Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-06
INTERNATIONAL LABOR CONGRESS


Delegates From the Leading Nations Wi
| Meet in Brussels ON the 10th.
The Brussels international labor congress
or, as IL il now called, the international soci
alist workmen's congress, will assemble il
Brussels on Sunday, the 10th instant In spit,
Of miserable management and intrigue on tn,
part Of the ruling spirits in the affair, tn,
meeting will be largely attended and import
ant Norway, Sweden, Holland. France, Ger
! many, Austria, Switzerland. Hungary, Spain
and Italy send delegates, while for the first time
| in the history Of labor movements Poland will
| be represented and q contingent from the
United States is likewise expected.
The following subjects are to be discussed a,
the congress:
/. The present condition Of the laws protect
ing workers from the national and international
point Of view, and the means to be employed to
render such laws moreeAective.
2 The right OF coalltloni how is 1t secured!
J he international aspect Of strikes, boycotting
and the trade union movement.
3. What is the position and duty of the work.
ing classes with respect to miiitarism?
4. The attitude which the organized workers
| the Jewish question. proposed by the Amer
lean Union Of Workers speaking the Hebrew
language
5. How parliamertarism and universal suf-
frage can be utilized to the advantage Of the
socialist workers cause The tactics which
should be employed to bring about the
emancipation OF the workers and the means
by which this can be realized. Dutch pro-
posal.)
6. On the alliance Of workmen's socialist
parties with the middle class political parties.
z On the suppression OF piece work.
8. The LIST OF May international celebration
to be consecrated to the principle of the eight
hour working day and the international regu-
lation OF labor, together with the universal
affirmation to be made by the proletariat in
favor OF the maintenance OF peace among all
nations
3. Adoption Of a general and uniform des-
ignation to indicate all the labor parties in the
world. CThe central revolutionary committee
proposes The international socialist party
the Belgian workmt MS party proposes ii he
international socialist work mems party.'O
10. Serious and practical organizations. la)
international correspondence between work
men; (b) universal working class statistics;
lc) international understanding between work
ers OF all trades, to be secured by the creation
in each nation of Q syndicXi committee ana of
an international syndical or trade union com
mittee: ID by the regular communication OF
different information, and by means OF an in
ternationai socialist almanac translated in sev-
eral languages and appearing annually; lej by
tries.
ii. Proposal TO bold the next international
congress i'll Chicago in 1899. and an interna-
tional demonstTa ton in that town: designation
of the date of the next international socialist
wolkmens congress.
The grievance of the English is that the labor
party, OF a few individuals who manage these
affairs, have taken upon themselves, without
consulting those concerned, to open uegotia-
tions with the Marxist party and persuade the
latter to send delegates to brussels. 10 obtain
this result the committee had 10 abandon the
four rules they had pledged themselves to en-
force when at the posslblist congress Now
the Belgians appear as holding two mandates
one from the possiblists and another from the
MarXists.
Numerous protests were made. and finally
the English trade union congress. represent
ing 100000 English trade unionists, decided to
abstain from sending delegates. Nor lis it
likely that many individual English societies
Will be represented, As circular issued by the
Brusseis committee appears to be worded
with the express purpose of keeping trade
unlonists away. The congress is no longer
called the international worhmen's cong ess
but the internationalist socialist workmen's
congress. The trade unionists who are not
socialists may, therefore, feel themselves no
longer concerned, nor is there cOncIiatory
sentence in the circular or an argunien, or
a reason given to induce trade umionists to
come.