The conflict that highlighted the scenario is the differences between the patricians (Flavius and Murellus) and the plebeians. Flavius and Murellus are both tribunes that should take regard the political interests of the working class. The patricians insults the workers by calling them "idle creatures" while the commoners in turn shows no respect to the tribunes.
This scene is from the opening of the tragedy of Julius Caesar. The crowd celebrates Caesar’s defeat of Pompey. The behavior of Flavius and Murellus shows the description of the class conflict. They see the cobbler as a plebeian ruffian.
