The sun., 1903-11-24
PARKS men AT THE OLD TRICKS
TWO WORkING IRON WORKERS IN
THE HOSPITAL, DISABLED.
Explanation offered That One Of Them
Insulted a Woman Two Years Ago and
That the Union Says mo Violence"
Police Guard Set at All Buildings.

Police Guard Set at All BUILDINGS.
That entertainment committee Of Local
No. 2, the organization of iron workers
made famous by Sam Parks of Sing Sing.
and now on strike. really tries to be enter
tanning sometimes. Yesterday, for in
stance, one Of the committee explained that
workman who had been beaten SO by
strike pickets that he had to 60 to the
hospital instead of to his job was slugged
because he insulted woman two years
ago, and that the assault had nothing what =
ever to do with he vict inns desire to earn
days pay.
There we're small scrimmages yesterday
morning in the neighborhood Of three of
the new downtown buildings on which the
housesmiths of the Iron League are en-
ployed.
Tho entertainment committee and
OF hers of the gang Parks has left in Local
No. 2 were on hand at all the buildings
to persuade the league men to quit work
and Join the strike. Offers Of bribes rang
ing all the way from a drink to days
pay were made to get men to throw up
their Jobs, but the strikers won no con-
verts.
The only two men who didn't 60 to work
as they int ended to do when they left their
homes were those so seriously injured by
st rike pckets that they had to be taken
to the hospital. The vict inns were G..
Nelson and j.. Sharp. who are in the
employ Of A. r. Whitney, Jr., & Co., con-
tract ors. who are putting up new bank
building for Harvey Fiske q Sons at 90
Cedar street.
There are fifteen iron workers employed
on that job. Nelson and Sharp were the
last to reach the building yesterday morn
ing. They were walking through Cedar
ST rect together when four men jumped
from the doorway of an Office building
across the street and attacked them. Both
men were knocked down and badly beaten
No policeman was on the block, and before
the workmen's companions could get from
the new building to help them the assail-
ants had fed.
Nelson's nose was broken. Sharp has a
bad scalp wound and a cut on the eve. They
were taken to the Hudson street hospital.
The superintendent in charge Tor the con.
tractors reported the assault at the Old
Slip police station, and policeman was
detailed to the building for the rest OF the
other policemen were placed on guard
at the new triangle building at Beaver
and fearl SIreeIS, Calleu tIe doWlNOWn
Flatiron, and at the new office building
that Milliken Bros. are putting up in Pine
st rect, lust east Of William.
The Remington Construction Company
has the contract for the new Flatiron. They
have seventy-fve men at work, and these
made too big a gang for the strikers to
tackle. But the pickets made 80 much
trouble around there shouting at men from
across the street that the superintendent
reported to the police. and two extra cops
were sent over 10 drive the strikers away.
One of Sam Parks's old men, on guard in
front of the Pine street building, told about
the assault on Nelson and Sharp.
That didn't have anything to do with the
ton. Local No. 2, has given strict orders
against violence, but it's nobody's business
il man gets licking on private grudge.
Now, that man Nelson got his licking for
insulting his wife two years ago.
Insulting his own wife?"
why, OF course not. A mans got a
right to insult his own wife. Nobody
would lick him for that. Nelson insulted
the wife of the man who gave him the lick
ing this morning. And the other fellow
happened to be a member OF our local:
but that didn't have anything to do with it.