Show CHINESE SHIPPING IS IS BADLY CRIPPLED SAN FRANCis FRANCISCO March 13 United Press The Press The local Chinese shipping trade out of and other Chinese ports Is severely crippled at the present time Iby by the strike of pf stevedores and stewards according to reports of ot shipping men reaching here from the Orient More afore than steamers mostly plying In Oriental and Island trade are tied up uti In because of the strike It is said The strike Is said sald to be spreading to the of affiliated lines outside outside out out- side of the stevedores and stewards Headquarters for the strikers Is at Canton where the mayor maor of the city Is Issup sup supporting their demands and aiding the I strikers ers financially Strike benefits of 8 cents a day and a a. package of cigarettes are given to the faithful It Itis ItIs itis is said The strike is a result of the refusal of Chinese shippers to meet the union de demands demands demands de- de mands for an increase of wages amountIng amounting amounting amount amount- ing to a month |