARDINE, Matheson & Co.

April 5th, 1895. F. Henderson, Faq, Secretary of the Hongkong

General Chamber of Commerce.

Dear Sir,-We beg to acknowledge receipt of your clrcular letter of the 3rd inst. enclosing a copy of a letter addressed to the Chamber by the Colonial Secretary and wishing an expression of opinion thereon by us.

In reply we beg to say that no such offers mentioned under paragraphs I sad a have been made to us and that we have no such clause fo the agreement with our compradore, as is stated in paragraphs 3 and 4.

We are, Dear Sir,

Your Talthfully,

(S4.) MEYER & Co.

Hongkong, 3rd April, 1895. F. Headerson, Esq., Secretary of the Hongkong

General Chamber of Commerce. Dear Sir,-Replying to your favor of this date, by which you baad us a copy of a letter addressed to your Chamber by the Colonia! Secretary, we beg to state, that in spite of all efforts we did not succeed to get coolla ander no circumstances from any Chiosmen in the recent strike, nor have we any agreement with our Compradore to supply ear firm with coolles at a certain rate.

We are. Dear Sir,

Yours respectfully,

(Sd.) `SIRMSSEN & CO.

Rongkong, 6th April, 1895. F. Henderson, Esq., Secretary of the Hongkong

Gener 1 Chamber of Commerce. Dear Str,-We are lo receipt of your letter of 3r inst. encio Ing copy of letter from the Colonial Secretary having reference to the Conite Strike and asking our opinion thereon.

We must first apologise for not having sooner replied to your letter, but the strike having terminated immediately after its receipt we did not think any farther action would be taken to the

matter.

As to the Colonial Secretary's remarks we have simply to say that our opinion hea all along been that the quickest way to end the strike was to lake no notice of it and do the best we could with the

the temperary labour supplied by the Police and others until the coolles returned to their senses, which we felt sure they would soon i to if left alone to their own resources. We had no offers from any Chinese to supply us with cooller, hut if we had anxious as we were to assist the Government in every possible way, we should bave been bound to enquire very closely fote the responsibility of these making the offer and into the skill and capacity of such coolies for stevedore work before we engaged them.

We have no such clause in, the agreement with our compradores that referred to in paragraph 3 of the Colonial Secretary's latter.

We remain, Pear Sir,

Your obedient servanto,

(Slgred) SHEWAN & CO. Hongkong. 4th April, 1895. The Secretary, Hongkong General Chamber of

Commerce.

Sir,We are in receipt of your letter dated yesterday, and in reply we beg to inte that we have already made an arrangement with our compraders, 18 well as with our stevedore, to supply us with coplies sufficleat for our pre-

©quirements,

and

our ships have resumed

sent r

the uninsting of orga, ether from yealer ay

noon er from the morning..

As far as more concerned, therefore, the pre- sent trouble of getting labour.is now at an end.

We ar", Sir,

Yours faithfully,

Micul Busan Kaisha, (Signed) K. FU KUL

Canadian Pacific Railway Co,

Hongkong, 4th April, 1895. F. Henderson, Eiq, Secretary, Chamber of

Commerce, Hongkong. DEAR SIR-Replying to yours of the 3rd inst., enclosing copy

of letter addressed to your Chamber by the Colonial Secretary and asking in connection therewith on expression of opinion from myself, among others. In so far as the contents of the letter are applicable to this Com pany's business during the recent coolle strike.

Secretary's letter had no reference to this Com. pany, as we received no offer,

Do such

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1895.

the necessky for some such legislation as will prevent a recurrence of the recent means employed by interested portions of the Chinese community in attacklog and fatiguildgs labour *trike

against the shipping community because of certain laws which they considered burden some to them, and which they wished to avoid or fargeirst the shipping community, and mesos or foul. The strikers had no gilevance awal

It is not fair that we should be continually attacks through us instead of directly against exposed without redress to these pernicious the Government.

