Keihan Railway Strike - Keihan Railway Strike

Japanese: 京漢鉄道ストライキ - けいかんてつどうストライキ

Also known as the February 7th Incident, on February 1, 1923, workers on the Beijing-Hankou Railway, China's largest railway at the time, held a conference in Zhengzhou to form the All-China Trade Union. Wu Peifu, a member of the Zhili warlords who controlled the railway, used force to disband the conference, and protest strikes began along the entire line from February 4. On February 7, he sent in the military to launch a major crackdown. Thirty-two workers were killed at the Jiang'an Railway Factory in Hankou, where the All-China Trade Union headquarters was located, and other trade union bases in Zhengzhou, Changxindian and other areas were attacked, resulting in more than 40 deaths along the entire line, hundreds of injuries, more than 40 imprisonments, and more than 1,000 dismissals.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

二･七事件としても知られる。1923年2月1日，当時中国最大の鉄道だった京漢鉄道(北京～漢口間)の労働者が総工会結成の大会を鄭州で挙行した。同鉄道を支配する直隷軍閥の呉佩孚（ごはいふ）はこの大会を武力で解散させ，2月4日以来全線で抗議のストライキに突入したのに対し，2月7日，軍隊を出動させて大弾圧を加えた。総工会本部のあった漢口の江岸鉄道工場で32人の労働者が殺されたほか，鄭州，長辛店など工会の各拠点が襲われ，全線で死者40人以上，負傷者数百人，被投獄者40人以上，被解雇者1000人以上という犠牲を出した。

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