International Socialist Workers Congress, Zürich 1893
The International Socialist Workers Congress in Zürich that met from 6 to 13 August 1893 was the third congress of the Second International. The congress passed the "Zurich resolution" which expelled anarchists from the Congress. On 12 August, Friedrich Engels was designated the honorary president for the day and delivered the closing address, the only time that Engels addressed a Second International period Congress. Resolutions. Before deliberations could begin, the Congress voted to exclude the anarchists led by Gustav Landauer, who left in protest. Engels later emphasised the need to remain separate from the  anarchists in his closing speech. The mandate of Rosa Luxemburg as a delegate of the Socialists of Poland and Lithuania, in opposition to the Polish Social Democratic Party, was also rejected. The congress passed resolutions on the eight-hour work day, the attitude of socialist in case of war, international manifestations on the first of May, the political tactics of Social Democrats, the protection of labour, the agrarian question, and the formation of national and international syndicates of professionals. Commissions also worked on resolutions on the international organization of Socialists and the general strike, but the congress ran out of  time and could not examine them. Motions were made on the question of Siam, on universal suffrage, and in support of striking English miners.