Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-28
OREGON SHORT LINE
AND UNION PACIFIC.
Petition introduced in Bridge
Workers Convention Regarding
Rate of Wages They Pay.
FAR AS KNOWN, NO ACTION TAKEN
The White Dove of Peace that Hoyered
Around Saturday, Has Been
Scared.

Kansas City, NO., Sept. 2s--The dove
OF peace that settled over the delegates
TO the annual convention of the Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers associa-
ton for n brief period on Saturday has
been rudely disturbed and this morning
the tension between the Buchanan and
Parks contingents was close TO the
breaking point. Before the convention
met today split seemed inevitable.
Sam Parks refused to discuss the eau
Gus he and his followers held last night
with the avowed intention of mapping
out u campaign TO capture the con-
yentlon and elect H. + Donnelly OF
Albany, N. T., as president, and Pres.-
dent buchanan was equally reticent In
talking of the alleged plans of the anti
Parks element to walk out If the tur-
bulent New York element should con-
tinue Its antagonlstic tactics OF last
week The report OF the committee
on the presidents address. In which
II was believed President Buchanan
would be attacked for his attitude In
the New York troubles. was one Of
the matters up for consideration when
the convention met this morning still
behind closed doors.
President Buchanan called the con-
vention to order as II nothing unusual
had happened since Saturdays session.
Before proceeding to business he adj
dressed few words to the delegates,
urging harmony, and saying that he
had only the best interests OF union
labor ut heart and wanted TO do what
would accomplish the most for labor
In general, He urged the necessity, es-
pecially for the effect 1t would have up
on the country at large, of a dignified,
business-like convention.
There was no attempt on the part Of
the Parks crowd to interfere with the
routine work in hand and any antagon-
istic action that they may have had
IN mind was postponed for the time
being.
Perhaps the most important happen
ing of the morning session was the
granting of the charter to the Archi-
tectural Iron Workers union, of Chi,
cago, with membership of about $50.
Mr.. Hill, president OF the Chicago local,
was given a seat in the convention but
without vote. This class of labor has
between 5000 and 5000 members
throughout the country, most Of whom
are already AFFILIATED with the Interna-
tional Bridge Workers and Structural
Iron workers.
Grievances presented by Detroit,
Kansas City and other locals were re-
ferred without action.
The following petition was presented
TO the convention.
we, the delegates representing To-
Gals l9 of Minneapolis, "a Of Denver, q
Of Salt Lake City. 10 Of Kansas City,
30 OF Des Moines and q Of Omaha, re-
quest that some action be taken TO. Sc
cure control Of the road work being
done by the several roads west of the
Mississippi river. There are a num-
Der Of fair contractors who have agreed
to recognize our union and pay the
standard wages with regulation hours.
We find that such roads as the Union
Pacific oregon Short Line and others
are paying their bridgemen as low as
SO per day for a ten-hOur basis. We
recommend that some action be taken
by this convention that would either
force these railroads to pay the stand
ard wages or TO let their bridge work TO
contractors who are fair to organized
labor"
AS far as could be learned no action
was taken upon this petition.
Daniel Brophy, who held proxy from
Scranton, Pa, and who was unseated
last week sat In the convention this
but without a vote Last week
when he was unseated he left the hall
In an angry mood and refused any invi-
tation to attend the sessions