The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-09-12
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PARKS UNION
DESERVING HIM.
Few That Remain In tho Hard
Struggle With Fuller Go.
HOUSE sE;MTHS FORMNEW UNION
Employers Turn Walking Delegate Down
Hard, and VIII Hip Koihng 10 Do
with Hlm.
HOUsE;MITHS FORM new UNION

New York. Sept i2.-The hardest blow
that Sam Parks the convicted walking
delegate. has yet received came when
President Samuel P. Mcconnell. OF the
Fuller Construction company. fatiy told
committee OF Parks henchmen that he
contractors of his company TO employ
members OF Parks union.
President Mcconnell practically chal-
lenged the United Board OF Building
Trades. Of which Parks ts president, to
go ahead and try 10 tie UP work on
all of the u large buildings which his
company is putting up in the city.
When the attitude assumed by the Fun
er company became known II was pre-
dicted that within week or ten days
fully 1000 ironworkers belonging TO
Parks union would desert that body and
go over TO the new housesmiths' union.
which is now the only organiza tion OF
ironworkers recognized by builders and
contractors. The new housesm,ths union
has already a membership OF l.5oo. more
than II needs to fil all OF the Jobs avail
able.
That Parks realizes his union is rapid
ly disintergrating and threatens to leave
him stranded high and dry I'm the midst
OF his troubles. with no backing to rely
upon. was shown yesterday when he and
President Buchanan, OF the Internatio
Housesmthe' union, made a plea TO the
Employers association and to the Iron
League for recognition, Both OF these
organizations turned down Parks over
lures, sharply telling him they would
have nothing to do with him. The fact
that Parks made these overtures was
regarded as surprising confession OF
weakness.
HOUsESMTTHs ACT AT ONCE.
Parks housesmths union will meet
at once at Maenenrchor hall In East
Fifty street. 10 take action on the
refusal OF the Fuller company TO force
Its contractors to employ only members
OF unions belonging TO the United Board
OF Building Trades. Action will also be
taken upon the failure Of President r.
4. Neidig. OF the housesmiths TO march
In the Labor Day parade.
tThfe~s the housesmiths' decide 10 fight
the Fuller company by trying 10 tie UP
all OF its building operations, they will
IL IL said. henceforth cease 10 be factor
In the labor situation in this city. The
Fuller company confidently expect a fight
and claim 10 be ready 10 meet n along
the line. They say that Parks and his
men will have TO fight or back down
and fade out OF sight. The issue OF the
fight will. IL ts believed. settle the long
building tie-up for many years TO come,
and also put an end TO Sam Parks as a
labor leader OF power.
The committee from Parks board OF
building trades called upon President
Mcconnell at noon. The committee con-
sisted OF James Lasker and James r.
Nugent Of the steamhtters Helpers:
H.
Alexander Nelson. OF the Stonecutters.'
and Richard Carvel of the Riggers
They demanded that l.. ]. Prentiss.
who is doing the steamftting work on
the building at No. ~ Broadway. and
Richey. Brown & Donald. who are doing
the ornamental iron work on the But
terick building In Spring street employ
only members OF the unions IN the United
Board.
NOTHING TO DO WITH PARKS.
II told them said Judge Mcconnell
later. that the Fuller company would
not interfere with It's suo-contractors
but would compel them to work out their
contracts, employing whatever men they
saw ht. This applies to housesmiths
and other trades We must permit the
sub-contractors TO employ their own men.
I suppose that this means we won't hear
anything more until something drops
with dull thud meaning that the men
hnve been ordered out-on all our
iobs"
Parks. who used 10 be very friendly
with the president OF the Fuller com
pany. Rad private conference with
Judge Mcconnell prior TO the meeting
with the committee and vainly tried 10
get him 10 reach a decision favorable 70
his union.
Parks went 70 the Rutterick building
in the morning. II was expected that
the ~ housesmiths who went on strike
would return ~ work. but when Parks
saw the police ani detective guard at
the building he demanded that they be
sent away. When asked " he would
guarantee that the members Of the new
housesmiths' union would not he modest
ed by his men he gave an unsatisfactory
answer. and the contractors refused 70
remove the police guard Then he and
his men went awsv. promising 20 return
at p. m but Parks didn't show W
again
All 81 the lsoorers who quit work on
the Putteri-N building when the Parks
men went on strike were discharged yes
terday and will not be re-employed
Sarah a country girn--1 say. father.
what ala that city char mean by saving
ne had transforued the nid elm, grove