the only offer of a dond Ade natura which was made to any of the European firms, and it is not to be wondered at that the Mail Company in question did not accept this tender," seeing that the Chinamas was a total stranzer lo them, and that it was purely a matter of speculation whether he would be able to curry out the contract be was so anxious to is not con. sidered advisable to make contracts with 1100 In question could not be expected to handicap one knows nothing about. The Mail Company

itself in its future business by taking the risk of accepting auch an offer aimply for the purpose crisis. of supporting the Government during the recent

secure, Amangst business people

the European em-

of

Had the recent strike resulted from a disagreement between ployers of labour and the coolles, no doubt steps would have been taken much earlier by the various shipping firms interested to arrive at an amicable settlement of the differences, but it did not, and no strike is ilkely to occur between the European community and the coolies for the reason that the labour required by the shipping community is supplied through middle-men, with whom we arrange to furnish it.

I remalo, Dear Sir,

Yours truly (Signed) D. E. BROWN,

General Agent.

Hongkong, 4th Apr|| 1895. Dear Sir.-In reply to your letter of the 3rd last, we have no arrangement with our com pradore, or 107 other person, such as to suggested by the Colonial Secretary,

As regards the importation of labour from other places, we have tried Swatow Labour bourhood-In the past, and found it un- the best procurable in the immediate neigh. satisfactory compared with local coolies; besides, the risk of Swatow men departing at a moment's notice makes the chance of their leaving us fa the lurch as great as is incurred with local workmen, plus the indifference, if not objection, of the latter to resume the employment of those antagonistic to them. Further, our Inclination Import Swatow men

has been checked by the terma demanded, vl, that we should guarantee them two years con- tipuous sequential employment. We consider It car bonnden duty to take that course which appears best for our present and tnisrests, without reference to the lucidences of future the ephemeral disturbance btween the Govern ra ment and the native popul-tion that has recently bees provoked, knowing full well that it was only question of time when a collapse of the strike have been the height of folly 19 have entered into would occa

accur. Under such circumstances, it would permanent fu'u'e

e dngagements that would have seriously hampered our operations.

In auch matters, erch individual-is a better judge of its own actions than irresponsible outsiders, whose suggestions are usually crade and impracticable, This being so, the application of the final para the Colonial Secretary's letter, to which you direct attention, Inappropriate, and uncalled for, and suggests to our minds unreasonable captiousness and Ignorance of the true posliten.

If the Government had proposed to bear the lose that followed from their legislation, we would have been disposed to view the matter differently; they would then have had an interest with the employers of labour. As it is, they have ane, and to seek to increase the favoluntary losses imposed upon the community of this Colony in ite Dame of 'loyally' is little short of madness.

We have the honor to be,

Dear Sir, Your obedient servante. (Signed) BUTTIRFIELD & SWIRE. F. Henderson, Esq, Secretary, Chamber of

Commerce.

Hongkong, April 8th, 1895. Fallation Henderson, Esq, Secretary, Hongkong

Chamber of Commerce. Dear Sir, We have to acknowledge your letter of the 3rd instant enclosing copy of a letter dated the and idem addressed is the Chamber by the Colonial Secretary with reference to the present Coolie Strike, and to reply we beg to state; that regards paragraph (1) No offers were made to indirectly by any Chinese to supply us with us directly or cooties for stevedore purposes at any rate of pay.

(3) The two

01 stevedores who

con

The Government by their letter of the and April appear to desire to throw the responsibility of the continuance of the strike apon the community. It is admitted on ell sides that the community, more especially the whi plog strike was not an ordinary labour strike, but we

protest on the part of the coolfes agafost the

recent legislation.

Under the circumstances stated above we think the recent crisis above the absolute for the Government being armed with cient powere to take exceptional action at such a time, and in addition to these powers we suggest that all Guilds and Chinese Societies shall be made to register, and to provide the officess and of the doings of the society: also Government with a record of the names of their that all the book and papers of such guilds or secret societies be open for inspection by the Government whenever such a course may be desired.

You are at liberty, if you so desire, to forward this letter to the Colonial Secretary,

We are, Dear St.,

Yours faithfully,

(58) DODWELL, CARLILL & CO.

