The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-22
PARKS MAKING
SOME TROUBLE
Delegate From Sing Sing Meets
with His Union.
WILL LIKELY BE BOUNCED
CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE WILL
REPORT TODAY.

Kansas City, Mo, Sept 21.-Before
the International Bridge & Structural
Iron Workers convention met in an
nual session here today, sam Parks Of
New York. said:
Il have come here for the purpose of
making the fight 81 my life for labor
and ] honestly believe it is necessary
to make such fight. 1t seems that
some are fighting against the rights Of
labor instead Of for 1T. The delegates
from local union No. .. from New York
City. are going into this convention.
President Buchanan has no power to
suspend local union No. ? and we viii
go into this convention without him
dTance."
President Buchanan was reticent in
talking about the Parks delegates,
when asked about a possible fight in
the convention, and said merely:
81 do not believe We viii need police
protection
Parks in Evidence.
President Buchanan called the conven-
tion to order at 1880 and without at
] tempting TO address the delegates, intro
duced Mayor James A Reed. who eN-
tended the city's welcome. When John
Smith, an officer in the industrial coun-
/ ell of Kansas City, had finished his re-
Spouse on behalf of the convention. sam
Parks lumpe dto his feet He wanted to
I
as a gathering Of eorganized labor or as
a public meeting. Without waiting for
an answer, he went on TO denOunce in
I general way some Of those present There
were some in the hail. he said. not right
FULLY delegates TO the convention, and he
requested that they be removed. There
the floor AMI President Buchanan inter-
/ FupJed the New York delegate with the
statement that he was out of order.
Several delegates attempted to gain the
I attention of the chair, bu President Blu
chanan ordered the convention TO pro-
| coed with the next order Of business, the
unions.
Another delegate said: How can this
convention be called to order until ere
/ dentials have been passed on to show
who IS entitled to sit here2'
Out of Order
President Buchanan said: 'oThe motion
made IS out of order. The proper order
of business is the presentation of Gre
uenudis. ana no business can be done
| until the credentials have been passed
upon.
Parks sprang to his feet again. ct APP
prove of that ruling" he said, land when
they are passed upon you'll find "A lot of
members of Kansas City No. 10 thatH
I not be allowed IN the hall"
a member of No. 10 retOrted: It's my
opinion tRaL any man who carries an in
IeTn2uOn9l card Is all right to stay in
TINS convention. / hope that no mem
pei OF NO. 10 VIII take at heart this in
Parks again arose and fairly roared:
no one has more respect for Kansas
City members Of the organization than I.
But you'll find when you get down TO
examining credentials that a number of
persons Travelled all the way here from
New YORK and expect to get into this
meeting. I'm here TO help bar them out
and there are a whole lot more delegates
who viii be glad to disbar them.
Credentials Presented.
President Buchanan finally secured or
Ger and all delegates presented their Gre
Buchanan appointed as the credentials
committee J. p. Carey, William Shoup ]
j.. McNamara, Charles Winslow Michael
tlahertN, William 'McCarey and James
O'Brfen
This committee will meet this after
noon and hear evidence about contestiug
delegations and report TO the convention
tomorrow morning.
Before the convention adjourned TODAY
PRESIDENT Buchanan sand: 81 have sus-
pended No. for what 1 believe was suf-
flclent cause and will try 20 substantial
that befOrc the credentials committed
No. 2 is Parks, union
President Buchanan had preuared his
annual ADDRESS ia advance, but it was
stated this afternoon that ne would moi
deliver it to the delegates owing 10 the
disturbed conditions that have arisen
The credentials committee did nor meet
ulIll late IN the day and no indication of
what action they might take ON the
Parks delegation vase obtainable i'm s7d-
vance. Their report will not be conSid-
cred until the convention resumes lis
session tomorrow morning..