The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-12
RAIL WAY AND POSTAL
CLERKS OUT AT PARIS
Unanimously Vote TO Strike
When Government Uses
Policy of Delay.

PARIS, May ll.--Ihc chamber of'
deputies, after stormy session of
tour hours today, adjourned the debate
on The interpretations on the postal
situation until May IL. The response
of the postal employees was quick and
decisive. Within half IN hour the fed
eral committee had issued IN order for
Il general strike, and the railway mail
clerks walked out in body, IN hour
later meeting OF COCO postal cm-
ployccs took up The battle and uuan-
mously voted TO strike.
No great enthusiasm was shown. but
determination TO force thc hand of the
government was apparent.
'tTbe government Is playing for
time; we must not be caught nap
ping WAS the spirit of the meeting
as expressed hy PaurOn, a dismissed
Posiman and one Of The most active
organizers of tile movement. DuriDg
the debate in the chamber. MN. sem.
bal and Willnl. SCIENTISTS. defended the
strikers. affirming their right to organ
iZc a syndicate as the only way Of re-
dressing their grievances, and charging
shc government with fainre to keep its
promises al the conclusion of the
previous strike, especially with regard
10 tho retirement OF NJ. Simlan. under
secretary Of posts and tclcgraphs.
Crisis Indeed Grave.
NJ Dcschancl considered the crisis
very grave, lie laid the responsibility
for the present situation largely on
parliamcDtarism.' which. he said,
was working in II vicious way, and nc
considered tho remedy would be the
Introduction of real civil service, based
N merit.
Nj p,rtLo,, ,,,;,,;st., :, 6 ,,,I,I. ,,-orl-e
the government 5 only spokesman, IN
sisted that neither he nor Prclnier
Cl"mcnceau had promised the dismissal
of Secretary Simyan. He produced the
official Journal as proof of what. he
said. Tho minister reaiiirned The gov
crnmenJ S unalterablc opposition 10 the
formation of syndicate among state
employees.
s'If parliament asks Us to reverse
our attitude. continued NJ. BarthoJ.
we viii retire and leave TO others the
ahdication which would be mortal
blow 10 the imprescriptiblc rights that
parliament holds from tho nation and
o the essential, vital and permanent
interests Of the nation itself.
Government Denounced.
Toward The close of the meeting of
.hc federal committee the speakers he
came more excited i'll their denuncia
tion OF tuH government. ~ caTcdtuic
Of NJ Clemcuceau was carried into the
hall amid boots and jcer>.
''Eou are Sighting for liberty of opin-
ION and liberty Of association shout
ed NJ. Psuron, land you must not re-
sumo work uutil YOU have obtained The |
right 10 unite as Il syndicate.
Permanent strike and branch com
mittces were created, and delegates
were dispatched to the provinces TO !
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tho strike. complete. The secret conf
mittee, composed of men whose names
were not made public, so that they |
might escape the government S surveil- |
lance, was abolished Dispatches were |
received from many cities announcing
ihe support not only of the postal en-
ployees. but OF the various trades
unions. The miners congress, now 10 |
session al Lens, also pledged aid.
The president of the committee de- |
carcd that tomorrow not letter must |
leave Paris.