On 11 March 1907 a signal for revolt was given by a group of Minervois winemakers in the village of Argeliers.
They were led by Marcelin Albert and Élie Bernard who founded the Committee for the Defence of Wine-making or the Argeliers Committee.
He organized a march with 87 winemakers to Narbonne for an interview with a parliamentary commission.
After his depositions the defence committee went around the town singing for the first time La Vigneronne which from that day became the anthem of the Beggars' revolt.

Élie Bernard was later appointed Secretary-General of the Confédération générale des vignerons du Midi (General Confederation of winemakers of Midi).
It was the Argeliers committee, which included all the producers, who prepared a response to the crisis.
On 14 March Albert Sarraut from Bordeaux, Senator for Aude and Under Secretary of State for the Interior, was admonished by Clemenceau for trying to plead for his electorate: "I know the Midi, it will all end with a banquet" he said to Clemenceau who was then President of the Council which sat at Beauveau in the Ministry of Interior.

On 24 March a first meeting organized by the Argeliers Committee was held at Sallèles-d'Aude in front of 300 people.
Marcelin Albert was noted for his oratory and charisma.
For the winemakers present he became the apostle, the king of beggars, or the Redeemer.
The principle of holding a meeting every Sunday in a different town was adopted.

On 21 April 10 to 15 thousand growers gathered at Capestang.
On that Sunday the first issue of Tocsin was published by the Argeliers Committee.
This was a weekly paper directed by Marcelin Albert with Louis Blanc writing.
This issue contained an address to Parliament to have a law voted against fraud.
On 11 March 1907 a signal for revolt was given by a group of Minervois winemakers in the village of Argeliers. They were led by Marcelin Albert and Élie Bernard who founded the Committee for the Defence of Wine-making or the Argeliers Committee. He organized a march with 87 winemakers to Narbonne for an interview with a parliamentary commission. After his depositions the defence committee went around the town singing for the first time La Vigneronne which from that day became the anthem of the Beggars' revolt.
Élie Bernard was later appointed Secretary-General of the Confédération générale des vignerons du Midi (General Confederation of winemakers of Midi). It was the Argeliers committee, which included all the producers, who prepared a response to the crisis. On 14 March Albert Sarraut from Bordeaux, Senator for Aude and Under Secretary of State for the Interior, was admonished by Clemenceau for trying to plead for his electorate: "I know the Midi, it will all end with a banquet" he said to Clemenceau who was then President of the Council which sat at Beauveau in the Ministry of Interior.
On 24 March a first meeting organized by the Argeliers Committee was held at Sallèles-d'Aude in front of 300 people. Marcelin Albert was noted for his oratory and charisma. For the winemakers present he became the apostle, the king of beggars, or the Redeemer. The principle of holding a meeting every Sunday in a different town was adopted.
On 21 April 10 to 15 thousand growers gathered at Capestang. On that Sunday the first issue of Tocsin was published by the Argeliers Committee. This was a weekly paper directed by Marcelin Albert with Louis Blanc writing. This issue contained an address to Parliament to have a law voted against fraud.
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