New-York tribune., 1912-04-14

months ago as a result OF a general strh
of the garment workers in this city gar
it's decision on the points at issue betwes'
the employers and the workers Tne en-
ployes had raised the question OF dischafss
! insisting that a worker could be dischafse'
for incompetency only, while the employer
maintained their power TO discharge 10
particular unfitness. such as inability Y
handle velvet instead Of silk, as disuhc
from the question OF general incompetshes
The employers were sustained by the ooa!a
In regard to overtime, the board dee'aS
that the employers might put men on over
/ time schedules when they wished Ia'
contention Of the union men had been 'ha'
II one man were kept working after hosi'
the employer was obliged TO keep the wn0s
shop overtime.
Mayor Gaynor signed the wagner 'HA
which will permit the Public Service Con'
mission and the Board OF Estimate 10 en'"
into the contracts such as are con'eh
plated under the proposed dual TRANSIT ~
TEN, including the Interhorough Fara
Transit Company and the Brooklyn HsV'a
dispatched to Albany, without memo'sn.
dunn. and was signed at once by Govern"
Dix"
DEATH LIST OF THE WEEk
What we'll known persons have died y
the course Of the week." asked Busy Ma
Major General Frederick Dent GFsa.
son Of ex-President Ulysses s. Grant -.
comma nder OF the Department OF the ts'
of the army, died at the Hotel Buexhs
ham. this city, following choking s"'N
General Grant had been suffering 1--WE
diabetes and intestinal disturbances Nh'''
seemed. however, to be under control A..
Miss Clara Barton, founder OF 70.
American Red Cross and one OF the ~
widely known American women OF
dsy. died at her home, Red Cross ~ W"
Echo. Md.
Andrew Saks. for many years ens
New York's leading drygoods me'enc
died in his apartments at Sherry"
eral John II. Clark died at Aupufh -.
In his eighty-ninth year. He commsn "a
regiment that went from Cayusa Couass
the Civil War and was known for ress.,
In the history OF Central New i0's
Iroauols Indians. De witt {. Brown -
captain Of the guard of the 1rana vst
mandery, knights Templar OF New ,,.
State. died at Elmira at the age OF se'.sss
seven. Professor A. Lawrence N..l
founder Of the Blue Hill Metec'o',s
with an internauohs4 .,cs.
tion for his studies OF the upps'
phere, died at Boston. ,,,,,~n
David Thornton. a prominent feps ~
In the 18th Assembly District dso
home, In Brooklyn. william H. s., s" AZ
reputed to be one of the wes'.' p..
Flushings oldtime residents, peu Bs
sanatorium in Whiteston. ?.
was eighty-four years old lo.s,ooisl
Dickie. widely known as phiisn He
died at his home. In Guiiforu' S,illG
WAS eighty-three years old. Esahos' s,.nue
principal Of Public School 10. Eas" 'aderly
and ls3d street. The Bronx. die'
In the school building. a Johs
"rhe death in Syria was repor',S wv
Baldwin Hay. a former Philadslpn'A" ..n
had been living In Syria Tor me-. 49,, resort
and who had been the court o. pssSt
to the warlike Arabs Of the Sahs IN thdf
1t was to Mr.. Hay that they toos ',ons W
disputes, and on innumerable oc'al .S Sleek
was the final word which preventeu hIdS
shed. Gabriel Jacques Monod' ''Y ~. ~
r,an d,sd IN Versailles, France. nv .s,f
several professorships, inc'u. 90 r,s Eniu |
Of history at the University oi ~, dit1 ,
soldene, novelist and jou'ha'''
London, England"