The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04
Received Forty-Three Votes to Forty
Cast for DonneIIy, the walking
Delegates Candidate.
CLOSE OF THE CONVENTION
BRIDGE AND STRUCTURAL IRON
WORKERS FINALLY ADJOURN,
with Both Factions Seemingly Pleased
at the Outcome OF the Several
stormy Sessions.

KANSAS CITY, Oct. 3-Frank Buchanan,
OF Chicago. won a final victory over Samuel
Parks and his following this afternoon,
when he was reelected president OF the
International Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers over Hugh F.
Donnelly. OF Albany, n. Y, by a vote OF
1orty-three TO forty. After the election and
while Mr.. Parks and his delegates from
New York were hurrying from the hall to
catch their train for the East the regular
order OF business was suspended while the
convention unanimously passed a resolu-
ton pledging full support to local No. 2.
the New York walking delegates union.
and he departed amid a storm Of applause.
Parks claims a majority of the executive
board.
The convention convened in this city two
weeks ago and each day has witnessed
bitter struggle for supremacy between the
elements led by President Buchanan and
Mr.. Parks. Mr.. Parks from the start as
serted openly that he would fight to the
end for the defeat OF the president for his
action in suspending local No. 2 for alleged
irregularities. He displayed a wonderful
amount Of personal magnetism in winning
the delegates to his support ard through
out the gathering has dominated it upon
many important questions. To-day, how
ever, President Buchanan won the upper
hand when at the morning session he sue
ceeded In getting the convention to adopt
motion 10 use the Australian system of
paloung In electlng all officers. 1t was
frankly asserted by Buchanan adherents
that many delegates who were favorable to
Buchanan and would vote for him on
secret ballot, feared to vote for him openly
because OF the fight that they asserted
Samuel Parks and his followers would
ultimately make upon him This assertion,
Mr.: Parks declared, was ridiculous and he
insisted that he wanted as much as any
body did TO see clean. fair fight Never
tneless he admitted just before the election
feated. Mr.. Buchanan was elected on the
first ballot and when the result was an
nounced he was cheered Justify.
NO PERSONAL ENCOUNTER.
Samuel Parks. sinking into his chair.
heard the result without comment except
to say: II lose" personal encounter
had been predicted If he should lose, but
after the applause for the successful can
didate had ended Parks and his followers
made no move 10 raise a counter demon
stration- Instead, Parks quietly counseled
those about him TO Hurry the rest
through"
Soon after the election ]. T. Butler of
Buffalo. who. though ILL., had forced him
self to attend the session that he might
vote for Buchanan, was half carried from
the hall In a fainting condition. A physi-
clan announced, however, that he was not
The other officers elected were Mr.. VIII
liam Mccain. of Kansas City, a Buchan-
aniter, first vice president; John j. Nc
Namara, Cleveland, o., Parks candidate.
second vice president; ]. w. Johnston, New
York city, secretary-treasurer. The only
real contest aside from that on president
IQt1ch
crowd nominating ]. L. Milton, of Pitts
burg. Johnston. the present incumbent
who Is a Parks man, was elected by a
The executive board as selected follows:
H. +. Burke. Philadelphia; j. Coakley.
Pittsbug; John Pollock, Newark, and j. J.
After the election OF the executive board
the convention suspended business and
adopted the following with hurrah, many
of the delegates mounting their chairs and
cheering Mr.. Parks and the New York dele
CATION as they departed:
Resolved. That it is the sense OF this
convention that the full support of the In
ternationaI Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers be given TO local
No in their struggle against the en-
pIoyers in the city of New York and that
the president and executive board are
hereby Instructed to use their best efforts
10 this end.
STATEMENT FROM PARKS.
Mr.. Parks left for Buffalo over the Wa
bash at o'clock this evening. Before
boarding the train he gave the following
statement: 'I am very well satisfied with
the action of the convention. came here
TO protect and defend the interests of No.
and to protest against the high-handed
and autocratic actions OF the president in
suspending No 2, and otherwise encourage
ing the enemies of said local. Every issue
has been fought out on its merits and
In every case my position has been sus-
tanned The convention by their action
has approved of the stand We have taken
In New York and in a few instances have
even gone further. namely, the stand on
the agreement between the inside and the
outside men, and on the apprenticeship
question. An instance OF the favor in which
No stands in the international associa-
ton is the first instructions to the incoming
administration in reference to New York.
We Will gp back and take UP the fight
where we left off, with the full support OF
the international association on, and with the
win the greategt battle ever waged against
organic I'd monopoly and greed. In gen.
eral way am satisfied, Tor l Will control
a majority of the executive board elected
to-day.
finally decided when the convention adopted
an amendment TO the constitution giving
the inside men representation at the ratio
of eight TO ten outside men. This settles
yexsd question Of many years s, standing rs
winslow OF Washington D. c., and Thomas
McGovern. OF Albany, N. Y, We're appointed
delegates TO the convention of the American
Federation OF Labor at Boston. H +. Dom
nelly, OF Albany, N. Y, and j. p Carey, of
Buffalo. were appointed delegates TO the Ma
tional Building Councils convention at In
dfanarolis. President Buchanan is also a
member OF each OF these delegations.
II Was decided that the headquarters of
the international association are to remain
IN New York.
Toronto. Canada, was chosen as the next
meeting place OF the convention.
Steel Workers May Strike.