New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-31
UNION MEN CURSE PARKS.
National Strike, Ordered To-day.
Likely To Be Fizzle.

II the predictions made yesterday. not only
nv members Of the Iron League, but by MEM
bers Of the Housesmiths and Bridgemen's Union.
who have now turned against sam FarAs'
are fulfilled. the national strike Of ironworkers
against the Iron League ordered for to-day,
will prove q fzzle The inside irOnworkers, the
employers say will not strike, and outside OF
them not over five hundred. they declare, Will
be affected
The news that the strike was ordered brought
a large number of members Of Local No. 2 who
are still strike to the Ashland House. where
the international AMI local committees nave
their headquarters all day yesterday. "A sud-
den revulsion of feeling against Parks was man
ifested among a number Of ironworkers VINO
have been supporting him. and who are now
pouring maledctions his head. This feeling
was intensified when news reached the Ashland
House OF Parks's second conviction
Said striking member Of Local No. in an
undertone: Il hope he gets twenty years"
One or two conferences have been held with
in the last day or two between President Bu-
chanan and President Mcmahon. of the Inter
national Association of Steam Engineers. which
takes IN the hosting engineers and another
conference will take place early this forenoon
When President Buchanan seen at the
Ashland House he said the support Of the In
ternational unions I'm the building trades had
been guaranteed to him
The greater number OF the rank and file OF
the union were ready to denounce Parks.
Helped the union" said one of these men.
1.-The - he did, Got the wages up? Why.
- him. IT the union raised the wages
the union whose treasury depleted in order
that the ambition Of extortioner who used
the union for his own interests might be graft
fed. Look at me-a man with family. out OF
work for three months, not on account Of wages
but to keep him in power. While stay out
like fools members Of the Housesmiths' Union
of New-York making SEQ and SO week
working overtime. Their wages are 81 30 a day.
and they get time and half for overtime. and
double wages for work done Sundays and
during the Saturday half holiday"
Strong men. he said who were out strike
for months out Of mistaken loyalty to a silly
cause. were living on bread and tea. Their
families suffering the price Of their
loyalty. He believed that If the employers as
ISOLATION We're assured that the conservative
element would rule it would still recognize local
No. ..
Other strikers also talked bitterly, and one
of them, who had been out West, said that he
knew that in Pittsburg Cleveland. Boston and
Philadelp hia the strike order would be ignored
by the local unions. The inside ironwOrkers. on
whom the international executive committee
was depending to bring out ten thousand men,
would remain at work Outside Of that he
said. not five hundred would strike
Patrick G. Mcclure. secretary of the House
members of his union would join in the strike
They would stand by the arbitration agree
meHt they had signed
Il know" he said, that the members OF
Local No. are tired of the Parks element
The strike will be an absolute failure. The in
ternational association cannot expect support
from the American Federation OF Labor which
is holding back the charter the association ap-
piled for until the labor situation clears.