New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06
"rMN0TABANKER," PARKS
REPLY TO HUNGRY CHILD.
More Unions Drop from Parade Last
Suffering Families Complain.

In spite OF the efforts OF the old Board OF
building Trades 10 make the parade to-inorro''
which e INTENDED as a vineication OF pam
Parks a success every day seems TO fesseh 'ie
,hsnces OF a big Demonstration. Last year :
..abor Dav parade. which was the biggest held
sa many years. when every one had been WORK
ing tor months end the Board OF Building
.--,deS represepted by ,hirty-nine unions. was
- The zenith OF its power. boosted OF twenty-five
thousand men in line. This year, so far as can
l.c learned eight building trades unions VIII De
represented by the organizations paraOille Is
a body Others are 10 he represented either Os
walking delegates riding n carriages or oy N
Giv!dual members parading.
The greatest detection. IL was learned yes-
terday. VIII he in the ranks OF the Housesniths
and Briaeerren's Union. The candid statement
OF Robert f. Neidig. president Of the union. AFTER
she meeting on Friday night that he had too
much self-respect to parade behind Parks
whom he characterized as that convict" has
had considerah bic influence Many OF its mem
here who have wives and families to support
are angry a. the prospect Of continued ioleness
which the action OF the union at Mannerchor
Hall on Friday might makes apparently ineFlta-
he IN they stick 20 the union. and they VIII
follow Neidig's example Some OF them nave
been called 10 task by their wives many OF
vso-, have now come 20 be the breadwinners
talk Of the women publicly denounoing Parks
during the aarsde but this was not believed TO
be probable.
HOUSEHOLDS COMPLAIN.
complaints are coming from number Of
households II poor fare and impending want on
account Of the present Labor trouble.
As Parks was leaving Maennerchor Hall AFTER
midnight. when ihe meeting 81 Friday night
fr41e sir Kho
ing ~ him wistfuuy said that her father. a
member Of the union had been idle for three
months. and that the family was in want. Parks
looked al the little girl not unkindly, but merely
said:
Well ] can't help il. I'm not banker.
The Milan 70 Dust Parks as . leader at the
meeting ~ the union on Friday night though
,he meeting Was the hest attended that has
been held FOR years. and included one thousand
or twelve hundred Of the conservative members,
Who want peace and are tired OF the methods or
the Parks faction. fell through because Its sup
portere were oNeTaNed me iued =. N. ~. -
party IS that II the employers asrocld1loh So
that the union was IN the hands OF the consefNa-
tive element the Iron League would sun be VIII
ing 20 confer with IL as body in oroer 10 enc
she building shutdown eilectually. Ihere Is an
other union which the employers recognize am
which il growing rapidly. and the hardworhlt
men fear that II the regular union does not
come to terms with the employers soon there
VIII 10 lit lie work 10 he done.
PEACE ELEMENT ovERAwED
The men who were 10 make speeches 81 the
meeting in favor of peace remained silent They
allowed motion to De carried directing Presi-
dent Buchanan OF the International Association
81 Bridge and Structural Iron Workers 70 order
or again the strikes in outside cities against
three mem bere Of the Iron League which he de-
clared Of as being ordered irregularly. Though
this resolution cannot compel President Bu-
Chanan 10 recorder the strikes. II keeps open the
zap between the employers association and the
union. That Parks. however. n not so his a
man as he was four ive weeks ago was
shown when he left the hall on Friday night
He was not carried down the stairs, and when
some one shouted, Three cheers for sam
Parks there little . no response. Some
Of tie leading meE ~ the anti Parks faction. II
vas learned yesterday ha1 concealed revolvers
for protection.
81 the thousands q uniforms a. Mannerchor
ban 20 be sold a. s. ~ each 10 the house
smiths who viii parade. not one-third have been
sold According 10 some Of the iron workers
who are opposed TO Parks. less than one thou
sand iron workers viii he in line
The parade viii start al u a. m At Fifty
eighth-st and Fifth-ave. and the route viii he
down Ffth-ave. 10 Washington Square. The
parade wiz he reviewed ~ Twrufv-thrd-st. by
Congressman sullivan. Senator Tom" Grady
and others
Other independent unions viii observe Labor
Dax by holding picni,E ard outings one of the
biggest n these viii he the annual picnic and
games of the Eccentric Association OF Firemen
~ Celtic Park. Laurel Hin Long Island