Julien Simyan

Julien Simyan , born with Cluny, in Saône-et-Loire, in 1850, died in Paris in 1926, was a political personality of the Third French Republic. Notable Burgundian, mayor, general adviser, appointed radical socialist, it is called by Georges Clémenceau in October 1906 to occupy in its government the post of under-secretary of State at the Stations and Télégraphes, near the public Minister for Labor and of the Stations and Télégraphes. It holds this ministerial wallet of second plan lasting nearly three years. Of parliamentary anonymity that it was, rather classified in the left of its Party, it is projected in the forefront of the topicality at the time of the general strikes of the post-office employees who paralyze the postal and telecommunications authorities during first half of the year of the year 1909.

the elected official of the Saône-et-Loire

Resulting from an old family of Clunysois, provider of republican opponents under the Restoration then during the Monarchy of July and under the Second Empire Julien Simyan makes studies of medicine. Extremely network braided by its " clan" , it Miss very quickly community activities (he is doctor mental specialist), local electoral mandates and direction of newspapers in the reduced perimeter of the southern area of the department of Saône-et-Loire, Mâconnais. It thus has the support of the principal radical daily newspaper of the department, the republican Union , published in Mâcon. Mayor of Cluny on several occasions, general adviser of the canton of Cluny, it is elected appointed of his department, first once in 1885, on a list " radical-socialiste" , where it represents the extrème Republican left of this mobility. Not representing itself at the time of the elections of 1889, it is beaten in 1893, in the 2nd district of the district of Mâcon. Its rival, Henri de Lacretelle, former companion of Lamartine, does not represent himself at the time of the elections of 1898. Simyan is then elected appointed and he is re-elected regularly until his election like Senator of Saône-et-Loire in 1921.

In his department of origin, Julien Simyan seems a " a long time; extrémiste" radicalism. Its support, in 1901, with the minors of Montceau-the-Mines at the time of the Strike which lasts more than three months, is worth this reputation to him. Thus, the anarchistic journalist Charles Malato presents it in a relatively benevolent way, under the features of the " Dr. Paryn" , in the novel militant which he writes on this event: the Great strike .

the under-secretary of State at the postal and telecommunications authorities

The press of the time supports that the new owner of the Stations and telegraphs would undoubtedly have preferred Agriculture that the station " technique" postal and telecommunications authorities, where it depends on the public Minister for Labor, Louis Barthou. However, as Clemenceau it is accommodated, followed well by a reputation which classifies it towards the left of the parliamentary hemicycle. Dice November 1906 all the factors revoked at the time of the strike of the factors of Paris of April 1906 are reinstated in their employment. But it multiplies awkwardnesses quickly, and causes the growing hostility of the post-office employees and telegraphists by presenting a reform of internal advance, by publishing vexatious memorandums, while cutting down on the " hours of nuit" , etc… an incident at the time of a manifestation of the travelling post-office employees under the windows of its administration, in March 1909, causes the intervention of the police force in the same rooms of the telegraphic Central Parisian, street of Grenelle, the arrests and the immediate judgments of imprisonment of seven post-office employees. Among them, the leader of the General association of the travelling agents and its counterpart of the telegraphic exchange… Julien Simyan intervenes personally in the service, and according to consistent testimonies insults, of the ladies telegraphists which apostrophize it. It is done by it. The first massive strike French civils servant begins following this accumulation from false-not. Clemenceau promises the reference of sound under Secretary of State to calm the play and to put an end to the strike. In fact it of it is nothing. Julien Simyan keeps his place until the fall of the Ministry. But no head of government ventures himself to propose from now on one following the ministerial career of the Burgundian deputy.

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to see the bibliographies of the articles:

French Trade unionism of the postal and telecommunications authorities
Strikes of the postal and telecommunications authorities

the Illustration , numbers of the March 20th and 27th 1909.
Dictionary of the French members of Parliament: Third Republic .
Benoit Yvert: Dictionary of the ministers (1789 - 1989 ). Perrin, Paris, 1990.
Christian Henrisey: Post-office employees in strikes, 1906 - 1909 . THIS South-east postal and telecommunications authorities, 1995.
Charles Malato: the Great Strike . Paris, 1905. Work republished in 1999 by the editions the Character moving, with Montceau-the-Mines, with a foreword of Rolande Trempé.

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