The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-29
CROWD
KEPT THE PEACE
Degree of Harmony in the Kan
sas City Convention.
BROPHY NOW A SPECTATOR
PETITION FROM SALT LAKE
UNION AND OTHERS.

Kansas City, No, Sept. 2S.-The dove
OF peace that settled over the delegates
70 the annual convention of the Bridge
d Structural Iron Workers association
for a brief period on Saturday, has
been rudely disturbed and this morn
ing the tension between the Buchanan
and Parks contingents were close to
the breaking point Before the conven-
ton met today a split seemed inevita-
bic. sam Parks refused to discuss the
caucus he and his followers held last
night with the avOWed intention Of
mapping out a campaign to capture
the convention and elect II. T. DonneIly
Of Albany, n. y, as president and
President Buchanan was equally reti-
cent in talking Of the alleged plans Of
the anu-Parks element to walk out If
the turbulent New York element should
continue its antagOnistic tactics Of last
week. The report Of the committee on
the presidents address, in which IL was
beiieyed President Buchanan would be
attacked for his attitude I'm the New
York troubles was one Of the matters
up for consideration when the conven-
ton met this morning, still behind
closed doors.
Harmony Urged.
President Buchanan called the con-
VentiOn to order as IF nothing unusual
had happened since Saturdays session.
Before proceeding to business he ad-
dressed a few words to the delegates
urging harmony and saying that he
had only the best interests Of union Ia
Dor at heart and wanted to do what
would accomplish the most for labor in
general. He urged the necessity. espe-
cially for the effect Il would have upon
the country at large, of a dignifed.
business-ilSe convention.
There was no attempt on the part Of
the Parks crowd TO interfere with the
routine work in hand and any antago-
nistic action that they may have had
I'm 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 a membership Of about $50
Mr. Hin, 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
already are affiliated with the Inter
national Bridge & Structural Iron
Workers.
Grievances presented by Detroit
Kansas City and other locals were re-
ferred without action.
Petition Presented.
The following petition was presented
TO the convention:
We the delegates representing locals
- Of Minneapolis. "A Of Denver. p of
salt Lake City, 10 Of Kansas City. 80
of Des MOines and 81 of Omaha. re-
Guest 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 n number
Of fair contractors who have agreed to
recognize our union and pay the stand
ard wages with regulation hours. We
find that such roads as the Union Pa
cilc. oregon Short Line and others are
raying their bridgemen as low as So
per day for a ten-hour basis. We rec
ommend that some action be taken by
this convention that would either force
these railroads to pay the standard
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. who was unseated
last week, sat i'm the convention this
morning but without a vote Last
week when he was unseated he left the
han i'm an angry mood and refused any
invitation to attend the sessions.