Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-20
SAM PARKS
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his men well Finding the graft so
e-isy he increased his demands until,
carried away by his greed and sense.
of power, ne mate Ms price 50 high
that the builders were a3doad to organ
lie against him. Il is difficult 10 say
just how much Parks has secured
through bIaekmail. It's 4 large sum,
and 10 not doubt but that it will be
charged Is the wofkingman III the
ag rNn.
.fia 1 maintaining h strike
Spartan in its simplicity. He or
ders the men ~. and they so r
they Want 70 ratarn 10 work against
is wishes lie lnlimidates them-in
fact, dses force III Its most brutal
form. Tie follows the tunnel gang
branch OF Tammany Hall politics. He
has an entertainment committee
mark the really d~elicious irong-that
attends II the ease of those misguided
men who wish TO work for a living
when Parks says they should not.
This committee, which Is generally
known as the Rnmdums,' goes to a
building where there is a strike on,
ana if they catch 4 workman back on.
his job they break his ribs and pound
hih sot lcng aso Il man haa nerve
enough I'd antagonize Parks a ! meet.
.ing of Local ~. ? The man had a
night iob on a building under eoastrnc-
tien aoNn ioa one night three or
four %undnms sot MIN ii 4 dark cor,
ner ana lftafalY tare ADJ the KIN and
part Of the aesh from hia fae The
man Scared III life + was rapos
sihle TO catch iht hrutes. In faef lie
nan himself did hot know them. This
III only one case of many. You can
understand that The average iron.
worker does not care 10 court such
punishment It may be that Sore day
when he Is at the lower end 81 a sus-
pended girder the man al the top may
be a 'rumdum' or a Parks sympa-
thizer.
ut is common knowledge that Parks
has adopted the spells system for HIS
followers. He has plums 10 bestow in
the shape of 4 days wage without
work, and the effect Is just as potent
as II IS ii politics. There Is a re-
Gently constructed building on Herald
square that serves rs a regular graft
eFs' rest for Parks followers. Mem
hers Of the Vulcan club and of the
entertainment committee were borne
on tie payrolls A 81 anu $3.50 a day.
Some even eot more. They reported
I'll uhe iab % pay days. and spent the
rest Of The time doing PARTS dirty
work.
pbere IS one BRIGHT fay II tic sitn.
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sfap NiioIs afe ient men,
taa faeg rsapaai2e the situation,
They EnoW thai Paris iime and Ais
~ aods are slbiect 10 a sudden stop;
page. and that honesty always pre-
vans id the long run. This tone IS dis
tiuetly apparent IN the oflcial press
II these unions
It il claimed ana hot without reg
son. that Samuel y. Parks is an even
greater enemy To his y class than
he Is TO capital as represented by the
builders Of New York. II has been
seen how he calls a strike and main
tains II. Ills policy might be success
full il he could hold his power indefin-
itely. lie can not do that. He Is fac
Ing a long term in prison, and, once
there. he can not possibly exercise his
personal magnetism and his peculiar
influence.
Today the charities organizations 81
the city are laying their plans to meet
an increased demand for assistance.
Secretary Devine Of the charities or
organization told me that HIS people
expect an increased amount of suffer.
ing among the poor. and are preparing,
to meet the situation as well as pos
sible.