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Show jj B O 4 ITALIANS SEEK ; TO LOIR 010 ! GLORY IH GENOA 1 Attempted Violation Reported To State Department at Washington RADICAL LEADERS SEE VICTORY FOR STAND Premier Threatens Employers Unless They Make Concessions Con-cessions to Labor WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 An attempted at-tempted violation of the American consulate at Genoa, Italy, by workmen displaying red flags who sought to force the lowering of the American flag during a funeral of workmen was deported today to the slate department. depart-ment. The report of the Incident was communicated com-municated by Vice Consul Murphy al Genoa through the American embassy at Rome. The funeral was of workmen work-men who had been shot during a clash with Italian polloe authorities In the! disturbances Of September 10. As tho procession wan passing the consulate a number of workmen rushed into tin building and tried t" enter ihc con-britf'a con-britf'a offiut UxJupgg UifAsn-rtra n flag to tialf mnst InrPspoi .. tin dead Vice Consul Murphy stopped the crowd, -cfusel jhe demand that th flag be lowered, and ordered tho crowd out of the consulate. The w orkmen I finally left after conelderabl! expos-1 tulation during which th";. were said I to have used Insulting language The Italian authorities promptly expressed ex-pressed regVdt over the incident. DIG ICTOR1 SJ EN MILAN, Sept. 10. leaders of the I onf, 'deration of Labor and workers generally seem to believe th hael won a great victory In the decision ol Premier Glolittl to appoint a commls slon to submit concrete proposals respecting re-specting participation bj workmen in the technical, financial and disciplinary disciplin-ary management of factories which was announced at Turin today. This commission's report will i.e made the basis for a bill which will embody mnr of the demands made by metal workers since they have occupied industrial in-dustrial plants throughout the country Repr cntatl es of workmen declare the premier took matters Into his own hands when he found employers determined de-termined to resist despite his counsel for moderation 1 MP1 l IN 1 VDIGN W I Employers apd their supporters voice indignation over the premier's intervention inter-vention at the present phase of the situation, after maintaining neutiallt when works were occupied. They say workers would not have been able to take over factories except "through the connivance of the authorities with criminals," and they accuse tho government gov-ernment of being "the humble servant of the Bolihevtkl." Nevertheless, employers em-ployers agree they must necessarily bow to the storm. TURK M s ( n ER1 D It Is declared Slgnor Glolfttl threatened threat-ened the emplov.rs with worse measures meas-ures if they did not accept the workmen's work-men's proposal, and assertion Is made that his firmness approached brutality' brutal-ity' when he showed his determination that the employers should sacrifice their rights witissut conditions In the interests of Industrial peace. |