The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-04-03
POSTAL STRIKERS Of |.
!. H FRANCE / |: v. WIN VICTORY
Strike Which Involved Thousands
s# Of the Workers Of Paris
b at an End -.
French Government Employees
Make Premier Clemenceau =
Yield-Wor Resumed, -

French Y Government Employees
Make Premier Clemenceau !
Yield Work Resumed. =
PARIS, April 1.-The great strike
of the employees Of the department of
posts and telegraphs which involved
tens of thousands OF workers in Paris
and the provinces and paralyzed bust
ness here for nine days, has ended
with, a victory for, the strikers. It Is
generally conceded that Under Sec
retary sinyan, whose obnoxious con-
duct, together with the proposed sys-
tenn of promotion by marks instead
OF seniority, was the cause of the
strike, will be quietly disposed of and
thus the men will be satisfied.
At a largely attended meeting of
postal employees yesterday morning
Secretary .Pauron fthe employees
union gave assurance that careful
examination showed no discrepancy
between Premier Clemenceaus
speeches to the strikers deputation
and those which he delivered in the
chamber Of deputies. Pauron added
that he had heard M. Clemenceau
re1terate what the union was prepared
to do if the governments engage.
ments were not kept .-..
"A vote was then taken, with the re-
suit that the strike was declared off.
Rulers on Their Knees.
One OF the favgorite orators assured
the meeting that the strikers had dealt
a death blow to favoritism and nepot-
ism. He said among other things:
when yesterday in the premiers Of
flee I saw our rulers, so to spreak, on
their knees asking for peace I felt
that we were strong because we were
resolute. To go further would be
faulty tactics.
The meeting decided that work
would be resumed in the afternoon
after deputation demanded that M
Clemenceau withdraw the soldiers and
police occupying the postofftces.
This request was complied with and
the strike committee telegraphe the
decision of the striking employees to
return to, work broadcast to it's ad-
herents in the provinces. At 2
o'clock in the. afternoon the strikers
returned to work in procession, each
member Of which wore boutonniere
of mimosa. The postmen gallantly
escorted the telephone girls to their
bureaus, upon their entering which
the waiting officers greeted them with
cheers and kisses.
Premier Clemenceau, anticipating
the return of the strikers, had re-
lieved the soldiers from duty, and the
employees resumed their places with
out incident. 49,
The conservative press froths with
rage at the outcome Of the. struggle.
The Temps says: "The strikers sep
arated after the meeting with shouts
Of victory the right word for the
situation 1t is impossible to dispute
the com plete triumph Of the strikers =
Unions Success Complete.
The paper maintains that the gov
eminent has done nothing but make
concessions ever since the chambers
vote Of confidence on Friday Moth
Ing is wanting in the grea TRADE un-
IONS success. All other categories of
civil servants, all Co operations hav-
Ing the means Of exercising pressure
on the public powers by a concerted
strike, all who can initiate the postal
employees example will prepare
henceforth to present their claims un-
der the same menacing form.
The Journal des Debats treats the
settlement as complete government
surrender. 1t says:
THAT the pusillanirlity of the Min
istry and chamber Of deputies should
cover such an event with complete
amnesty, without even the pretense of
repression, is one of the most aston
fsh1ng scandals of contemporaneous
history. It is an alarming symptom
Of decomposition, disorder and all
archy."
Naturally the union and Socialist
organs are jubliant over the strikers
triumph and declare that now the
right Of the school teachers to Or
ganize and unite with the other labor
unions can be no longer denied, as It
has been shown that public servants
can use their organized power with
out e1cesses. The adherence Of the
postal employees union to the General
Federation Of Labor is now regarded
as only. a question of short time.
Jaures' paper, "rHumanite," de-
scribes the outcome Of the strike as
the most revolutionary event since
the commune" -
'L'Act1on," Republican Socialist,
says it marks the entrance of trades
uniontsm into the constitution. and
will make the republic life Of to-
morrow what the revolutionary fore
fathers intended it to be, and Ia
Revolution" the syndicate organ, calls
it blow straight in the face Of the
government and summons the probe
| tariat to new and greater victories.
NO MORE LEASING 49, 49,