The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-12
SUSPEND sam PARKS'S UNION.
HOT SESNITHS RULED OFT or
THEIR NATIONAL BODY.
Buchanan. the President, Who Ordered
the Suspension. in a Fist Fight With
the Secretary, Parks Follower

the Suspension, IN Fist Fight with
| the secretary, Parks Follower
Bitter speeches al the Meeting.
The trouble between the Housesmiths
and Bridgemen's Union of which Sam
Parks has been the controlling factor,
and the International Associationof Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers, OF which IL
is a part came to a head last night when
National President Buchanan suspended
| the charter of the local body.
The letter Of suspension says that the
union has broken the agreement between
the International and the Manufacturers
! and Erectors' Association. Then the
letter says:
Investigation has also developed that your
officers have been guilty Of maliciously false
| statements against the International OFF,
| GERS.
In addition to all this. your business agent
10 violating the constitution of your local as
well rs the constitution OF our national
| organization by assuming control of strikes
when they should properly be controlled by
your executive board. You have also al
lowed your business agents or they have
assumed the authority of so doing, to secure
the discharge Of members OF your organza-
ton who were not in sympathy with them.
BY reason OF the foregoing and the serious
consequences which the International or
ganization must suffer il it permits you
to 20 unpunishsd, ! am constrained as presi-
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. 10
declare your. local suspended. your charter
and nights II a1 70 the
feited.
This letter was read at a meeting of the
local union in Mannerchor Hall last night
at which Parks was present. Buchanan
was not, nor was Robert E. Neidig, presi-
dent Of the local. Others present were
! Capt. Tighe OF the East Fifty seventh street
| station and about fifty policemen.
Parks was in a warlike mood and made
several speeches deHouncing newspapers,
Neidig and the absent members Of the
union. Finally he got around to tie letter.
| Il have got a piece Of paper here he
said, fourishing Buchanan's letter. How
Shouts of $50" $500" and $4,000
came in reply.
Il could roll off $50 900 for it, said Parks,
"as easy as rolling off a log And the fellow
as they say he got. If the man didn't
get $4,000 for this letter he ought to 60
and jump into the North River tonight.
| I'm not considered slick, but I know
| that's what it's worth, and if I'm at liberty
| in two weeks I'll 60 to the national con-
venton at Kansas City and show them just
what it is
NEEDY has been tool pigeon for the
| District Attorney for the last few months
| and Buchanan is the worst and meanest
! kind OF scab | ever met The first thing
| he did when he came here was not to come
to US; oh, no, but our enemy, Mr.. Eiditz,
and try to make arrangements with him
Charles Massey resigned as q delegate
geant at Arms Keller, this largest man in
the union, was elected in his place.
The letter of Buchanan was then tabled.
Buchanan, it was learned yesterday,
had a physical encounter In the Ashland
House on Thursday with John W. john
ston, secretary of the International and
follower of Parks. Buchanan has called
off certain out-of-town strikes called by
Johnston.
Buchanan and Johnston had a quarrel
over this matter in Buchanan's room.
Johnston called the other man liar and
Buchanan rushed at him. President Rob-
ert E. Neidig of the local union, an anti
Parks man, was in the room and grabbed
Buchanan. Johnston hit Buchanan in the
face, knocking him down. He then
kicked him in the side and on the jaw.
Buchanan jumped up, rushed at John
and then Johnston fed. He went down
stairs six steps at a time, ooatless and hat
less, with Buchanan following.
Johnston was just in time to leap on
a northbOund Madison avenue car going
at full speed and Buchanan missed the car
Seeing further chase was useless he re-
turned to the Ashland House