The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-04
BUCHANAN is
AT THE HELM
President of the Iron Workers Is
Reelected.
The VOTE WAS VERY CLOSE
CONVENTION GOES TO TORONTO
NEXT YEAR.

Kansas City, oct 3.-Frank Blu
chanan Of Chicago won a final victory
over Samuel Parks and his following
this afternoon when he was reelected
president of the International Associa-
ton of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers, over Hugh F. DonneHy OF
Albany, n. Y. by a vote of 43 to 40.
After the election, and while MI Parks
and his delegates from New York were
hurrying from the hall to catch their
train for the east the regular order of
I. business was suspended, while the
convention unanimously passed a res
Olution pledging full support to local
No. ? the New York walking delegate
union. and he departed amid a storm
o. applause. Parks claims a majority
Of the executive board. Toronto. Can
ada, was chosen as the place Of the
next convention.
On First Ballot.
Mr.. Buchanan was elected on the
hrst ballot, and when the result was
announced he was cheered Justify
Samuel Parks. sinking closer into his
chair, heard the result without COM
ment except to say. 81. lose" A per-
sOnal encounter had been predicted #
he should lose but after the applause
ended, Parks and his followers made
no move TO make a counter demonstra-
ton Instead Parks quietly counsel
led those about % hurry the rest
through"
The other officers elected were VIII
liam Mccain. Kansas City a Buchanan
adherent, first vice president; John
Mcnamara. Cleveland. Parks candi-
date. second vice president. J. w.
Trn1n 49,
treasurer. The only real contest aside
from that on president was for sec
retary- treasurer the Buchanan crowd
naming James i. Melton OF Pittsburg-
tombstone, the present incumbent, who
is a Parks man, was elected by a vote
of As TO IS.
The executive board as selected. fol-
lows: H. F. Burke, Philadelphia; j..
Coakley, Pittsburg; John Pollock,
Newark, N J., and J. J. Barry, St.
Louis.
Cheers For Parks.
After the election of the executive
board the convention suspended business
and adopted the following with a nur-
rah. many Of the delegates mounting their
chairs and cheering Tor Mr.. Parks and
the New York deIegation as they de-
parted.
Resolved. That it is the sense Of this
convention that the full support of the
international Association Of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers be given 90 local
10. in its struggle against the employ
ers I'm the city of New York. and that
the president and executive board are
hereby instructed to use their best eff
forts to this end"
AR Parks left for Buffalo over the
Wabash at o'clock this evening. Be
fore boarding the train ne gave the fol-
lowing statement TO the Associated Press
representative:
'f am very well satisfied with the
actions Of the convention l came here
TO protect and defend the interests of
no. 2. and to protest against the high
handed and auTOcratiC action Of the preSl-
dent in suSDending No. =. and otherwise
encouraging the enemies Of said local
Every issue has been fought out on Its
merits ana I'm every case my position has
been sustained. The convention by its
action has approved the stand we have
taken in New York and i'm a few m
stances have ever gone further. namely.
the stand ON the agreement between the
inside and the outside men. and on the
apprenticeship question. An instance Of
the favor I'm which No stands in the in
ternational association Is the first IN
structiOns 10 the incoming administration
back and take uD the fight where we LETT
off. with the fuil support of the mteTna-
tioual association and with the con-
seriousness that we are right, and we viii
win the greatest battle ever Waged
against organized monopoly and greed.
III a general way. / am satisfied, for ]
will control a majority of the executive
board elected today
The status OF the inside or shop men
was finally decided when the convention
adoutcd AN amendment 70 the consutu-
ton giving the inside men representation
al the ratio of eigh inside to ten outside
men. Thi settles "A VcNcd question OF
many wears standing.