Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The General strike of 1893 was a general strike in Belgium ordered by the General Board of the Belgian Labour Party (POB-BWP) on 12 April 1893 after the Belgian Parliament had rejected a bill proposing the introduction of universal male suffrage the day before.This general strike forced the "terrified" bourgeoisie, who feared a full-scale revolution, into making concessions to the Socialists. But according to Henri Pirenne, "the leaders of the Belgian Labour Party were also terrified in the face of events that were no longer under their control".Although universal suffrage was not adopted, a compromise system of plural voting was adopted. Under the system, all male citizens were entitled to vote, but those with education or property were entitled to several votes while poor, uneducated men were entitled to just one. Universal suffrage was only adopted in 1913.. }
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- 1893_Belgian_General_Strike abstract "The General strike of 1893 was a general strike in Belgium ordered by the General Board of the Belgian Labour Party (POB-BWP) on 12 April 1893 after the Belgian Parliament had rejected a bill proposing the introduction of universal male suffrage the day before.This general strike forced the "terrified" bourgeoisie, who feared a full-scale revolution, into making concessions to the Socialists. But according to Henri Pirenne, "the leaders of the Belgian Labour Party were also terrified in the face of events that were no longer under their control".Although universal suffrage was not adopted, a compromise system of plural voting was adopted. Under the system, all male citizens were entitled to vote, but those with education or property were entitled to several votes while poor, uneducated men were entitled to just one. Universal suffrage was only adopted in 1913.".