New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-28
sTARTED WITH A BRAWL.
n1scRAcEFUL SCENES AT THE OPENING
OF THE SOCIALIST CONGRESS.

ANARCHISTS INSIST ON BEING ADMITTED 10 1hH
SESSIONS AND A FREE FIGHT RESULTS
DELEGATES PRESENT FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
,o,don Julv 27-The fourth International So
.,us, Trade Congress opened In this city to-
-, Nv Convey. a Northumberland miner. pre-
.,s.d and made an address Of welcome to the
..,.,so delegates. The delegates rose and
rheered anj then sang the Marseiiia'se' !"
rhich the audience joined
-rb. report Of the sectional meetings was read
D. lava majority Of the delegates voted against
~. admission Of Anarchists when the question
=, vbether they should be received as delegates
-. raised IN the Congress. The Anarchists
ho rsr. present with their credentials as
,rod.s nnionists insisted on the right Of
snsekinr The English and German delegates
,,sr,o,, onnosed their being allowed to air their
,,o,,s on any subject before the Congress, and
-,o,,o-ad for an immediate vote en- the question
Of their expulsion
nrc,orcea uproar followed. the Anarchists
,a ,be,r supporters icing apparently deter
,noa that they should be received as delegates.
The cba!rman's bell was rung Tor seVerai ''''h-
a t., vain attempt to secure order, both
.n,ad 20 storm the platform, and a most dis
,r.caf,I scene occurred. Their opponents raj
w.d IN from. Of the platform and hurled the An
.,chjsts back in hsticuf encounter
The delegates Of the British Independent La
nor party sided with the Anarchists in their
.eorts 10 command recognition. James Keir
Hsrdie. who formerly represented the Labor
marty in the House Of Commons, was conspicu-
y,
against the chairman 1t having been found i'm
noss,be to restore even semblance or order'
the chairman declared the Congress adjourned
until tomorrow. and ordered the nan 10 oe
cleared
A-ter adjournment the delegates formed IN
eroups IN the street in front of the hall and con-
t,nued their excited debates for time. The po-
lice. however. did not allow them TO tax uh-
,noeeted and the groups were contihuaiiy
broken up by orders from the constaples' WHO
reremptorily ordered them 10 move on.
Eight hundred delegates from all parts Oh r.u-
rome the United States Australia ana the AT
eentne Republic are attending the coIsiesa s,'.H%
Among them are 1GO representatives OF brltisn
trades unions Among the neiican ueiesa'cs
orc Tucien Sanial Of the Socialist Trade ana
Labor Alliance Matthew Magulre VINO repIe
sents the Socialist Labor Party or New-1el ses >
II Restold representing the brewery employees
and M Dalski Among the French delegates are
Of the Bourses du Travali o.,
Paris Lyons st. Etienne ana othsr lnuu''1 no ,a,
centres and the Federation or Syhulca.es. ~
carman delegates include two members OF the
II 4. expected that the Congress will he emo more
important than those held In PaTiS o III 1907 III
BRUSSELS IN 1891. and In Zurlch IN lN'o'
s,nc> last January, according 10 the recent uec-
laration OF Sebastian FaIre. one or thelr ieauers
in Paris the Anarchists have been "urheu una
,,ev would not be invited 10 take part In the IN
~ Tx0pfQH
terna tional Socialist Congress Oh Lo'uo" - -.
the Organising Committee OF thft CONGRESS ie'ee,
"a m. app;ication made by the "Freedom efroup
of Londonf an Anarchist association oil "hlch ee
mos, influential member is the famous Pr-nC~- hre-
yotLtne Who ca mot be called a leader. FOR Anarchy
does not recognize any kind of leadership. absolute
,rdivtdualism being predominant. 1t Is not sur
nrisIng therefore, that some Anarchists. oDeyihs
their own impulses, should have attempted 10 force
themselves upon the Socialist Congress. and thus
caused the disturbance reported by cable They
were determined fight the combined forces OF
the two other factions OF the Labor party.
/, s too often forgotten. or ignored In America
that all those in Europe who pretend TO work for
tho improvement of the condition Of the proletar1an
classes are divided into three great factions Inc
busy themseves excltsivey WIN
the best way increase the amount or wages anu
10 decrease the number Of working hours. and they
Tedae believe wh a the
political power. II they ever hope 70 improve thelt
IN ther of,icai programme all outbreaks Of
violent or -evo.utionary character. The Anarchists
hold in profound contempt any peaceful or parlia-
lnentary manoeuvres 10 conquer political power,
State municipal, since they are opposed TO the
maintenance Of any power authority. 1t Is nat
ural therefore, that thoy should not have been
invited 10 the London Congress- There is absolute
ncom "a toility between those willing 10. maintain
the governmental form. which they hope TO appro-
pi.ate 10 themselves. and those determined 10 sup
press any kind Of power and 70 abolish any kind
81 government The difference between them is
great, and carried to such extremes, tnat NJ Chau-
vin tho hairdresser Deputy in the French Chamber,
who is Collectivtst belonging that is; TO the
most radical branch of Socialism,, declared recent
y that the hrst duty and the first care Of the Col
sctvlss. II they ever secure power. would be TO
shoot down the Anarchists 10 the last man.
The proclaimed aim Of the present London Con-
gress IL 10 generaze Or rather. interna tionaliZe,
the work already done by the three former labor
congresses to larger extent still than they had
done The Congress OF Paris, in 1889 resumed the
seres Of International assernb bes, which had not
been held sino the fall of the Commune II de-
creed the per.odicty OF congresses and the hold
ing Of labor day in Europe every first Of May.
The assemblies Of Brussels and Zurich prepared
the programme OF internatio ldl Socialism and.
through the creation OF a general labor bureau IN
every country. they furnished the syndicates and
groups an effective organism for correspondence
and mutual relations. The importance OF the pres
tt London Congress will depend upon the attitude
which the representatives Of the British trades
unions assume toward the proposals of the Ger
nnsn. Belgian. French and other Socialists OF the