New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-17
Attacks Their Good Faith.

HourWich. on whose retention the locals
ara insisting. attacked not only the good
faith Of the manufacturers In their deal
ings through the protocol with theIr EN-
ploves but also the good faith oi me
union leaders. whom he suspected OF ACT
ine as agents of the manufacturers anu
finally the members OF the board OIL aI"l-
tration-I.ouis D. Brandeis. Hamilton ii"''
and Walter r. Weyl-before Whoh Ms
case IS TO be argued tomorrow lhJ's-
flee had resulted. he declared because the
hoard of arbitration had been too busy 20
besr complaints for six months, and De-
cause, also. the members were 100 o"SS
at any time to give the Afternoon tney
should to the disputes brought peIore
them.
In Illustration Of his implied charges
against the leaders Of the internauoH"l
union he cited an instance which occurred
in one shop when the foreman ap-
preached one OF the young CIR WORKER
with an insulting remark. Her reno"
workers arose from their machines anu
struck. The proprietor sent for Johh A
Dvcbe. secretary-treasurer of the inter-
national union according to the witness
and vhen the latter arrived called upon
him TO order the workers back 10 'net
machines. Dyche. he said. took out HIS
watch and gave them five minutes 10 re-
sumo work or be discharged.
Dvcba his face white and his voice
trembling, advanced to the front oil the
BOARD of Estimate chamber at the close
of Hourwichs direct testimony 10 defhahu
Of him that he apologize for the state
ment Hourwich explained that IN max
inc II he had been quoting the official rec
ords Of Local No. I. Dyche. still intensely
angry. asked him If he had not also READ
his denial OF the incident in a jewish
trade paper. Hourwich said he had not.
hut that II a mistake lad been made the
union record should be blamed, not he
Mrs. Hartman assured Mr.. Dyche that
he should have an opportunity TO correct
the testimony. and he cried out: 1T j.
absolutely false" and retired TO his seat
would Break His Head
"couldn't that case involving the insult
T. the young girl have been settled except
nv q strike?" asked s Thruston Ballard
one Of the federal commissioners
well" said Dr. Hourwch, look at It
from A human point Of view. Here's
brrta, man who approaches young girl
Of seventeen with an insulting remark.
VIVA, would YOU have done? Wouldn't
Won have been wrought up as were those
men and have acted irrprlsively?'
Down in my state replied the commls-
sioner. we would not have struck. We
would have grabbed the man by the
throat and broken his head for him.
That's what would have happened In
Kentucky."
Julius Henry Cohen. counsel for the
manufacturers association. who followed
Hourwich on the witness stand de-
nounced rourwich as the sole cause OF
nresent failure OF the protocol, as seeking
nv agitation and poisonous charges TO
break down the fabric so laboriousiy
erected TO insure peace In the garment
industry As n lawyer he considered the
methods OF conciliation for which the
Joint board Of arbitration stood one hum
.dred times more effective in the settle
ment OF wage disputes than the lawyer
advocate methods upheld by Hourwich,
and he said any one who had had the ex-
perience he had with IN, courts OF law in
this community would come 10 the same
conclusion.
.Svndicalism vs. trade unionsm-that is
the present situation IN the industry i'm a
nutshell, Madam Chairman said Mr..
Cohen.
The hearings will end to-day. Both
Hourwich and Cohen expect TO resume
the stand again.