** KISS ME, JACK, AND LET HE GO."

Oxos, long ago, I was witness to a dust in California, The two ton had been bosom friends, but had guarrolled about (of course) woman. Splendid stood in a clear space among the plus trees near follows both-young, bralny, and ambitious. As they Sacramento, palo na lies, steady as rooks, weapons in hand waiting for the word, the rising sun shining thwart the line of vision, they prosented pieture too often soon in 1854. The pistols cracked almost untouched; the other fell upon his back and lay simultaneously. One man stood erat, evidently straight and still. Brends, surgeons, and spectators rushed to his ride. He was "all there," mind as wall

body. "No, don't disturb me," he said coolly to the doctor, I'm shot fatally and shall die in tre hand, his antagantst came and bent over his erstwhile minutes. Call Jack and ho qulok." Pistol still in

chum. The excitement among the crowd was intense boy," he said, "forgive me and forgive her. Klas me the dying man alone was calm, Jack, my darling old

with Jack lying across his body, orging like a baby. and let me go." minnte more and he was dead,

After I have told you another and very different story, I'll show wherein they tesol the same lesson.

There is no tragedy in this one, terertheless it is of wider human interest than the other. A woman had been ill tore or loss all her life. The details are commonplace enough, and yet they will appeal to millions who care nothing for the feelonates of young

mon in tovo.

At times," she says, I suffered from pains at the back of the head, and a sense of weight, and felt tired and wonry, rot it was not from work only. I had a strange feeling, too, of something hanging over me, as of some evil or danger that I could not explain or define.

My appetite was variable: sometimes I could at anything and again I could not touch any food at all. But I was never land up, as it werp

the weakest but really is the strongest potat in this Please note the last sentence. It may seem like lady's statement, We will tell you why in a moment. She goes ou: "Still I was often in misery, but got along fairly well until August, 1800, when I had i severe attack of rheumatism. First the great toe of my right foot and the thumb of my right hand grow hot and painful. After a time the trouble extended I was simost bant deable. Month after month I was to my back and hips. I could not straighten myself, treatment proved of no honest to me in December, 1891, the pain almost drake me mad. My face was

of no benefit me... In wollen to nearly twice its natural sise, and my sym were so covered by the enlarged lids that I could carcely see. There was a constant ringing in my more, and the doctors sald I had wysipelas.

do almost the entire work of the vessels con- signed to us were in each case most axlogs and energetic in their endeavours to get labour for us, but were unsuccessful owing to the coolies belog afraid to return to work, One

"For day

and days I could not walk across the of those nevederes did provide us with the fore only for some time I was able to move about by taking hold of the furniture or other objects: men required for superintending the loading of When all other means had been tried and had falled charging of the Port Adelaide, in spite of the me. A single bottle did me a deal of good. I kept the steamer Carmarthenshire and the dis- Mother Beigel's Carstire Syrup was recommended to threats reported to have been made by the on with it, and soon was stronger and is bettier striking coolies,

health than for forty years peeriously. I still takes We have stevedores ; we have written understrading notwithstanding my age (58), and the change of ao signed contract with these occasional dose and continue in good health (unsigned by us) that the work for vessels con-

life. I tell everyone what the Syrup has done for me, signed to our care shall be done at not exceeding and give you permission to pablish what I have said. certain rates

Had the Government, before Tours trilly (algusd), (Mrs.) MARY JANU Liveund, willing the letter referred to, asked for informa-15, Walker's

Yorkshire, October 18th, 1898. the Captain of a steamer is ir directly respon it This er most. Pain is in proportion Now for the lesson of both these incidents; what sible to his owner for the proper stowage and extremities

that it is not people in desperats discharge of the cargo, is almost all cases the appelaiment of the storedare is left to the

to the resistance to discuss. Those who surrender, Master, and that the latter generally follows ment largely remitted. Dying persona as the most who are in despair, who give up, have present punish. the advice of his agents in the selection of

stevedore, the agents presumably having administer their own anodynes. Those who are so comfortable of all. Hopelessness and dissolution a better knowledge of the current charges and

laid up, who are lil and yet work and struggle, need capabilities of the various stevedore Arms, play and help. This lady was one, and to stan -(1) Having no contracts WO could Take

