New-York tribune., 1908-08-02
LABOR LEADERS kNELL
REYOLUTIONIST RIOT.
Pouldce and WOrkers Hike Dis
sted-Bmlding Resumed.
Especial BIZ French Cable to The Tribune.
fCnnrrishf zoos hr The Tribune Association.

copyright 1905 By The Tribune ss-ocationl
Paris. Aug Thursdays siotinK at VILE
Neuve. Saint Georges. comes as wholesome op-
tect lesson for the government. and has opened
the eyes of the public TO the real aims OF the
Labor Confederation. which are nothing less
than to establish the Commune and replace the
tricolor by the red flag. which was so impu-
IDENTIFY Haunted for several hours on Thursday
the face of two divisions of cavalry.
In the Rue Montmartre yesterday the red nag
was hoisted haifmast with crepe for the
martyr. of ville-Neuve" and by a paste
board eff1gy hideously decorated with red paint,
representing the deca ptated head Of Prime Min
lister CIemenceau, was impaled on sansuinary
pole These seditious emblerns were removed by
the police The Premier, always quick 10 ascer-
tain the real demands of the public, is now de-
termined the iron hand and to deal dras-
ticaN-- with the leaders of Thursdays riot. which
had nothing to do with strikes or the Industrial
question as falsely proclaimed. but was a pre-
concerted combat in the hope of overturning the
republic.
The feeling now is that this is the death knell
of the Labor Confederation. the chiefs Of which.
citizens Griffuelhes and Pouget. were the first TO
abandon their own men at Ville-Neuve and fly
back by train to Paris carrying their red flags
in their pockets. as soon as the euirassiers MADE
a serious advance. The Labor Confederation
had succeeded in mobilizing about FIVE thousand
professional reyolutonistS, most of whom were
armed with revolvers, but the genuine working
men of Paris now refuse TO pay any heed TO the
proclamations, orders appeals of that as
sociation.
The public feeling is of admiration for the dis
cipIine and patience of the troops. who for hours
were exposed to the insults and revolver shots
of the mob, but who refrained from hring upon
their assailants until after twelve summonses TO
disperse had been issued to the rioters. The
hearty manner in which large numbers of
masons carpenters and excavators have re-
sumed work to-day. and the refusal Of the cleo
tricians bakers and butchers to obey the orders
of the Labor Confederat ton for general strike,
show pretty clearly the waning influence of that
star chamber of the social revolution.
To-day even the redhot Radical Socialist Mar
eel Sembat who has hitherto given his entire
support to the Labor Confederation. had nothing
TO saw when asked about the responsibilities for
The conflict, although he described Premier
Clemenceau as a butcher. Socialist newspapers
denounce the Labor Confederation. The Rap
pei" the organ Of Emile Combes. counsels the
working class to abstain from compromising
itself in adventures conceived by agitators and
revoutionaries. which can end only in disaster
TO those who ALLOW themselves to be led astray.
Under the heading, Labor Confederation
Against Nation" Emile Chauvin. Deputy for
the Department of the Seine and Marne, says in
the Radical Socialist Action: Days such rs
Thursday will soon see the last of this anarchist
organization because the nation wants no civil
wars or riots 1t is too much presumption on
the part of the leaders Of the Labor Confedera-
ton openly to make war the government"
C. l. B.