Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1903-06-09
UNION LEADER IN TOLLS.
Charged with ExtOrting Money to Settle
Iron Workers Strike.
CHICAGO WATERS SECURING CONCESSIONS
Four Thousand Building Men walk
Out ut PittsburE and $4,000 Are
Expected to he Idle
Soon.

NE, *, June s.-samuei Parks,
business ent of the Housesmiths' and
Bridgemen's union. was arrested today
and held in bonds for hearing tomorrow
on a charge of extortion preferred by
President Paulson OF the Hecla Iron Works
and r. A. McCord, son of the president
Of the American Bridge company. 1t is
alleged Parks was given a check for S2,VOO
to settle a strike in the Hecla Iron Works
in May, 1902
District Attorney Jerome appeared per-
sonally at the hearing and asked for
heavy bail He said:
have received notice that this defendant
has collected large sums of money In the
recent subway strike am given to under
stand that he got 5000.
After his arraignment Park said he took
the check in question, but said it was to
be used for the waiting time Of the men
on strike. Frank Buchanan. president OF
the International Structural Iron Workers,
said today that Parks had shown the
check at one OF the meetings saying it
had been given him by the Hecla people
for waiting time. meaning that 1t was to
go toward paying the men for the money
| they lost while they were on strike. A
! large number of men received money from
the check
walters OBTAIN Concessions.
CHICAGO, June s,-Two additional res
taurants were added to those tied up by
| the striking walters and cooks today, al
| though nearly a score of managers and
| proprietors visited the strikers headquar-
! ters and signed the union scale. Several
prominent clubs have also entered into
negotiations with the union leaders and
one, the Washington Park club, is said to
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and bartenders.
Employees of the Union League club were
ordered out this afternoon and quit work.
Four Thousand Quit.
| PITTSBURG. June 8.-Four thousand
men were thrown out of employment
today and by the end Of the week it is
expected 5000 moro will be idle as the re-
suit of the action Of the Builders league
in ordering a general suspension of all
building work until an adjustment of the
difficulties between the stonemasons and
bricklayers has been reached.
ship Builders Suspend.
NEW YORK, June S-The machinists in
the yards of the Townsend-Downey Ship
Building company went on strike today
and in doing so completed a general strike
of the machinists In all the ship yards of
! the firms belonging to the New York Metal
Trades association in Greater New York.
New Jersey and on Staten Island.
Practically alis the local ship building
firms are members of the Metal Trades
association and the strike involves 2,Oo0 or
more machinists.
A meeting Of the Metal Trades associa-
ton was held today. following which H. C.
Hunter, secretary of the association. said:
During the past week practically all the
machinists who were members of the Inter-
national Machinists union, and who have
been in the employ of the members of the
New York Metal Trades association, en-
gagged on marine work, have gone on strike
ing At the conference held today to con-
slider the strike situation II was unani-
demands of the machinists and the associa-
ton will Immediately proceed to attempt to
break the strike.
Baltimore Bakers Quit.
BALTIMORE, June SIN consequence of
the refusal of the proprietors of the large
bakeries in Baltimore to grant demands
made recently by the Journeynen Bakers
union a general strike was begun today.
The union asks a minimum rate of S12 pei
week for bench workers, $14 for oven and
, dough workers and ten-hour day.
The large bakers affected were able to
supply most of their customers with bread
Can Makers Walk out.
SAN FRANCISCO, June s-Over 1,1OC
employees of the American Can company
went on strike this morning. The walkout
was due to differences between the Can
Makers union and the company relative
to the demand of the employees for in
creased wages and shorter hours.
Salmon Gamers on Strike.
VANCOUVER, b. c., June S.-The salmon
fishermen today declared a strike against
the canneries. The trouble is entirely over
wages.