New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-06
PRINTERS WILLING TO-
MEND THEIR WAYS
Want to Do What's Right,
They Tell Federal Dis
triCt Attorney.
NO INDICTMENTS
NOW ARE EXPECTED
Conference May Be Held with
U. S. Authorities on Complaint
of Doubleday, Page & Co.


The federal grand jury inquiry into the
methods of the Allied Printing Trades
Council OF this city. To determine whether
that body had violated the antitrust
law. is likely TO end in a friendly settle
ment of the ISSUES involved. Officers of
the council and their attorneys conferred
yesterday with II. Snowden Ma. shall.
United States Attorney. and offered TO
cooperate with the government. authori-
ties. II the authorities convinced them
there had been violation OF the law
they were willing TO revise their methods.
they said.
Peter j. Brady. secretary OF the Allied
Printing Trades Council. with Abram !.
Elkus and Joseph NJ prpskauer, counsel
for the unions. called OH Mr.. Marshall
and suggested u conference. and Mr..
Marshall intimatcd he would probably
grant one. At least. ito indictments are
expected. and the lesality Of the matter
probably will he tested in a evil suit
unless an amicable settlement IS reached.
The case appears to re taking tie same
turn as have several inquiries under the
antitrust law here recently where viii
ingness TO comply with the law has been
shown by the parties complained against,
provided a violation is proved Mr.. Mar
shall said the authorities were not at all
convinced that a violation of che law
had been committed Doubleday. Page
~ Co. which requested an investigation
charged that the Allied Printing Trades
Council had been instrumental in calling
strikes on photo-engraving firms in Phila-
phia and Boston who were doing work
for them. 1t was alleged this constituted
a restraint of trade.
Mr.. Marshall said ihat precedent !Or the
present investigation was found in the
decision in the Danbury Hat case, where
the unions boycotted al hats manufact-
ured by the firms involved. The decision
declared the case a violation o. the
antitrust law, and was comprehensive in
its application. Mr.. Marshall declared
that the fight between Doubleday, Page
& 60. and the unions had nothing 10 do
with the inquiry.
Secretary Brady of the Allied Printing
Trades Council issued statement last
night in which he said counsel for the
unions had assured Mr. Marshall they
had nothing to conceal and offered the
fullest cooperation in investigating the
unions.
I'VE are confident that this inquiry will
result in the complete eXoneration OF the
unions" said Mr.. Brady. I'VE know that
none of Us has ever consciously been
guilty of any wrong, and after consulting
with our counsel we do not believe that
we have been guilty of even a technical
violation OF the Sherman law. We have
done all we could legally to aid those who
were friendly TO ourselves. rather than
those who were hostile To us. We 90 not
believe that this constitutes a crime
The unions in the printing and allied
4 AIDES have always prided themselves on
the fact that they were law abiding. They
have never been guilty Of violence or
other illegal conduct. We attribute the
lodging of this complaint to the hostility
Of one or two employers. We are conf
Gent that the fling of these charges can
only react against those who have made
them"
Several witnesses from Philadelphia
were examined before the grand jury
yesterday Among them were H. A.
Gatchen, Of Gatchell, Manning Co,
photo engravers; George w. Mcintyre, of
the Electro-Tint and Engraving Com
pany: A. s Barnes, secretary OF the Al
lied Printing Trades Council of Philadei-
phia. and Archie HamptoH, secretary oil
the Philadelphia Photo Engravers' Union.
Barnes produced correspondence said
to have passed between the New York
- i1C
bearing upon the subject of orders
to the Philadelphia unions not TO work
for the firms which had contracts with
Doubleday. Page q Co. When Barnes
asked for the letters to be returned As
sistant United States Attorney Harper
refused to do So Counsel for the unions
asked Judge Hollster, in the District
Court. to order the papers returned, but
he denied the motion.