New-York tribune., 1903-06-12
DELEGATES SYSTEM.
4 NATTER OF BUSINESS-
Parks Rearrested on a Fourth Charge
of ErtOrtiOn.

While the investigation Of the ways anu
means Of the walking delegates continues 10 re-
veal remarkable and general evidence OF a sys-
-er1 comparable only to that of the samohhs
combine I'm its palniest Gays the main deFeiop-
nan, yesterday was the rearrest of Samuel j.
Parks on q fourth charge Of extortion Tne ne"
cese which involves the rather small amount OF
saon &c chiefly interesting for the astonishing
,a+.r,ents attributed to Parks by Josephus
Plenty. q Jersey City contractor, on whose am
aaxit the new charge rests. When Plenty ap-
realed 70 Parks 10 settle strike he declares
that Parks remarked:
We'll if you're business man and willing
10 deal with this in business way, 1t can De
settled purely as matter Of business
When Plenty ventured 10 inquire If it were
customary for people TO subsidize delegates IN
this fashion he says he got the answer:
That's the only way business can be carrieo
on o,jerlv and without annoyance"
Plenty also remarks that at that time Parks
rliled ont a huge roll of bills like that DeVery
keeps In stock and announced. i have just
settled big Ihing and here is my share or IT,
This share according to Plenty. was more tnan
81 on0 Plenty swears that at that time ne
thought Of the fact that the Board OF Aldermen
had few hours before passed the Pennsylvania
Tunnel franchise.
HOW BIG is YOUR CONTRACT"
= is NOT less significant that when Plenty ap-
,esled 10 Parks TO call off the strike, which was
brought by a Jersey delegate named Doian VINO
called out men who were working on the new
steamship piers of the Hamburg American and
Sorth Germany Lloyd Steamship companies,
Parks AZ once inquired, How big Is your con-
tract7'
Learning that 1t was for four small sums OF
s5 5oo zach Plenty swears that Parks said that
since the contract was small $500 should be
enough TO settle the delegates complaints
We'll. If make this concession. in view Of
che situation. 1 won't be knocked down again,
will II" Plenty says he inquired. and received
the reassuring answer: ''Oh, no. When we
make an agreement We keep it, 1t is matter
of business and we look at it purely as busi-
ness proposition"
Confronted with an awkward situation and a
contract on which there was a forfeiture,
Plenty says that he made appointment 10
meet Dolan and Parks the latter asserting
that he would bring the Jerseyman to Bre-
voort Hall the next day. The contractor says
that the next day he provided himself with
checl, for 5000 made out to Samuel Parks.
and met Parks on the sidewalk at Brevoort
Hall When he produced the check. he de-
clsres that Parks said: We'll. / am sorry that
we can't FIX this up. and that il Will have 10
stand over another week until you can bring
the bills
cradle pickering. which went on in saloon. and
IN which Delegate Farley of the House Paint
ers Union took part he made the check pay
ahIa 70 bearer that it then indorsed by
the proprietor of the saloon. and cashed at a de-
r,artment store When the money came back
Parks. according to Plenty. counted out SO and
put it aside and pocketed the rest. He then sent
for Dolan and said to him:
THE STRIKE CALLED OFF.
Don't you know that you have enough work
of your own without going into the skyght line7
You will let MIR. Plenty alone TO manage his own
business The upshot was that Dolan assented
AS he left Plenty says he inquired how long the
agreement would stand. Its good for a year.
we'll let you alone for a year; but should rec
on7nnend your avoiding trouble by putting that
Young man Indicating Dolan) your payroll
Plenty declined. and. he says. Parks continued;
We'll il you don't know how to manage il come
to me and I'll show you how TO do it"
Plenty was accordingly somewhat surprised
when his men. who had gone back to work di-
rectly after Parks took hand. began to muir
-nur and Dolan to him with q fresh de-
mand In his affidavit Plenty says:
told him I thought the ma tier WAS settled.
and that l had paid him TO settle IL -. r,,
you haEen palq ne P 10 nTfbing 5id
Yes I did I answered. i gave HIM 800 and
The eida1 get any Dyrgn@.gt m0nsg P84s. fn5
certainly won't stand for any agreement fdIhs
made
The outcome Of the matter was that the men
4 were presently called out and appeal to
Parks only elected the remark that he had moth
.ns to DO with the agreement TO bring
Dollar, and Plenty together. This last meeting
was as recent as June ;.
PARKS SUMMONED AGAIN.
Having secured the affidavit and check. Dis
t-ict Attorney Jerome called on ex-Magistrate
Brann Parks's counsel. 10 produce his client
After a little exchange Of compliments Brann
set out to find Parks. and twenty minutes later
he appeared. followed a second later by Devery S
Assemblynan Richard J. Butler, who came in
hot haste. Parks was arraigned before Justice
Mayer. and this case was set down for trial
with the others on June IL. No increase in bail
was asked by the District Attorney, and the
prisoner was paroled in the custody of his coun-
sci. Parks looks TO be sick man, and his ap-
,5earance bears out the report that he is suffer
ing from consumption in an advanced stage
Richard Carvel, the business agent Of the Der
rickmen's Jointers and Pointers, who was ar
rested Wednesday night warrant sworn out
by Thomas Hopper, charge of extortion,
was also arraigned before Justice Mayer yester-
day At the suggestion Of the District Attor-
.1ey who explained that he did regard Carvel
as quite as prosperous as Parks, the bail was
fixed at $1,000. This was furnished by Daniel
Meenan. q liquor dealer. who a Deputy
Commissioner of Charities under the Van Wyck
Administration. and at one time private secre-
1ary 10 ex-Mayor Hugh J. Grant. CarveTs ex-
animation was set down for June H. and will
take place directly after the Parks cases have
been concluded for that day.
JEROME SEES LABOR MEN