New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-25
FISTS Guido WORDS
AT LABOR MEETING.
ClOakmakers, Embattled at
Cooper Union. Make War
Seem a Tango Tea.
FREE-FOR-ALL FIGHT
OVER DR.. HOURWICH
Rival Factions Accuse Each Other
and Police Are Kept Busy
Speeches Unheard.

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Had General Villa met General Car
rama. and Generals villa and Carranza
met General Orozco. and Generals villa.
Carranza and Orozco met General Mer
cado. and Generals villa Carranza. OrCz-
co and Mercado met General Zapata, and
Generals villa. Carranza. OroZco. Mer-
cado and Zapsta met General Huerta.
and
Had all of them decided TO gather in
Madison Square Garden and show just
what they thought Of each other
It would have been a dainty little tango
tea reckoned alongside of the actions IF
the members of the Cloakmakers' Union
when they assembled I'm Cooper Union
Yesterday afternoon to discuss that eter-
nal source of riot and bloodshed-peace
Ostensibly. the mass meeting was called
10 decide whether the action of the joint
board in accepting the resignation OF Dr'
Isaac a. Hourwich as chief clerk Of the
union should be ratified. There was so
much interest in the subject that twice
as many persons as the hail could hold,
even with the services of nine subway
guards. tried to get in. That all Of them
didn't is a bit of information YOU may
accept without question. The persons
who were kept outside promptly became
angry and decided to hold a rival meet
ing at Arlington Hall.
To start things off with general fight
ia which everybod could take part was
not deemed Just to the early arrivals,
who were entitled to the first opportunity
TO hit somebody. So IT was agreed that
a little family riot could be centred
around the choice OF chairman.
Therefore Abraham Reuben was named
as chairman. and right on time man
sprang up and slammed Mr.. Reuben on
the nose
That matter being disposed of to the
satisfaction Of everybody but Mr. Reuben
and the persons not near enough to get
a whack at him. several union members
decided to get the main athletic carnival
under way Therefore the members in
favor Of DR.. Hourwich yelled spies
al the members not in favor OF Dr. Hour
Wich, who Immediately shouted spies.
at the members who had shouted ii at
them.
All those present Immediately started
things with a right good will. Fists col
lded with jaws and noses and ears with
neat precision, and whenever really
well aimed blow found its mark the VIC
tim was draped over the back OF seat
until he could regain his breath and an
opportunity to hit somebody else. Some
men got three and four smashes each.
while others were cheated. receiving only
one or two. But the crowd was so dense
it was not possible to distribute the gifts
share and share alike. 80 each member
had TO be satisfied with what he could
give and take.
IL was rumored that number OF
speeches were made from the platform
during the performance, but that cannot
be verified, for il took all of ones time
keeping track of how the battle was
going.
Morris Vinchefsky. who writes poetry
when he isn't working steadily, got on
the platform and made an effort 10 check
the thing, but the rioters were so busy
they thought he was reciting The
Charge OF the Light Brigade as an en-
couragement 10 keep the crowd In mo-
ton. so what he did and what he meant
were absolutely different.
All pleasure is ephemeral. and il was
so with this. 4 btnch of policemen
came down into the hall, and on learn
ing that the union didn't have license
TO conduct fights stopped the whole
party
Clarence :. barrow. who defended
John Dynamite" Mcnamara and the
latter's brother, James "Nitroglycerine'
Mcnamara came in and made speech,
saying he wasn't in favor of a strike
unless the strikers could win which en-
titles him TO place in the advanced
thought cult. william A. Thompson said
something almost like that.
BY that time everybody was weary
from pugilistic effort. and ii was decided
10 put the Hourwich resignation TO a
referendum vote and let the members go
home and soak their arms in liniment
While all this was being done tho
board of arbitration, formed for the pur-
pose of deciding whether the protocol
under which the employers and employees
have been operating for four years
should be changed, met AT the Bar Asso-
citation. II was decided 10 appoint a
committee on immediate action. this
committee TO be made up of the chief
clerks OF the union and the manufact-
urers' association. These representatives
Will select a third member. and all oues-
tons between employe and employer Will
be decided by them-if possible.
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