The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-20
TOILERS OF THE MINES.
EuTOpt'S GTimY Slaves Nearer a Union
Than Was Supposed.

Sympathy With the Extreme Social
istic Views of the Belgian and
French Miuers-The English Dele
gates Finally Withdraw From the
Congress.
Berlin, May 19-Despite the riOtous
scenes among the miners delegates at diff
ferent times, the international congress
has shown that the miners of all nations
are nearer a union in thought and action
than was generally supposed. At no con
ference of academic socialists has such
near approach to international solidity
been made as at this meeting of working
men.
From the outset, the English delegates
were out Of sympathy with the extreme
socialistic views Of the Belgian and
French miners. They showed small ca
pacity to understand the continental
point of view, and looked askance at the
men from the Pas de Calais and
Charleroi- districts who made rabid
stump speeches on the beauties of
the sOcialistic state and denounced fer
wildly the capitalists and bourgeoise. At
some of the early sittings this ranting
/ bid talr TO crowd out the practical bust
ness Of the congress. Ben Pickard, the
| president Of the British Miners Fedora
ton, eventually deprecated such proceed
ings in a speech which marked broadly
the line Of difference between the English
and the continental delegates.
ATTITUDE OF THE GERMANS.
The German delegates, guided by Lieb-
| knecht and Singer, while keeping IN close
touch with the Englishmen for harmony's
! sake, withered under the enforced sup
preston of political discussion and
grumbled at the summary manner in
which the British cut down debate La
mendin and the miner mayor, Calvignac,
who have the French socialist habits
of expansive oratory, were stricken
with amazement by the English
proposal of as three minute limit on
speeches. The suppressed excitement
and oratory of several sittings broke cut
in the demonstration which ended in the
withdrawal of the English delegation.
The Belgian delegate Callawaerts.
charged Chairman Wilson and his English
colleagues with consuming three fourths
of the congress time with commonplace
resolutions
| CHARACTERIZED AS A FUNERAL.
Delegate Lamendin characterized the
proceedings under the English leadership
as funeral Of the first class. The con
sensus of opinion to-day is that Lamendin
was right and that the next
international miners congress might bet
ter be left to the workingmen Of strong
socialistic bias, the moderates of the
Prichard group being left to meet by them
selves, or not at all. In the Norwaerts
to-day Herr Iiebknecht reviewed the pro
ceedings of the congress and points out
the unity Of purpose which characterized
all the utterances of the continental
delegates.
PACIFIC UTTERANCEs.
The revised report of yesterdays sit
ting, moreover, modifies the statements
that the English left the hall without
any words of farewell. It seems that be-
fore quitting the chair Delegate Wilson
briefly expressed his regret that differ
ences over matters of small Importance
had divided the congress, especially as
on more vital subjects such gratifying
harmony Of opinion had prevailed. He
hoped that this harmony was not to be
disturbed. The English miners would
always be glad to cooperate with the
miners of other nations for the
good of their classes. These pacific
words was drowned by the uproar
of the French and Belgians. Herr Lieb-
knecht says that Zimmerman, German
delegate, called out "Godspeed' as the
English men left the hall. After thus
smoothing the deepest wrinkles out of the
report Herr Liebknecht says that
the rest amount to nothing, that
the congress was great sue
cess and that it foreshadows
interna tional success of the socialists all
over the world He calls the adverse
criticisms of yesterdays proceedings as
printed in the non-socialists dailies, 1.-THE
ISLANDERS emanating from the hireling
scribes of the police and capitalists"
80, a SOP TO THE ENGLISH.
II was at the instance of Herr
Liebknecht and his German colleagues
that Ben Prichard was elected secretary
of,the next Congress, with Wow of heal
ing the, breach between England's miners
and the French aud Belgians. The cleo
ton was merely a compliment, as there
was little eRpectat ton that Mr.. Prichard
would accept the place.
Among the striking incidents of the
congress was q great commers, given in
honor of the delegates on Thursday night
More than 1000 Berlin socialists were
present and an enormous quantity of Ba-
varian beer was consumed. The Typo
graphical Society Of Berlin chanted the
the workingmen s 'Marseillaies." Several
dAclaimers gave poems on tho future
of the proleteriat of all lands, and
; the most conspicuous proclaimed the
speedy overthrow of capitalism and the
establishment of social harmony with
everything naturalized. The French and
Germans exchanged fervent fraternal
greetings without mention of the reichs-
land The celebration continued until 2
o'clock in the morning The English
watched the show in silent amazement.
CHAMBERS OF AGRICULTURE.
The lower house of the Prussian land
tag viii begin on Monday the debate on
the bill to establish chambers of agricul-
ture, aud will continue it through Wednes-
day. The conservatives and national
liberals have agreed to support the meas
ure after amending 1t, and therefore IL
probably viii pass if the upper house has
no objection TO the changes.
The landtag will close early in June
The colonial council has been sum
moned to meet at the foreign Office
toward the end of May to discuss the Sa-
moan question. In Official circles, as al
most everywhere else, outside a small
group of anti-colonial radicals, the opin-
ion is that any surrender of German
. rights in Samoa to England is utterly i'm
possible.
The socialists are boycotting seven
, more breweries 10 get revenge for the dis
missal of socialist workingmen. The boy
, colt has not the sympathy of the public
! From the beginning of the strike Of the
coOpers' and brewers assistants the men
have been sustained with the official fund
Of the social democrats. AS thirty-two
, Of the largest brewers have answered the
! nv !.