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With regard to Items 3 and 6. I think it will be found that Bamber of the principal ship ping firms, this Company among the rest, did take combled action prize to the first public meeting at the Chamber of Commerce, notifying their compradores or stevedores that they would be held responsible for the failure to carry out agreements whether verbal or writes. This, I consider, as far

WAS ME could reasonably be expected to go at that stage

their

tion on

vas the shipping firms | legal steps to compel ras sievadores to suppi""/ Mother Saigal always provés a friend.--| Adot.

coolles to the vessels in port consigned to us.

of the strike, as it would be a matter for sub-So far from remaining passive and desiring to

sequent consideration whether recourse to law

sary or advisable. wis necessary or

With regard to

to the closin

closing paragraph of the Colonial

Secretary's letter, I would state as my opinion that the return to work this morning of the striking cooller, and the defent of the

cast the entire responsibility of bringing to a satisfactory

termination

apen the ment, we, on the

cansmence. contrary, from the commen ment of the Sirte, endeavoured to ascertain through our Chinese connecilons what was the reason for the stilke, and what action could be

bring this to an end, We ourselves are not

strikers without compromiss on the part of the † adopted to most spot whipowners, we act

Government or the shipping community, in due mainly to

to the following three causes First-The combined action of the shipping firmas

prior to the first meeting at the Chamber of Comment

from them authority to procure cargo and only for various owner and keid passengers for their vessels; we have no authority to enter into contracts on owners' behalf Second-The firm stand taken by His Excel- to import labour or to make any other arrange- lency Governor In refusing to accede to any ments to supply labour for

the

for the varsels. modification of the law.

Is your letter you sule us for an expesssion of

Third-The combined fim attitude of both Government and commually eince the second meeting at the Chamber of Commerce s not forgetting the valuable services rendered

Yery by the Police, the Sailors and the Soldiers, in farnishing men, over since the strike broke out, to work ships. And last, but not least, the firm determination of some of the Companies to

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them with 1,000 to 3,000 coolies at the usual The loss to the shipping community has been stevedorage rates, stay so, as stated in his enormous, and the inconvenience most daimesa- | paragraph 1. And it is not a frot. Last such and annoying, the annoyance being greatly offers have in mach case been deciland, etc, ate. aggravated by our apparent inability to wat at a mod fact that is no instance does it

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appear

that any of the arms, etc, wc," as per Consequently, if I am not digressing directly | paragraph 44 MAN

what should constitute my reply to your It la 'n fact that pàs of our large Mall Linen communication, may I before closing my better recaivað an oder lärough a log firm from takes the liberty of suggesting to the Chambof Chinman to supply that with coolies for Commerce (comprising as it does members of sterndars purposes de omndition, that a soniract almost every salpping him in the Chlogy) h HDDs now be made aga advisability of representing to the Ge

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Cures Glandular Swellings.

Clears the Blood from all Impure matter. From whatever cause, arising.

It is a real specific for Gout and Rheu

matic pains...

It removes the cause from the Blood and

Bones.

As this Mixture is pleasant to the taste, and warranted free from anything injurions to the most delicate constitution of either sex, the Proprietors solicit sufferers to give it a trial to test its value.

THOUSANDS OF TESTIMONIALS. Clarke's Blood Mixture is sold In Bottles an gd. each, and in cases, containing six times the quantity, 11-sufficient to effect a permanent cure in the great majority of long standing cases, by all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendor throughout the world. Proprietors, the Lincoln and Midlands Counties Drug Company, Lincoln, England. Trade Mark-"Blood Mixture,"

CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURE. CAUTION-Purchasers of Clarke's Blood Mix. ture should see that they get

the genuine article. Worthless imitations and substitutes are some. times palmed off by unprincipled vendors. The words "Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Company, Lincoln, England," are engraved on the Government Stamp, and." Clarke's World- famed Blood Mixture blown in the Bottle, without which none are genuine.

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